\cite no longer works as expected MWE: \startsetups[tightspace] \spaceskip 0.5\interwordspace plus.5\interwordstretch minus \interwordshrink \stopsetups \def\dostartbibitem[#1][#2]% {\doifsomethingelse{#2}% {\startBibItem[reference={#1},title={#2}]}% {\startBibItem[reference={#1},title={#1}]}% } \def\startbibitem{\dodoubleempty\dostartbibitem} \def\stopbibitem{\stopBibItem} \definedescription[BibItem][ width=broad, margin=1.5pc, indenting={no}, indentnext=no, alternative=hanging, hang=1, headcommand=\gobbleoneargument, align=right, before={\directsetup{tightspace}\bgroup\language[packed]}, after={\egroup}, ] \definereferenceformat [cite] [type=title,left={},right={}] \definereferenceformat [bibpage] [type=page] starttext Now \cite[test 2020] on page \page \startbibitem[test 2020] \input ward \stopbibitem \stoptext Instead of “Now test 2020 on page”, I get “Now 248>BibItem:referencetext on page” and no sign of an internal link. Alan