diff --git a/plugin/markdown/plugin.js b/plugin/markdown/plugin.js
index d92b8ba0b3c..25ed0a6b7ea 100755
--- a/plugin/markdown/plugin.js
+++ b/plugin/markdown/plugin.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import marked from 'marked'
 
 const DEFAULT_SLIDE_SEPARATOR = '^\r?\n---\r?\n$',
-	  DEFAULT_NOTES_SEPARATOR = 'notes?:',
+	  DEFAULT_NOTES_SEPARATOR = '^notes?:',
 	  DEFAULT_ELEMENT_ATTRIBUTES_SEPARATOR = '\\\.element\\\s*?(.+?)$',
 	  DEFAULT_SLIDE_ATTRIBUTES_SEPARATOR = '\\\.slide:\\\s*?(\\\S.+?)$';