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@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ appreciated. A big fat **Thank You** to the folks already sponsoring ntfy:
 <a href="https://github.com/sky4055"><img src="https://github.com/sky4055.png" width="40px" /></a>
 
 I'd also like to thank JetBrains for providing their awesome [IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/) to me for free,
-and [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/) for supporting the project:
+and [DigitalOcean](https://m.do.co/c/442b929528db) (*referral link*) for supporting the project:
 
-<a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/"><img src="https://opensource.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/attribution/assets/SVG/DO_Logo_horizontal_blue.svg" width="201px"></a>
+<a href="https://m.do.co/c/442b929528db"><img src="https://opensource.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/attribution/assets/SVG/DO_Logo_horizontal_blue.svg" width="201px"></a>
 
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