diff --git a/samples/Sample_26_Html.php b/samples/Sample_26_Html.php
index d8763805..e1823c43 100644
--- a/samples/Sample_26_Html.php
+++ b/samples/Sample_26_Html.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ $html = '<h1>Adding element via HTML</h1>';
 $html .= '<p>Some well-formed HTML snippet needs to be used</p>';
 $html .= '<p>With for example <strong>some<sup>1</sup> <em>inline</em> formatting</strong><sub>1</sub></p>';
 
-$html .= '<p>A link to <a href="http://phpword.readthedocs.io/">Read the docs</a></p>';
+$html .= '<p>A link to <a href="http://phpword.readthedocs.io/" style="text-decoration: underline">Read the docs</a></p>';
 
 $html .= '<p lang="he-IL" style="text-align: right; direction: rtl">היי, זה פסקה מימין לשמאל</p>';
 
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
index 7d8ee51f..cbdcecd5 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ class Html
                     break;
             }
         }
-        self::parseInlineStyle($node, $styles['font']);
+        $styles['font'] = self::parseInlineStyle($node, $styles['font']);
 
         if (strpos($target, '#') === 0) {
             return $element->addLink(substr($target, 1), $node->textContent, $styles['font'], $styles['paragraph'], true);
diff --git a/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php b/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php
index f07b3f99..b61418e0 100644
--- a/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php
@@ -458,6 +458,8 @@ class HtmlTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
 
         $this->assertTrue($doc->elementExists('/w:document/w:body/w:p/w:hyperlink'));
         $this->assertEquals('link text', $doc->getElement('/w:document/w:body/w:p/w:hyperlink/w:r/w:t')->nodeValue);
+        $this->assertTrue($doc->elementExists('/w:document/w:body/w:p/w:hyperlink/w:r/w:rPr/w:u'));
+        $this->assertEquals('single', $doc->getElementAttribute('/w:document/w:body/w:p/w:hyperlink/w:r/w:rPr/w:u', 'w:val'));
 
         $phpWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();
         $section = $phpWord->addSection();