diff --git a/handlebars/helpers/index.js b/handlebars/helpers/index.js
index fa568d2..1d116a2 100644
--- a/handlebars/helpers/index.js
+++ b/handlebars/helpers/index.js
@@ -383,12 +383,12 @@ function transformTree (object, fn) {
 function github (filePath) {
   // Build url to correct version and file in githubs
   const packageJson = findPackage(path.resolve(filePath), true)
-  const url = packageJson && packageJson.repository && packageJson.repository.url
+  const url = repoWebUrl(packageJson && packageJson.repository && packageJson.repository.url)
   if (url && url.match(/github.com/)) {
     const version = packageJson.version
     // path within the package
     const relativePath = path.relative(path.dirname(packageJson.paths.absolute), filePath)
-    return url.replace(/^git\+/, '').replace(/\.git$/, '') + '/blob/v' + version + '/' + relativePath
+    return `${url}/blob/v${version}/${relativePath}`
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/github-ssh-repo-url/package.json b/test/fixtures/github-ssh-repo-url/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45a7fda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/github-ssh-repo-url/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "name": "github-ssh-repo-url",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+ssh://git@github.com/nknapp/thought-plugin-jsdoc.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC"
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/include/withPackageOf.ssh.md b/test/fixtures/include/withPackageOf.ssh.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb7e632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/include/withPackageOf.ssh.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://github.com/nknapp/thought-plugin-jsdoc/blob/v1.0.0/package.json - github-ssh-repo-url
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/helper-spec.js b/test/helper-spec.js
index 0f86c25..72b0a38 100644
--- a/test/helper-spec.js
+++ b/test/helper-spec.js
@@ -290,6 +290,14 @@ describe('thought-helpers:', function () {
         .to.eventually.equal(versions(fixture('include/withPackageOf.default.md')))
     })
 
+    it('should create a url and package.json for file on github (with a git-ssh-url)', function () {
+      return expectHbs(
+        '{{#withPackageOf file}} {{@url}} - {{@package.name}} {{/withPackageOf}}',
+        {file: 'test/fixtures/github-ssh-repo-url/package.json'}
+      )
+        .to.eventually.equal(versions(fixture('include/withPackageOf.ssh.md')))
+    })
+
     it('should create a url and package.json for files in dependency projects (based on the their current package version)', function () {
       return expectHbs(
         '{{#withPackageOf file}} {{@url}} - {{@package.name}} {{/withPackageOf}}',