diff --git a/Parsedown.php b/Parsedown.php
index ae0cbdec..2084927c 100644
--- a/Parsedown.php
+++ b/Parsedown.php
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ protected function blockTableContinue($Line, array $Block)
             $row = trim($row);
             $row = trim($row, '|');
 
-            preg_match_all('/(?:(\\\\[|])|[^|`]|`[^`]++`|`)++/', $row, $matches);
+            preg_match_all('/(?:(\\\\[|])|[^|`]|`[^|`]++`|`)++/', $row, $matches);
 
             $cells = array_slice($matches[0], 0, count($Block['alignments']));