diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5171c54..ae3912a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
-npm-debug.log
\ No newline at end of file
+npm-debug.log
+test/fixure/build
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 0f15f14..c03fe9f 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -37,34 +37,37 @@ function plugin(options) {
             if (!markdown(file)) { return; }
             var data = files[file],
                 str = data.contents.toString(),
-                end = /```(.*)/,
+                end = /^(\s*)```(.*)/m,
                 remainder = str,
                 pos = 0,
                 endpos = 0,
                 replacements = [];
 
             while (end.test(remainder)) {
-                var match = remainder.match(end),
-                    candidate = match[1].trim(),
-                    lang = candidate.length > 0 ? candidate : null,
+                var match = end.exec(remainder),
+                    candidate = match[2] && match[2].trim(),
+                    lang = (candidate && candidate.length) > 0 ? candidate : null,
                     prev = pos,
-                    buff = 3 + (lang ? match[1].length : 0);
+                    buff = match[0].length,
+                    leadingSpaceLength = match[1] ? match[1].length : 0;
 
                 pos = pos + match.index + buff;
                 remainder = str.substring(pos);
 
-                var ends = remainder.match(end);
-                if (ends === null || ends[0] === null) {
+                var ends = end.exec(remainder);
+                if (ends === null) {
                     break;
                 }
 
                 endpos = ends.index;
-                replacements.push(str.substring(prev, pos - buff));
+                replacements.push(str.substring(prev, pos - buff + leadingSpaceLength));
 
-                remainder = str.substring(pos + endpos + 3);
+                var fencePrefixLength = (ends[1] ? ends[1].length : 0) + 3;
+                var nextPos = pos + endpos + fencePrefixLength;
+                remainder = str.substring(nextPos);
                 var code = str.substring(pos, pos + endpos);
                 code = code.trim('(\r\n|\n)');
-                pos = pos + endpos + 3;
+                pos = nextPos;
                 if (lang === null) {
                     replacements.push('<pre><code class="hljs">' + hljs.highlightAuto(code).value + '</code></pre>');
                 } else {
@@ -87,4 +90,4 @@ function plugin(options) {
             debug(files[file].contents.toString());
         });
     };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/test/fixture/build/csharp.md b/test/fixture/build/csharp.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 49432cb..0000000
--- a/test/fixture/build/csharp.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<pre><code class="hljs csharp"><span class="hljs-keyword">using</span> System;
-
-<span class="hljs-meta">#<span class="hljs-meta-keyword">pragma</span> <span class="hljs-meta-keyword">warning</span> disable 414, 3021</span>
-
-<span class="hljs-keyword">public</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">class</span> <span class="hljs-title">Program</span>
-{
-    <span class="hljs-comment"><span class="hljs-doctag">///</span> <span class="hljs-doctag">&lt;summary&gt;</span>The entry point to the program.<span class="hljs-doctag">&lt;/summary&gt;</span></span>
-    <span class="hljs-function"><span class="hljs-keyword">public</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">static</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">int</span> <span class="hljs-title">Main</span>(<span class="hljs-params"><span class="hljs-keyword">string</span>[] args</span>)
-    </span>{
-        Console.WriteLine(<span class="hljs-string">"Hello, World!"</span>);
-        <span class="hljs-keyword">string</span> s = <span class="hljs-string">@"This
-""string""
-spans
-multiple
-lines!"</span>;
-        <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> <span class="hljs-number">0</span>;
-    }
-}
-
-<span class="hljs-function"><span class="hljs-keyword">async</span> Task&lt;<span class="hljs-keyword">int</span>&gt; <span class="hljs-title">AccessTheWebAsync</span>(<span class="hljs-params"></span>)
-</span>{
-    <span class="hljs-comment">// ...</span>
-    <span class="hljs-keyword">string</span> urlContents = <span class="hljs-keyword">await</span> getStringTask;
-    <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> urlContents.Length;
-}</code></pre>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixture/build/index.md b/test/fixture/build/index.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 5df6466..0000000
--- a/test/fixture/build/index.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-Non code
-
-<pre><code class="hljs"><span class="hljs-keyword">local</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">var</span> = <span class="hljs-string">"untyped code"</span></code></pre>
-
-<pre><code class="hljs js"><span class="hljs-keyword">var</span> t = <span class="hljs-string">'typed code'</span></code></pre>
-
-<pre><code class="hljs js"><span class="hljs-keyword">var</span> t = <span class="hljs-string">'typed code with a space'</span></code></pre>
-
-
-More non code
diff --git a/test/fixture/build/nohighlight.md b/test/fixture/build/nohighlight.md
deleted file mode 100644
index cc36364..0000000
--- a/test/fixture/build/nohighlight.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Non code
-
-<pre><code class="hljs no-highlight">var t &equals; &apos;typed code&apos;</code></pre>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixture/expected/embedded-markers.md b/test/fixture/expected/embedded-markers.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d86fe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixture/expected/embedded-markers.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+The following syntax should work using this plugin:
+
+<pre><code class="hljs javascript"><span class="hljs-keyword">var</span> myCodeBlock = <span class="hljs-string">'```'</span> +
+  <span class="hljs-string">'some-code'</span> +
+  <span class="hljs-string">'```'</span>;
+done();</code></pre>
+
+And be a single js code block
diff --git a/test/fixture/src/embedded-markers.md b/test/fixture/src/embedded-markers.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b53d854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixture/src/embedded-markers.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+The following syntax should work using this plugin:
+
+```javascript
+var myCodeBlock = '```' +
+  'some-code' +
+  '```';
+done();
+```
+
+And be a single js code block
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 27aeca3..8e41c1d 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -60,4 +60,19 @@ describe('metalsmith-metallic', function(){
         });
     });
   });
+  
+  it('should handle embedded fences correctly', function(done){
+    fs.readFile('test/fixture/expected/embedded-markers.md', 'utf8', function (err,data) {
+      if (err) {
+        return console.log(err)
+      }
+      Metalsmith('test/fixture')
+        .use(metallic())
+        .build(function(err, files){
+          if (err) { return done(err); }
+          assert.equal(files['embedded-markers.md'].contents.toString(), data.toString());
+          done();
+        });
+    });
+  });
 });