diff --git a/src/Linkify/Linkify.js b/src/Linkify/Linkify.js
index 8d8d215..71a72a0 100644
--- a/src/Linkify/Linkify.js
+++ b/src/Linkify/Linkify.js
@@ -1,19 +1,49 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import styled from 'styled-components';
 
-const Container = styled.span`
-  a {
-    color: inherit;
-    text-decoration: underline;
-  }
-`;
+const URL_REGEX = /(\b(https?|ftp|file):\/\/[-A-Z0-9+&@#/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-A-Z0-9+&@#/%=~_|])/gi;
 
-const REGEX = /(\b(https?|ftp|file):\/\/[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|])/gi;
+const Link = ({ href, linkStyle }) => (
+  <a
+    target="_blank"
+    rel="noopener noreferrer"
+    style={{
+      color: 'inherit',
+      textDecoration: 'underline',
+      ...linkStyle,
+    }}
+    href={href}>
+    {href}
+  </a>
+);
 
-const parse = string => string.replace(REGEX, url => `<a target="_blank" href="${url}">${url}</a>`);
+const linkify = ({ children, linkStyle = {} }) =>
+  React.Children.map(children, child => {
+    if (!child) return null;
 
-const Linkify = props => (
-  <Container style={props.style || {}} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: parse(props.children) }} />
-);
+    if (typeof child === 'string') {
+      const matches = child.match(URL_REGEX);
+
+      if (!matches) {
+        return child;
+      }
+
+      // Clone the string for manipulation
+      let string = `${child}`;
+
+      // Run through the url matches to create our array of string parts and Link components
+      const stringParts = matches.reduce((parts, url) => {
+        const urlStartIndex = string.indexOf(url);
+        const partBeforeUrl = string.substring(0, urlStartIndex);
+        parts.push(partBeforeUrl, <Link href={url} linkStyle={linkStyle} />);
+        string = string.substring(urlStartIndex + url.length);
+        return parts;
+      }, []);
+
+      // Add any leftovers after the last url
+      return [...stringParts, string];
+    }
+
+    return linkify({ children: child.props.children, linkStyle });
+  });
 
-export default Linkify;
+export default props => linkify(props);
diff --git a/src/Linkify/Linkify.mdx b/src/Linkify/Linkify.mdx
index 4532c03..1b775b4 100644
--- a/src/Linkify/Linkify.mdx
+++ b/src/Linkify/Linkify.mdx
@@ -12,7 +12,15 @@ Automatically parse links contained in a body of text.
 
 ## Example
 <Playground>
-  <Linkify>
-    Checkout http://google.com. Another one that is not that great is http://bing.com.
-  </Linkify>
+  {() => {
+    const testEvaluatedUrl = 'https://www.facebook.com/heydoctor.co';
+    return (
+      <Linkify linkStyle={{ color: 'magenta' }}>
+        <div>
+          Checkout http://google.com. <span onmouseover="alert('yo')"
+          >Another</span> one that's not so great is http://bing.com. You could also checkout duckduckgo.com if you're into that whole privacy thing. <img src="fake.jpg" onError={() => {}} alt="hacker" /> Oh, and you should also check out https://heydoctor.co. <Linkify>I wonder if nested Linkify works {testEvaluatedUrl}</Linkify>
+        </div>
+      </Linkify>
+    );
+  }}
 </Playground>
diff --git a/src/Linkify/Linkify.spec.js b/src/Linkify/Linkify.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55cec18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Linkify/Linkify.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { renderWithTheme } from '../../test/utils';
+import Linkify from './Linkify';
+
+describe('Linkify', () => {
+  test('converts links to anchor tags', () => {
+    const component = renderWithTheme(<Linkify>Hello! https://google.com is a cool site.</Linkify>);
+
+    expect(component).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  test('escapes HTML entities', () => {
+    const component = renderWithTheme(
+      <Linkify>{`<img src="fake.jpg" onError={() => {}} alt="hacker" /><span>heheh got hacked</span>`}</Linkify>
+    );
+
+    expect(component).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  test('can receive linkStyle', () => {
+    const component = renderWithTheme(
+      <Linkify linkStyle={{ color: 'magenta' }}>Hello! https://google.com is a cool site.</Linkify>
+    );
+
+    expect(component).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/Linkify/__snapshots__/Linkify.spec.js.snap b/src/Linkify/__snapshots__/Linkify.spec.js.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfbd4ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Linkify/__snapshots__/Linkify.spec.js.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`Linkify can receive linkStyle 1`] = `
+Array [
+  "Hello! ",
+  <a
+    href="https://google.com"
+    rel="noopener noreferrer"
+    style={
+      Object {
+        "color": "magenta",
+        "textDecoration": "underline",
+      }
+    }
+    target="_blank"
+  >
+    https://google.com
+  </a>,
+  " is a cool site.",
+]
+`;
+
+exports[`Linkify converts links to anchor tags 1`] = `
+Array [
+  "Hello! ",
+  <a
+    href="https://google.com"
+    rel="noopener noreferrer"
+    style={
+      Object {
+        "color": "inherit",
+        "textDecoration": "underline",
+      }
+    }
+    target="_blank"
+  >
+    https://google.com
+  </a>,
+  " is a cool site.",
+]
+`;
+
+exports[`Linkify escapes HTML entities 1`] = `"<img src=\\"fake.jpg\\" onError={() => {}} alt=\\"hacker\\" /><span>heheh got hacked</span>"`;