diff --git a/rc/filetype/markdown.kak b/rc/filetype/markdown.kak
index 3db7ca1d..599dfd5d 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/markdown.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/markdown.kak
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ add-highlighter shared/markdown regions
 add-highlighter shared/markdown/inline default-region regions
 add-highlighter shared/markdown/inline/text default-region group
 
+add-highlighter shared/markdown/listblock region ^\h*[-*]\s ^(?=\S) regions
+add-highlighter shared/markdown/listblock/g default-region group
+add-highlighter shared/markdown/listblock/g/ ref markdown/inline
+add-highlighter shared/markdown/listblock/g/marker regex ^\h*([-*])\s 1:bullet
+
 evaluate-commands %sh{
   languages="
     awk c cabal clojure coffee cpp crystal css cucumber d diff dockerfile elixir erlang fish
@@ -49,18 +54,16 @@ evaluate-commands %sh{
     ruby rust sass scala scss sh swift toml tupfile typescript yaml sql
   "
   for lang in ${languages}; do
+    [ "${lang}" = kak ] && ref=kakrc || ref="${lang}"
     printf 'add-highlighter shared/markdown/%s region -match-capture ^(\h*)```\h*(%s\\b|\\{[.=]?%s\\})   ^(\h*)``` regions\n' "${lang}" "${lang}" "${lang}"
     printf 'add-highlighter shared/markdown/%s/ default-region fill meta\n' "${lang}"
-    [ "${lang}" = kak ] && ref=kakrc || ref="${lang}"
     printf 'add-highlighter shared/markdown/%s/inner region \A\h*```[^\\n]*\K (?=```) ref %s\n' "${lang}" "${ref}"
+    printf 'add-highlighter shared/markdown/listblock/%s region -match-capture ^(\h*)```\h*(%s\\b|\\{[.=]?%s\\})   ^(\h*)``` regions\n' "${lang}" "${lang}" "${lang}"
+    printf 'add-highlighter shared/markdown/listblock/%s/ default-region fill meta\n' "${lang}"
+    printf 'add-highlighter shared/markdown/listblock/%s/inner region \A\h*```[^\\n]*\K (?=```) ref %s\n' "${lang}" "${ref}"
   done
 }
 
-add-highlighter shared/markdown/listblock region ^\h*[-*]\s ^(?=\S) regions
-add-highlighter shared/markdown/listblock/g default-region group
-add-highlighter shared/markdown/listblock/g/ ref markdown/inline
-add-highlighter shared/markdown/listblock/g/marker regex ^\h*([-*])\s 1:bullet
-
 add-highlighter shared/markdown/codeblock region -match-capture \
     ^(\h*)```\h* \
     ^(\h*)```\h*$ \