diff --git a/plugin/markdown/markdown.js b/plugin/markdown/markdown.js
index 6e12627f..19aea287 100755
--- a/plugin/markdown/markdown.js
+++ b/plugin/markdown/markdown.js
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 
 	var DEFAULT_SLIDE_SEPARATOR = '^\n---\n$',
 		DEFAULT_NOTES_SEPARATOR = 'note:',
-		DEFAULT_ELEMENT_ATTRIBUTES_SEPARATOR = '{\\\.\s*?([^}]+?)}',
-		DEFAULT_SLIDE_ATTRIBUTES_SEPARATOR = 'slide-attributes:\\\s(.*?)$';
+		DEFAULT_ELEMENT_ATTRIBUTES_SEPARATOR = '\\\.element\\\s*?(.+?)$',
+		DEFAULT_SLIDE_ATTRIBUTES_SEPARATOR = '\\\.slide:\\\s*?(\\\S.+?)$';
 
 
 	/**