diff --git a/crates/markdown_preview/src/markdown_parser.rs b/crates/markdown_preview/src/markdown_parser.rs
index 10e910036b1a5ce0c295eba3cae62add9c215e24..0b3c361fd261d1061ac360240d1c2fb21567b2e3 100644
--- a/crates/markdown_preview/src/markdown_parser.rs
+++ b/crates/markdown_preview/src/markdown_parser.rs
@@ -626,6 +626,8 @@ impl<'a> MarkdownParser<'a> {
                         // Otherwise we need to insert the block after all the nested items
                         // that have been parsed so far
                         items.extend(block);
+                    } else {
+                        self.cursor += 1;
                     }
                 }
             }