diff --git a/reporting/md-color.py b/reporting/md-color.py
index 0e37b94..9317391 100755
--- a/reporting/md-color.py
+++ b/reporting/md-color.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Special syntaxes:
 
 block_match={
     'block_code': (re.compile(r'^( {4}[^*])(.*)$'),'${c}\\1\\2','${Z}${c}'),
-    'multiline_code' : (re.compile(r'^ *(`{3,}|~{3,}) *(\S*)?'),'${c}\\1\\2','${Z}${c}'),  # ```lang
+    'multiline_code' : (re.compile(r'^ *(`{3,}|~{3,}) *(\S*)'),'${c}\\1\\2','${Z}${c}'),  # ```lang
     'block_quote': (re.compile(r'^(>[ >]* )'),'${K}\\1${Z}','${Z}'),
 
     'hrule': (re.compile(r'^ {0,3}[-*_]([-*_]){2,}$'),False,'${Z}'),