diff --git a/src/odt/MarkdownChunks.ts b/src/odt/MarkdownChunks.ts
index c038b07c..64f83274 100644
--- a/src/odt/MarkdownChunks.ts
+++ b/src/odt/MarkdownChunks.ts
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ function chunkToText(chunk: MarkdownChunk) {
         case '/A':
           return `](${chunk.payload.href})`;
         case 'SVG/':
-          return `<object type="image/svg+xml" data="${chunk.payload.href}" ></object>`;
+          return `![](${chunk.payload.href})`;
         case 'IMG/':
           return `![](${chunk.payload.href})`;
         case 'EMB_SVG':
diff --git a/test/md/embedded-diagram-example.md b/test/md/embedded-diagram-example.md
index c52d94b6..a8abfa94 100644
--- a/test/md/embedded-diagram-example.md
+++ b/test/md/embedded-diagram-example.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ after
 
 Image from file:
 
-<object type="image/svg+xml" data="gdoc:1jEOoXqPeqiU_z2QLiC-w6TfPjmiJY4wyLZqoG-OF9Xc" ></object>
+![](gdoc:1jEOoXqPeqiU_z2QLiC-w6TfPjmiJY4wyLZqoG-OF9Xc)
 
 done