diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/ImStyleParser.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/ImStyleParser.java
index c6982db86c441e198114c41ef754a977ee5aacd8..873ab9f4372373efa092640e143029dde73c103f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/ImStyleParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/ImStyleParser.java
@@ -35,102 +35,125 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 public class ImStyleParser {
 
-	private final static List<Character> KEYWORDS = Arrays.asList('*', '_', '~', '`');
-	private final static List<Character> NO_SUB_PARSING_KEYWORDS = Arrays.asList('`');
-	private final static List<Character> BLOCK_KEYWORDS = Arrays.asList('`');
-	private final static boolean ALLOW_EMPTY = false;
-
-	public static List<Style> parse(CharSequence text) {
-		return parse(text, 0, text.length() - 1);
-	}
-
-	public static List<Style> parse(CharSequence text, int start, int end) {
-		List<Style> styles = new ArrayList<>();
-		for (int i = start; i <= end; ++i) {
-			char c = text.charAt(i);
-			if (KEYWORDS.contains(c) && precededByWhiteSpace(text, i, start) && !followedByWhitespace(text, i, end)) {
-				if (BLOCK_KEYWORDS.contains(c) && isCharRepeatedTwoTimes(text, c, i + 1, end)) {
-					int to = seekEndBlock(text, c, i + 3, end);
-					if (to != -1 && (to != i + 5 || ALLOW_EMPTY)) {
-						String keyword = String.valueOf(c) + String.valueOf(c) + String.valueOf(c);
-						styles.add(new Style(keyword, i, to));
-						i = to;
-						continue;
-					}
-				}
-				int to = seekEnd(text, c, i + 1, end);
-				if (to != -1 && (to != i + 1 || ALLOW_EMPTY)) {
-					styles.add(new Style(c, i, to));
-					if (!NO_SUB_PARSING_KEYWORDS.contains(c)) {
-						styles.addAll(parse(text, i + 1, to - 1));
-					}
-					i = to;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		return styles;
-	}
-
-	private static boolean isCharRepeatedTwoTimes(CharSequence text, char c, int index, int end) {
-		return index + 1 <= end && text.charAt(index) == c && text.charAt(index+1) == c;
-	}
-
-	private static boolean precededByWhiteSpace(CharSequence text, int index, int start) {
-		return index == start || Character.isWhitespace(text.charAt(index - 1));
-	}
-
-	private static boolean followedByWhitespace(CharSequence text, int index, int end) {
-		return index >= end || Character.isWhitespace(text.charAt(index + 1));
-	}
-
-	private static int seekEnd(CharSequence text, char needle, int start, int end) {
-		for (int i = start; i <= end; ++i) {
-			char c = text.charAt(i);
-			if (c == needle && !Character.isWhitespace(text.charAt(i - 1))) {
-				return i;
-			} else if (c == '\n') {
-				return -1;
-			}
-		}
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	private static int seekEndBlock(CharSequence text, char needle, int start, int end) {
-		for (int i = start; i <= end; ++i) {
-			char c = text.charAt(i);
-			if (c == needle && isCharRepeatedTwoTimes(text, needle, i + 1, end)) {
-				return i + 2;
-			}
-		}
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	public static class Style {
-
-		private final String keyword;
-		private final int start;
-		private final int end;
-
-		public Style(char character, int start, int end) {
-			this(String.valueOf(character), start, end);
-		}
-
-		public Style(String keyword, int start, int end) {
-			this.keyword = keyword;
-			this.start = start;
-			this.end = end;
-		}
-
-		public String getKeyword() {
-			return keyword;
-		}
-
-		public int getStart() {
-			return start;
-		}
-
-		public int getEnd() {
-			return end;
-		}
-	}
+    private final static List<Character> KEYWORDS = Arrays.asList('*', '_', '~', '`');
+    private final static List<Character> NO_SUB_PARSING_KEYWORDS = Arrays.asList('`');
+    private final static List<Character> BLOCK_KEYWORDS = Arrays.asList('`');
+    private final static boolean ALLOW_EMPTY = false;
+    private final static boolean PARSE_HIGHER_ORDER_END = true;
+
+    public static List<Style> parse(CharSequence text) {
+        return parse(text, 0, text.length() - 1);
+    }
+
+    public static List<Style> parse(CharSequence text, int start, int end) {
