issue #18 fixed
diff --git a/cli/pom.xml b/cli/pom.xml
index b9fa0c8..e1c1fc5 100644
--- a/cli/pom.xml
+++ b/cli/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.tautua.markdownpapers</groupId>
         <artifactId>markdownpapers-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.5</version>
+        <version>1.2.6</version>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index a644b19..43fbd93 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.tautua.markdownpapers</groupId>
         <artifactId>markdownpapers-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.5</version>
+        <version>1.2.6</version>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/core/src/main/jjtree/Markdown.jjt b/core/src/main/jjtree/Markdown.jjt
index 92d6f0c..cc5c890 100644
--- a/core/src/main/jjtree/Markdown.jjt
+++ b/core/src/main/jjtree/Markdown.jjt
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@
         | LOOKAHEAD( InlineURL() ) InlineURL()
         | LOOKAHEAD( Emphasis() ) Emphasis()
         | LOOKAHEAD( LineBreak() <EOL> ) LineBreak()
-        | LOOKAHEAD(4) Tag()
+        | LOOKAHEAD( TagOpen() ) Tag()
         | Text()
         )
     )+
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@
         | 
         try {
             ">"
-            ( LOOKAHEAD(2) ( TextNode() | Tag() ) )*
+            ( LOOKAHEAD(2) ( Tag() | TextNode() ) )*
             "<" "/" <CHAR_SEQUENCE> ( <SPACE> )* ">"
         } catch (ParseException e) {
             // failsafe
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/tautua/markdownpapers/BaseTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/tautua/markdownpapers/BaseTest.java
index f376aec..26eb9c4 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/tautua/markdownpapers/BaseTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/tautua/markdownpapers/BaseTest.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import java.io.*;
 
 /**
- * Larry Ruiz
+ * @author Larry Ruiz
  */
 public abstract class BaseTest {
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/others/snippets.html b/core/src/test/resources/others/snippets.html
index 0c8a804..3fb4d2c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/resources/others/snippets.html
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/others/snippets.html
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 <p><strong>bold</strong></p>
 
-<p>hello world !</p>
+<p>hello world ! &lt;3 Play!</p>
 
-<p>lorem ipsum ________</p>
\ No newline at end of file
+<p>lorem ipsum ________</p>
+        
+<p>&lt;3 Play!</p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/others/snippets.text b/core/src/test/resources/others/snippets.text
index 02a14c8..de3c4b3 100644
--- a/core/src/test/resources/others/snippets.text
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/others/snippets.text
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 **bold**
 
-hello world !
+hello world ! <3 Play!
 
 lorem ipsum ________
       
-    	
+<3 Play!
 	  
 
 [id]: http://markdown.tautua.org "Tautua"
diff --git a/doxia-module/pom.xml b/doxia-module/pom.xml
index d7d9ef1..4c63358 100644
--- a/doxia-module/pom.xml
+++ b/doxia-module/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.tautua.markdownpapers</groupId>
         <artifactId>markdownpapers-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.5</version>
+        <version>1.2.6</version>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.tautua.markdownpapers</groupId>
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 3d87851..a3b30c1 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.tautua.markdownpapers</groupId>
     <artifactId>markdownpapers-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.5</version>
+    <version>1.2.6</version>
     <name>MarkdownPapers Parent POM</name>
     <description>Markdown parser and transformer</description>
     <url>http://markdown.tautua.org</url>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 77f9a3a..fdeac45 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.tautua.markdownpapers</groupId>
         <artifactId>markdownpapers-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.5</version>
+        <version>1.2.6</version>
         <relativePath>parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.tautua.markdownpapers</groupId>
diff --git a/www/pom.xml b/www/pom.xml
index 601687c..88f27b2 100644
--- a/www/pom.xml
+++ b/www/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.tautua.markdownpapers</groupId>
         <artifactId>markdownpapers-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.5</version>
+        <version>1.2.6</version>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.tautua.markdownpapers</groupId>