diff --git a/src/nodes/html.ts b/src/nodes/html.ts
index 0a0dbc8..9cfd39e 100644
--- a/src/nodes/html.ts
+++ b/src/nodes/html.ts
@@ -1081,6 +1081,13 @@ export function base_parse(data: string, options = { lowerCaseTagName: false, co
 				}
 			}
 
+				// console.error('111111111111111111', currentParent.rawTagName);
+				// console.error('22222222222222222222', match);
+				if (currentParent.rawTagName === 'a' && match[2] === 'a') {
+							stack.pop();
+							currentParent = arr_back(stack);
+				}
+			
 			const tagEndPos = kMarkupPattern.lastIndex;
 			const tagStartPos = tagEndPos - match[0].length;
 
diff --git a/test/144.js b/test/144.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ace91e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/144.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+const { parse } = require('../dist');
+
+describe('issue 144', function () {
+	it('Nested A tags parsed improperly', function () {
+		const html = `<a href="#">link <a href="#">nested link</a> end</a>`;
+		const root = parse(html);
+		root.innerHTML.should.eql(`<a href="#">link </a><a href="#">nested link</a> end`);
+		root.childNodes.length.should.eql(3);
+		const a1 = root.childNodes[0];
+		a1.tagName.should.eql('A');
+		a1.nodeType.should.eql(1);
+		const a2 = root.childNodes[1];
+		a2.nodeType.should.eql(1);
+		const t1 = root.childNodes[2];
+		t1.nodeType.should.eql(3);
+		t1.textContent.should.eql(' end');
+	});
+});