diff --git a/reporting/md-toc b/reporting/md-toc
index 2b385ea..92f225a 100755
--- a/reporting/md-toc
+++ b/reporting/md-toc
@@ -49,7 +49,16 @@ def main():
     marker_found = False
     marker_end_found = False
     to_remove = []
+    in_code = False
+
     for i, row in enumerate(markdown):
+        in_table = row.startswith("|")
+        if row.startswith("```"):
+            in_code = not in_code
+
+        if any((in_code, in_table)):
+            continue
+
         if row.startswith("#"):
             headers, title = row.strip().split(" ", 1)
             if opts.l: