diff --git a/Elastic.Documentation.Tooling/DocumentationTooling.cs b/Elastic.Documentation.Tooling/DocumentationTooling.cs
index 7b956b8b9..701099913 100644
--- a/Elastic.Documentation.Tooling/DocumentationTooling.cs
+++ b/Elastic.Documentation.Tooling/DocumentationTooling.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ public static ServiceProvider CreateServiceProvider(ref string[] args, Action<IS
 			.AddConsole(c => c.FormatterName = "condensed")
 		);
 
-
 		configure?.Invoke(services);
 
 		return services.BuildServiceProvider();
diff --git a/src/Elastic.Markdown/Myst/CodeBlocks/SupportedLanguages.cs b/src/Elastic.Markdown/Myst/CodeBlocks/SupportedLanguages.cs
index bc44bdeb7..6486d8d1d 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Markdown/Myst/CodeBlocks/SupportedLanguages.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Markdown/Myst/CodeBlocks/SupportedLanguages.cs
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public static class CodeBlock
 	};
 
 
-	public static HashSet<string> Languages => new(
+	public static HashSet<string> Languages { get; } = new(
 		LanguageMapping.Keys
 			.Concat(LanguageMapping.Values
 				.SelectMany(v => v.Split(',').Select(a => a.Trim()))
diff --git a/src/Elastic.Markdown/Myst/Directives/DirectiveParagraphParser.cs b/src/Elastic.Markdown/Myst/Directives/DirectiveParagraphParser.cs
index 20af269cc..62b9d387a 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Markdown/Myst/Directives/DirectiveParagraphParser.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Markdown/Myst/Directives/DirectiveParagraphParser.cs
@@ -26,13 +26,15 @@ public override BlockState TryContinue(BlockProcessor processor, Block block)
 		if (block is not ParagraphBlock paragraphBlock)
 			return base.TryContinue(processor, block);
 
-		var line = paragraphBlock.Lines.ToString();
-
 		if (block.Parent is not DirectiveBlock)
 			return base.TryContinue(processor, block);
 
-		// TODO only parse this if no content proceeds it (and not in a code fence)
-		return line.StartsWith(':')
+		var lines = paragraphBlock.Lines.Lines;
+		if (lines.Length < 1)
+			return base.TryContinue(processor, block);
+
+		var line = lines[0];
+		return line.Slice.AsSpan().StartsWith(':')
 			? BlockState.BreakDiscard
 			: base.TryContinue(processor, block);
 	}