diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 67d03f96a..a58998227 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 # v0.9.20
-## 02/XX/2015
+## 03/24/2015
 
 1. [](#new)
     * Added `addAsyncJs()` and `addDeferJs()` to Assets manager
+    * Added support for extranal URL redirects
 2. [](#improved)
-    *
+    * Fix unpredictable asset ordering when set from plugin/system
+    * Updated `nginx.conf` to ensure system assets are accessible
+    * Ensure images are served as static files in Nginx
+    * Updated vendor libraries to latest versions
+    * Updated included composer.phar to latest version
 3. [](#bugfix)
-    *
+    * Fixed issue with markdown links to `#` breaking HTML
 
 # v0.9.19
 ## 02/28/2015
diff --git a/bin/composer.phar b/bin/composer.phar
index 227468449..31b9d3915 100755
Binary files a/bin/composer.phar and b/bin/composer.phar differ
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index 22f7acd56..12a48054a 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ http {
              	index  index.php;
 		if (!-e $request_filename){ rewrite ^(.*)$ /index.php last; }
 	}
+	
+	location /images/ {
+		# Serve images as static
+	}
 
 	location /user {
 	        rewrite ^/user/accounts/(.*)$ /error redirect;
diff --git a/system/config/system.yaml b/system/config/system.yaml
index 9e5359b23..aaafeef79 100644
--- a/system/config/system.yaml
+++ b/system/config/system.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 absolute_urls: false                   # Absolute or relative URLs for `base_url`
 timezone: ''                           # Valid values: http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
-param_sep: ':'                         # Parameter separator
+param_sep: ':'                         # Parameter separator, use ';' for Apache on windows
 
 home:
   alias: '/home'                       # Default path for home, ie /
diff --git a/system/defines.php b/system/defines.php
index 13aca8638..91ec2ac70 100644
--- a/system/defines.php
+++ b/system/defines.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 // Some standard defines
 define('GRAV', true);
-define('GRAV_VERSION', '0.9.19');
+define('GRAV_VERSION', '0.9.20');
 define('DS', '/');
 
 // Directories and Paths
@@ -40,3 +40,6 @@ define('RAW_CONTENT', 1);
 define('TWIG_CONTENT', 2);
 define('TWIG_CONTENT_LIST', 3);
 define('TWIG_TEMPLATES', 4);
+
+// Other defines
+define('DEFAULT_IMG_QUALITY', 85);
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Assets.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Assets.php
index 57830fb95..a63a08d3d 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Assets.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Assets.php
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class Assets
         }
 
         $key = md5($asset);
-        if ($asset && !array_key_exists($key, $this->css)) {
+        if ($asset) {
             $this->css[$key] = [
                 'asset'    => $asset,
                 'priority' => $priority,
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ class Assets
         }
 
         $key = md5($asset);
-        if ($asset && !array_key_exists($key, $this->js)) {
+        if ($asset) {
             $this->js[$key] = [
                 'asset'    => $asset,
                 'priority' => $priority,
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Grav.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Grav.php
index 26c9f2fef..e0a91a06a 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Grav.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Grav.php
@@ -255,7 +255,13 @@ class Grav extends Container
             $this['session']->close();
         }
 
-        header("Location: " . rtrim($uri->rootUrl(), '/') .'/'. trim($route, '/'), true, $code);
+        if ($this['uri']->isExternal($route)) {
+            $url = $route;
+        } else {
+            $url = rtrim($uri->rootUrl(), '/') .'/'. trim($route, '/');
+        }
+
+        header("Location: {$url}", true, $code);
         exit();
     }
 
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Markdown/ParsedownGravTrait.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Markdown/ParsedownGravTrait.php
index 55e4e3b47..dde10eac4 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Markdown/ParsedownGravTrait.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Markdown/ParsedownGravTrait.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ trait ParsedownGravTrait
     protected $pages_dir;
     protected $special_chars;
 
-    protected $twig_link_regex = '/\!*\[(?:.*)\]\(([{{|{%|{#].*[#}|%}|}}])\)/';
+    protected $twig_link_regex = '/\!*\[(?:.*)\]\((\{([\{%#])\s*(.*?)\s*(?:\2|\})\})\)/';
 
     /**
      * Initialiazation function to setup key variables needed by the MarkdownGravLinkTrait
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ trait ParsedownGravTrait
             $url = parse_url(htmlspecialchars_decode($excerpt['element']['attributes']['href']));
 
             // if there is no scheme, the file is local
-            if (!isset($url['scheme'])) {
+            if (!isset($url['scheme']) && (count($url) > 0)) {
                 // convert the URl is required
                 $excerpt['element']['attributes']['href'] = $this->convertUrl(Uri::buildUrl($url));
             }
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php
index 839b91c11..d1dad9fda 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php
@@ -378,6 +378,20 @@ class Uri
         return $ipaddress;
 
     }
+    /**
+     * Is this an external URL? if it starts with `http` then yes, else false
+     *
+     * @param  string  $url the URL in question
+     * @return boolean      is eternal state
+     */
+    public function isExternal($url)
+    {
+        if (Utils::startsWith($url, 'http')) {
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
 
     /**
      * The opposite of built-in PHP method parse_url()