diff --git a/plugin/markdown/markdown.js b/plugin/markdown/markdown.js
index 3b1f9c8..7c4660b 100755
--- a/plugin/markdown/markdown.js
+++ b/plugin/markdown/markdown.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	var DEFAULT_SLIDE_SEPARATOR = '^\n---\n$',
 		DEFAULT_NOTES_SEPARATOR = 'note:',
 		DEFAULT_ELEMENT_ATTRIBUTES_SEPARATOR = '{\\\.\s*?([^}]+?)}',
-		DEFAULT_SLIDE_ATTRIBUTES_SEPARATOR = '^.*?<!--\sslide-attributes:\s(.*?)-->';
+		DEFAULT_SLIDE_ATTRIBUTES_SEPARATOR = '^.*?<!--\\\sslide-attributes:\\\s(.*?)-->';
 
 
 	/**