diff --git a/src/app/plugins/markdown.ts b/src/app/plugins/markdown.ts
index 9b3b82f7..e291b994 100644
--- a/src/app/plugins/markdown.ts
+++ b/src/app/plugins/markdown.ts
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ const CodeBlockRule: BlockMDRule = {
 const BLOCKQUOTE_MD_1 = '>';
 const QUOTE_LINE_PREFIX = /^> */;
 const BLOCKQUOTE_TRAILING_NEWLINE = /\n$/;
-const BLOCKQUOTE_REG_1 = /(^>.*\n?)+/m;
+const BLOCKQUOTE_REG_1 = /(^>(?: .*\n?| *\n))+/m;
 const BlockQuoteRule: BlockMDRule = {
   match: (text) => text.match(BLOCKQUOTE_REG_1),
   html: (match, parseInline) => {