diff --git a/rc/base/markdown.kak b/rc/base/markdown.kak
index 94466a1a..c03b5a29 100644
--- a/rc/base/markdown.kak
+++ b/rc/base/markdown.kak
@@ -46,12 +46,13 @@ add-highlighter shared/markdown/content regex ^(#+)(\h+)([^\n]+) 1:header
 
 add-highlighter shared/markdown/content regex ^\h?((?:[\s\t]+)?[-\*])\h+[^\n]*(\n\h+[^-\*]\S+[^\n]*\n)*$ 0:list 1:bullet
 add-highlighter shared/markdown/content regex \B\+[^\n]+?\+\B 0:mono
-add-highlighter shared/markdown/content regex [^`](``([^\s`]|([^\s`][^`]*[^\s`]))``)[^`] 1:mono
-add-highlighter shared/markdown/content regex [^*](\*([^\s*]|([^\s*][^*]*[^\s*]))\*)[^*] 1:italic
-add-highlighter shared/markdown/content regex [^_](_([^\s_]|([^\s_][^_]*[^\s_]))_)[^_] 1:italic
-add-highlighter shared/markdown/content regex [^*](\*\*([^\s*]|([^\s*][^*]*[^\s*]))\*\*)[^*] 1:bold
-add-highlighter shared/markdown/content regex [^_](__([^\s_]|([^\s_][^_]*[^\s_]))__)[^_] 1:bold
+add-highlighter shared/markdown/content regex [^`](``([^\s`]|([^\s`](\n?[^\n`])*[^\s`]))``)[^`] 1:mono
+add-highlighter shared/markdown/content regex [^*](\*([^\s*]|([^\s*](\n?[^\n*])*[^\s*]))\*)[^*] 1:italic
+add-highlighter shared/markdown/content regex [^_](_([^\s_]|([^\s_](\n?[^\n_])*[^\s_]))_)[^_] 1:italic
+add-highlighter shared/markdown/content regex [^*](\*\*([^\s*]|([^\s*](\n?[^\n*])*[^\s*]))\*\*)[^*] 1:bold
+add-highlighter shared/markdown/content regex [^_](__([^\s_]|([^\s_](\n?[^\n_])*[^\s_]))__)[^_] 1:bold
 add-highlighter shared/markdown/content regex <(([a-z]+://.*?)|((mailto:)?[\w+-]+@[a-z]+[.][a-z]+))> 0:link
+add-highlighter shared/markdown/content regex ^\[[^\]\n]*\]:\h*([^\n]*) 1:link
 add-highlighter shared/markdown/content regex ^\h*(>\h*)+ 0:comment
 add-highlighter shared/markdown/content regex \H\K\h\h$ 0:PrimarySelection