diff --git a/layouts/partials/list-item.html b/layouts/partials/list-item.html
index 1c15ce1..d11de21 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/list-item.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/list-item.html
@@ -3,18 +3,20 @@
   {{- $page := . -}}
   {{- $url := "" -}}
   {{- $anchor := "" -}}
-  {{- $title := "" -}}
+  {{- $btext := "" -}}
   {{- if reflect.IsMap . -}}
     {{- $anchor = .anchor -}}
     {{- $page = .page -}}
-	{{- $title = .title -}}
+	{{- with .btext -}}
+	  {{- $btext = printf " (%s)" . -}}
+	{{- end -}}
   {{- end -}}  
   {{- if ne $anchor "" -}}
     {{- $url = printf "%s#%v" $page.Permalink $anchor -}}
   {{- else -}}
     {{- $url = $page.Permalink -}}
   {{- end -}}  
-  <a href="{{ $url }}">{{ or $title $page.Title }}&nbsp;&nbsp;
+  <a href="{{ $url }}">{{ $page.Title }}{{ $btext }}&nbsp;&nbsp;
     {{ if $page.Date -}}
     <small>{{ $page.Date.Format (i18n "dateFormat") }}</small>
     {{- else if $page.Params.Teaser -}}<small>{{ $page.Params.Teaser }}</small>
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/ilink.html b/layouts/shortcodes/ilink.html
index 09b986a..3ee426c 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/ilink.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/ilink.html
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 {{- $this.Scratch.Set "linkid" (add $linkid 1) -}}
 {{- $pages := where .Site.RegularPages "Params.pageid" "eq" $pid -}}
 {{- $fragsep := cond (eq $frag "") "" "#" -}}
+{{- $btext := or (.Get "btext") (printf "%d" $linkid) -}}
+{{- $anchor := printf "link-%d" $linkid -}}
 {{- $inner := .Inner -}}
 {{- range $pages -}}
   {{- $url := printf "%s%s%s" .Permalink $fragsep $frag -}}
   {{- $text := or $inner .Title -}}
-  {{- $anchor := printf "link-%d" $linkid -}}
-  {{- $title := printf "%s (%d)" $this.Title $linkid -}}
-  <a id="{{ $anchor }}"
+  <a id="{{ $anchor }}" 
      href="{{ $url }}">{{ $text | markdownify }}</a>
-  {{- .Scratch.Add "backlinks" (slice (dict "anchor" $anchor "page" $this "title" $title)) -}}
+  {{- .Scratch.Add "backlinks" (slice (dict "anchor" $anchor "page" $this "btext" $btext)) -}}
 {{- end -}}