diff --git a/src/Textamina.Markdig/Parsers/InlineParserState.cs b/src/Textamina.Markdig/Parsers/InlineParserState.cs
index 5b762151..e30c7f0a 100644
--- a/src/Textamina.Markdig/Parsers/InlineParserState.cs
+++ b/src/Textamina.Markdig/Parsers/InlineParserState.cs
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ namespace Textamina.Markdig.Parsers
                     }
                 }
 
+                text = textSaved;
                 // Else match using the default literal inline parser
                 LiteralInlineParser.Default.Match(this, ref text);
 
diff --git a/src/Textamina.Markdig/Parsers/Inlines/LiteralInlineParser.cs b/src/Textamina.Markdig/Parsers/Inlines/LiteralInlineParser.cs
index cbd1c42f..49552bc7 100644
--- a/src/Textamina.Markdig/Parsers/Inlines/LiteralInlineParser.cs
+++ b/src/Textamina.Markdig/Parsers/Inlines/LiteralInlineParser.cs
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ namespace Textamina.Markdig.Parsers.Inlines
 
             var str = text.Text;
             // Sligthly faster to perform our
-            //var nextStart = state.Parsers.IndexOfOpeningCharacter(str, text.Start + 1, text.End);
-            var nextStart = str.IndexOfAny(state.SpecialCharacters, text.Start + 1, text.Length - 1);
+            var nextStart = state.Parsers.IndexOfOpeningCharacter(str, text.Start + 1, text.End);
+            //var nextStart = str.IndexOfAny(state.SpecialCharacters, text.Start + 1, text.Length - 1);
             if (nextStart < 0)
             {
                 nextStart = text.End + 1;