diff --git a/src/MdToHTML.hs b/src/MdToHTML.hs
index 02cb9c0..fff6926 100644
--- a/src/MdToHTML.hs
+++ b/src/MdToHTML.hs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ lookaheadParse stringCmp = do
 lineToList :: MdToken -> [MdToken]
 lineToList (Line tokens) = tokens
 
-specialChars = "\\#*_[\n "
+specialChars = "\\#*_[\n"
 
 -- Makes a parser greedy. Instead of returning all possible parses, only the longest one is returned.
 greedyParse :: ReadP a -> ReadP [a]