diff --git a/Render.go b/Render.go
index a2d353d..148bf9a 100644
--- a/Render.go
+++ b/Render.go
@@ -253,7 +253,6 @@ func (r *renderer) writeText(markdown string) {
 		searchStart   = 0
 		linkTextStart = -1
 		linkTextEnd   = -1
-		codeStart     = -1
 		emStart       = -1
 		strongStart   = -1
 		strikeStart   = -1
@@ -324,18 +323,20 @@ begin:
 			}
 
 		case '`':
-			if codeStart != -1 {
-				r.WriteString("<code>")
-				r.WriteString(html.EscapeString(markdown[codeStart:i]))
-				r.WriteString("</code>")
-				codeStart = -1
-				tokenStart = i + 1
-			} else {
-				r.WriteString(html.EscapeString(markdown[tokenStart:i]))
-				tokenStart = i
-				codeStart = i + 1
+			end := strings.IndexByte(markdown[searchStart:], '`')
+
+			if end == -1 {
+				continue
 			}
 
+			r.WriteString(html.EscapeString(markdown[tokenStart:i]))
+			r.WriteString("<code>")
+			r.WriteString(html.EscapeString(markdown[searchStart : searchStart+end]))
+			r.WriteString("</code>")
+
+			searchStart += end + 1
+			tokenStart = searchStart
+
 		case '*', '_':
 			if i == emStart {
 				strongStart = i + 1
diff --git a/Render_test.go b/Render_test.go
index 144cc60..9e96cc0 100644
--- a/Render_test.go
+++ b/Render_test.go
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ func TestCode(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, markdown.Render("```\nText\n```"), "<pre><code>Text</code></pre>")
 	assert.Equal(t, markdown.Render("```go\ntype A struct {\n\t\n}\n```"), "<pre><code class=\"language-go\">type A struct {\n\t\n}</code></pre>")
 	assert.Equal(t, markdown.Render("`monospace`"), "<p><code>monospace</code></p>")
+	assert.Equal(t, markdown.Render("`unfinished"), "<p>`unfinished</p>")
 	assert.Equal(t, markdown.Render("Inline `monospace` text."), "<p>Inline <code>monospace</code> text.</p>")
 }