+        List<Style> styles = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (int i = start; i <= end; ++i) {
+            char c = text.charAt(i);
+            if (KEYWORDS.contains(c) && precededByWhiteSpace(text, i, start) && !followedByWhitespace(text, i, end)) {
+                if (BLOCK_KEYWORDS.contains(c) && isCharRepeatedTwoTimes(text, c, i + 1, end)) {
+                    int to = seekEndBlock(text, c, i + 3, end);
+                    if (to != -1 && (to != i + 5 || ALLOW_EMPTY)) {
+                        String keyword = String.valueOf(c) + String.valueOf(c) + String.valueOf(c);
+                        styles.add(new Style(keyword, i, to));
+                        i = to;
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+                int to = seekEnd(text, c, i + 1, end);
+                if (to != -1 && (to != i + 1 || ALLOW_EMPTY)) {
+                    styles.add(new Style(c, i, to));
+                    if (!NO_SUB_PARSING_KEYWORDS.contains(c)) {
+                        styles.addAll(parse(text, i + 1, to - 1));
+                    }
+                    i = to;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return styles;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isCharRepeatedTwoTimes(CharSequence text, char c, int index, int end) {
+        return index + 1 <= end && text.charAt(index) == c && text.charAt(index + 1) == c;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean precededByWhiteSpace(CharSequence text, int index, int start) {
+        return index == start || Character.isWhitespace(text.charAt(index - 1));
+    }
+
+    private static boolean followedByWhitespace(CharSequence text, int index, int end) {
+        return index >= end || Character.isWhitespace(text.charAt(index + 1));
+    }
+
+    private static int seekEnd(CharSequence text, char needle, int start, int end) {
+        for (int i = start; i <= end; ++i) {
+            char c = text.charAt(i);
+            if (c == needle && !Character.isWhitespace(text.charAt(i - 1))) {
+                if (!PARSE_HIGHER_ORDER_END || followedByWhitespace(text, i, end)) {
+                    return i;
+                } else {
+                    int higherOrder = seekHigherOrderEndWithoutNewBeginning(text, needle, i + 1, end);
+                    if (higherOrder != -1) {
+                        return higherOrder;
+                    }
+                    return i;
+                }
+            } else if (c == '\n') {
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    private static int seekHigherOrderEndWithoutNewBeginning(CharSequence text, char needle, int start, int end) {
+        for (int i = start; i <= end; ++i) {
+            char c = text.charAt(i);
+            if (c == needle && precededByWhiteSpace(text, i, start) && !followedByWhitespace(text, i, end)) {
+                return -1; // new beginning
+            } else if (c == needle && !Character.isWhitespace(text.charAt(i - 1)) && followedByWhitespace(text, i, end)) {
+                return i;
+            } else if (c == '\n') {
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    private static int seekEndBlock(CharSequence text, char needle, int start, int end) {
+        for (int i = start; i <= end; ++i) {
+            char c = text.charAt(i);
+            if (c == needle && isCharRepeatedTwoTimes(text, needle, i + 1, end)) {
+                return i + 2;
+            }
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    public static class Style {
+
+        private final String keyword;
+        private final int start;
+        private final int end;
+
+        public Style(char character, int start, int end) {
+            this(String.valueOf(character), start, end);
+        }
+
+        public Style(String keyword, int start, int end) {
+            this.keyword = keyword;
+            this.start = start;
+            this.end = end;
+        }
+
+        public String getKeyword() {
+            return keyword;
+        }
+
+        public int getStart() {
+            return start;
+        }
+
+        public int getEnd() {
+            return end;
+        }
+    }
 }