diff --git a/site/components/Anchor.js b/site/components/Anchor.js
index 4abc02c..59137aa 100644
--- a/site/components/Anchor.js
+++ b/site/components/Anchor.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
   useRole,
 } from '@floating-ui/react-dom-interactions'
 
-import getAbsolutePath from '../utils/absolutePath'
+import siteConfig from '../config/siteConfig.js'
 import documentExtract from '../utils/documentExtract'
 import { Tooltip } from './Tooltip'
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export const Anchor = (props) => {
     ]
   });
   const { getReferenceProps, getFloatingProps } = useInteractions([
-    useHover(context, { delay: { open: 100, close: 0 } }),
+    useHover(context, { delay: 100 }),
     useRole(context, { role: 'tooltip' }),
     useDismiss(context, { ancestorScroll: true })
   ]);
@@ -64,21 +64,17 @@ export const Anchor = (props) => {
   }, [showTooltip])
 
   const fetchPreview = async () => {
-    console.log("Fetching...")
     setPreviewLoaded(false);
-    const basePath = "http://localhost:3000"; // TODO
-    const currentPath = router.asPath;
-    const relativePath = props.href.split(".")[0]; // TBD temp remove .md
-    const absolutePath = getAbsolutePath({ currentPath, basePath, relativePath });
-
-    const response = await fetch(absolutePath);
+    const path = new URL(props.href, document.baseURI).pathname;
+    const rawContentPath = [siteConfig.rawContentBaseUrl, path].join("")
+    const response = await fetch(rawContentPath);
     if (response.status !== 200) {
       // TODO
       console.log(`Looks like there was a problem. Status Code: ${response.status}`)
       return
     }
-    const html = await response.text();
-    const extract = documentExtract(html);
+    const md = await response.text();
+    const extract = documentExtract(md);
 
     setPreview(extract);
     setPreviewLoaded(true);
@@ -93,24 +89,25 @@ export const Anchor = (props) => {
     return <Fragment>
              <a {...props} {...getReferenceProps({ref: reference})} />
              <FloatingPortal>
-               <Tooltip
-                 {...getFloatingProps({
-                   ref: floating,
-                   theme: 'light',
-                   arrowRef,
-                   arrowX,
-                   arrowY,
-                   placement,
-                   style: {
-                     position: strategy,
-                     visibility: showTooltip && previewLoaded ? 'visible' : 'hidden',
-                     left: x ?? '',
-                     top: y ?? '',
-                   },
-                 })}
-               >
-                 { preview }
-               </Tooltip>
+               { showTooltip && previewLoaded &&
+                <Tooltip
+                  {...getFloatingProps({
+                    ref: floating,
+                    theme: 'light',
+                    arrowRef,
+                    arrowX,
+                    arrowY,
+                    placement,
+                    style: {
+                      position: strategy,
+                      left: x ?? '',
+                      top: y ?? '',
+                    },
+                  })}
+                >
+                  { preview }
+                </Tooltip>
+               }
              </FloatingPortal>
            </Fragment>;
   }
diff --git a/site/components/Tooltip.js b/site/components/Tooltip.js
index d63e2eb..188e131 100644
--- a/site/components/Tooltip.js
+++ b/site/components/Tooltip.js
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
 
-const tooltipStyles = (theme) => ({
+const tooltipBoxStyle = (theme) => ({
   height: 'auto',
-  maxWidth: '80vw',
-  padding: '1rem 2rem',
+  maxWidth: '60vw',
+  padding: '1rem',
   background: theme === 'light' ? '#fff' : '#000',
   color: theme === 'light' ? 'rgb(99, 98, 98)' : '#A8A8A8',
   borderRadius: '4px',
   boxShadow: 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55) 0px 0px 16px -3px',
-  fontSize: '0.9em'
 })
 
-const tooltipArrowStyles = ({ theme, x, y, side }) => ({
+const tooltipBodyStyle = () => ({
+  maxHeight: '3.6rem',
+  position: 'relative',
+  lineHeight: '1.2rem',
+  overflow: 'hidden',
+})
+
+const tooltipArrowStyle = ({ theme, x, y, side }) => ({
   position: "absolute",
   left: x != null ? `${x}px` : '',
   top: y != null ? `${y}px` : '',
@@ -36,11 +42,13 @@ export const Tooltip = React.forwardRef((props, ref) => {
   }[placement.split('-')[0]];
 
   return (
-    <div {...tooltipProps} ref={ref}>
-      <div style={ tooltipStyles(theme) }>
-        { children }
+    <div className="tooltip" {...tooltipProps} ref={ref}>
+      <div className="tooltip-box" style={ tooltipBoxStyle(theme) }>
+        <div className="tooltip-body" style={ tooltipBodyStyle() }>
+          { children }
+        </div>
       </div>
-      <div ref={arrowRef} style={ tooltipArrowStyles({
+      <div className="tooltip-arrow" ref={arrowRef} style={ tooltipArrowStyle({
         theme,
         x: arrowX,
         y: arrowY,
diff --git a/site/config/siteConfig.js b/site/config/siteConfig.js
index b93ba16..7672dfc 100644
--- a/site/config/siteConfig.js
+++ b/site/config/siteConfig.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const siteConfig = {
   url: "https://web3.lifeitself.us",
   repoRoot: "https://github.com/life-itself/web3",
   repoEditPath: "/edit/main/",
+  rawContentBaseUrl: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/life-itself/web3/main",
   tagline: "",
   description:
   "Introductions to key concepts and ideas in crypto and web3. Plus in-depth evaluation of its potential impact.",
diff --git a/site/styles/global.css b/site/styles/global.css
index 0387224..b310d67 100644
--- a/site/styles/global.css
+++ b/site/styles/global.css
@@ -27,3 +27,15 @@ body {
 .extra-small {
   font-size: 0.50rem;
 }
+
+/* tooltip fade-out clip */
+.tooltip-body::after {
+  content: "";
+  text-align: right;
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  width: 10%;
+  height: 1.2em;
+  background: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), rgba(255, 255, 255, 1) 50%);
+}
diff --git a/site/utils/absolutePath.js b/site/utils/absolutePath.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 441bdcb..0000000
--- a/site/utils/absolutePath.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-const absolutePath = ({ currentPath, basePath, relativePath }) => {
-  const absolutePath = currentPath.slice(1).split("/")
-  absolutePath.pop(); // remove current page name
-  absolutePath.unshift(basePath);
-  absolutePath.push(relativePath);
-  return absolutePath.join("/");
-};
-
-export default absolutePath;
diff --git a/site/utils/documentExtract.js b/site/utils/documentExtract.js
index 8f6ab55..f6462dc 100644
--- a/site/utils/documentExtract.js
+++ b/site/utils/documentExtract.js
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 import { unified } from 'unified'
-import rehypeParse from 'rehype-parse'
+import remarkParse from 'remark-parse'
 import find from 'unist-util-find'
-import { toString } from 'hast-util-to-string'
+import { toString } from 'mdast-util-to-string'
 
 
-// get first paragraph inside article's main tag
-const documentExtract = (htmlString) => {
-  const hast = unified().use(rehypeParse).parse(htmlString);
-  const article = find(hast, (node) => node.tagName === "article");
-  const main = find(article, (node) => node.tagName === "main");
-  const paragraph = find(main, (node) => node.tagName === "p");
+// get first paragraph
+const documentExtract = (md) => {
+  const mdast = unified().use(remarkParse).parse(md);
+  let paragraph = find(mdast, (node) => node.type === "paragraph");
   return toString(paragraph);
 }