diff --git a/plugin/markdown/markdown.js b/plugin/markdown/markdown.js
index fccc4420..d6c6c459 100755
--- a/plugin/markdown/markdown.js
+++ b/plugin/markdown/markdown.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 	var DEFAULT_SLIDE_SEPARATOR = '^\n---\n$',
 		DEFAULT_NOTES_SEPARATOR = 'note:';
-		DEFAULT_ELEMENT_ATTRIBUTES_SEPARATOR = '{\\\.\s*?([^}]+?)}';
+		DEFAULT_ELEMENT_ATTRIBUTES_SEPARATOR = '{_\s*?([^}]+?)}';
 
 
 	/**
@@ -277,46 +277,50 @@
 	 * directly on refresh (F5)
 	 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5690269/disabling-chrome-cache-for-website-development/7000899#answer-11786277
 	 */
-	function addAttributeInElement( node, elementTarget, separator ){
+	function addAttributeInElement( node, elementTarget, separator ) {
+
 		var mardownClassesInElementsRegex = new RegExp( separator, 'mg' );
 		var mardownClassRegex = new RegExp( "([^\"= ]+?)=\"([^\"=]+?)\"", 'mg' );
 		var nodeValue = node.nodeValue;
-		if ( matches = mardownClassesInElementsRegex.exec( nodeValue ) ) {
+		if( matches = mardownClassesInElementsRegex.exec( nodeValue ) ) {
 
 			var classes = matches[1];
 			nodeValue = nodeValue.substring( 0, matches.index ) + nodeValue.substring( mardownClassesInElementsRegex.lastIndex );
 			node.nodeValue = nodeValue;
 
 			while( matchesClass = mardownClassRegex.exec( classes ) ) {
-				elementTarget.setAttribute(matchesClass[1], matchesClass[2]);
+				elementTarget.setAttribute( matchesClass[1], matchesClass[2] );
 			}
 		}
+
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Add attributes to the parent element of a text node,
 	 * or the element of an attribute node.
 	 */
-	function addAttributes( element, separator )
-	{
-		if ( element.childNodes.length > 0 ) {
+	function addAttributes( element, separator ) {
 
-			for ( var i = 0; i < element.childNodes.length; i++ ) {
+		if( element.childNodes.length > 0 ) {
+			for( var i = 0; i < element.childNodes.length; i++ ) {
 				addAttributes( element.childNodes[i], separator );
 			}
 		}
+
 		var nodeValue;
 		var elementTarget;
+
 		// From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9178174/find-all-text-nodes
-		if ( element.nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE && /\S/.test(element.nodeValue) ) {
+		if( element.nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE && /\S/.test(element.nodeValue) ) {
 			addAttributeInElement( element, element.parentNode, separator );
 		}
-		if ( element.nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && element.attributes.length > 0 ) {
-			for ( iattr=0; iattr<element.attributes.length; iattr++ ){
-				var attr = element.attributes[iattr];
-				addAttributeInElement(attr, element, separator )
+		if( element.nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && element.attributes.length > 0 ) {
+			for( var j = 0; j < element.attributes.length; j++ ){
+				var attr = element.attributes[j];
+				addAttributeInElement( attr, element, separator );
 			}
 		}
+
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/test/red-curtain-50x50.jpg b/test/red-curtain-50x50.jpg
deleted file mode 100644
index ddfe7a63..00000000
Binary files a/test/red-curtain-50x50.jpg and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/test/test-element-attributes-markdown.html b/test/test-element-attributes-markdown.html
index e547d161..b7ab0543 100644
--- a/test/test-element-attributes-markdown.html
+++ b/test/test-element-attributes-markdown.html
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@
 				<!-- <section data-markdown="example.md" data-separator="^\n\n\n" data-vertical="^\n\n"></section> -->
 
 				<!-- Slides are separated by newline + three dashes + newline, vertical slides identical but two dashes -->
-				<section	data-markdown data-separator="^\n---\n$" 
-						data-vertical="^\n--\n$"
-						data-element-attributes="{_\s*?([^}]+?)}">
+				<section data-markdown data-separator="^\n---\n$" data-vertical="^\n--\n$">
 					<script type="text/template">
 						## Slide 1.1 {_class="fragment fade-out" data-fragment-index="1"}
 
@@ -60,10 +58,10 @@
 						- list item 3  {_class="fragment highlight-green"}
 						- list item 4  {_class="fragment highlight-green"}
 						- list item 5  {_class="fragment highlight-green"}
-            
-Test
-            
-![Example Picture{_class="reveal stretch"}](red-curtain-50x50.jpg)
+
+						Test
+
+						![Example Picture{_class="reveal stretch"}](assets/image2.png)
 
 					</script>
 				</section>