diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e8b57bf4..ab7f6a62 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 0.5.6
+- fixed a bug where named links would not render in a received message
+
 ## 0.5.5
 - new prop, `docViewer`, if this props is true, this will treat every link in received messages as a document and will open it in a popup using docs.google.com/viewer (note: this is an experimental feature and should be used with caution)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9cfc4832..01de1143 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ A simple webchat widget to connect with a chatbot. Forked from [react-chat-widge
 In your `<body/>`:
 ```javascript
 <div id="webchat"/>
-<script src="https://storage.googleapis.com/mrbot-cdn/webchat-0.5.5.js"></script>
+<script src="https://storage.googleapis.com/mrbot-cdn/webchat-0.5.6.js"></script>
 <script>
   WebChat.default.init({
     selector: "#webchat",
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7b32bd13..4a79394e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "rasa-webchat",
-  "version": "0.5.3",
+  "version": "0.5.6",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4e787c79..17ecc3b4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "rasa-webchat",
-  "version": "0.5.5",
+  "version": "0.5.6",
   "description": "Chat web widget for React apps and Rasa Core chatbots",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "repository": "git@https://github.com/mrbot-ai/rasa-webchat.git",
diff --git a/src/components/Widget/components/Conversation/components/Messages/components/Message/index.js b/src/components/Widget/components/Conversation/components/Messages/components/Message/index.js
index bce1ed55..d5ad3750 100644
--- a/src/components/Widget/components/Conversation/components/Messages/components/Message/index.js
+++ b/src/components/Widget/components/Conversation/components/Messages/components/Message/index.js
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ class Message extends PureComponent {
               transformLinkUri={null}
               renderers={{
                 link: props =>
-                  docViewer ? <DocViewer src={props.href} /> : <a href={props.href}>{props.href}</a>
+                  docViewer ? (
+                    <DocViewer src={props.href}>{props.children}</DocViewer>
+                  ) : (
+                    <a href={props.href}>{props.children}</a>
+                  )
               }}
             />
           ) : (
diff --git a/src/components/Widget/components/Conversation/components/Messages/components/docViewer/index.js b/src/components/Widget/components/Conversation/components/Messages/components/docViewer/index.js
index 8c0a6bce..8e3f23a4 100644
--- a/src/components/Widget/components/Conversation/components/Messages/components/docViewer/index.js
+++ b/src/components/Widget/components/Conversation/components/Messages/components/docViewer/index.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class DocViewer extends Component {
     return (
       <span>
         <button onClick={this.handleOpenModal} className="doc-viewer-open-modal-link">
-          {this.props.src}
+          {this.props.children}
         </button>
         {this.state.openedModal && (
           <Portal>