diff --git a/src/js/easymde.js b/src/js/easymde.js
index c038d1c7..449c76fd 100644
--- a/src/js/easymde.js
+++ b/src/js/easymde.js
@@ -2251,7 +2251,7 @@ EasyMDE.prototype.render = function (el) {
                 return;
             }
             if (!parentEl.hasAttribute('data-img-src')) {
-                var srcAttr = parentEl.innerText.match('\\((.*)\\)'); // might require better parsing according to markdown spec
+                var srcAttr = parentEl.innerText.match(/!\[.*?\]\((.*?)\)/); // might require better parsing according to markdown spec
                 if (!window.EMDEimagesCache) {
                     window.EMDEimagesCache = {};
                 }