2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/ItalicsParser.kt b/src/main/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/ItalicsParser.kt
index 9f60200..6fce529 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/ItalicsParser.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/ItalicsParser.kt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package moe.nea.blog.md
 
 object ItalicsParser : InlineParser {
     override fun detect(lookback: MarkdownFormat, rest: String): Boolean {
-        return (lookback is Whitespace || lookback is Begin) && "\\*+[^ ].*".toRegex().matches(rest)
+        return (lookback is Whitespace || lookback is Begin) && "\\*+[^* ].*".toRegex().matches(rest)
     }
 
     override val specialSyntax: Set<Char>
@@ -70,5 +70,4 @@ object ItalicsParser : InlineParser {
             combined = Bold(combined)
         return Pair(combined, remainingText)
     }
-
 }
 \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/test/TestItalics.kt b/src/test/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/test/TestItalics.kt
index 0e08473..5cd8cb4 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/test/TestItalics.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/moe/nea/blog/md/test/TestItalics.kt
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ class TestItalics {
     }
 
     @Test
+    fun testStandaloneDoubleStar() {
+        assertInlineFormat("** hi*", "** hi*")
+    }
+
+    @Test
     fun testStandaloneItalics() {
         assertInlineFormat("<i>italic</i>", "*italic*")
     }