diff --git a/Parsedown.php b/Parsedown.php
index 733a58a..30db1dd 100755
--- a/Parsedown.php
+++ b/Parsedown.php
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ class Parsedown
 		
 		# Inline Link / Image 
 		
-		if (strpos($text, ']') !== FALSE and preg_match_all('/(!?)\[(.*?)\][ ]?\((.*?)\)/', $text, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER)) # inline 
+		if (strpos($text, '](') !== FALSE and preg_match_all('/(!?)\[(.*?)\]\((.*?)\)/', $text, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER)) # inline 
 		{
 			foreach ($matches as $matches)
 			{