diff --git a/Parsedown.php b/Parsedown.php
index 660b041..3a2803a 100755
--- a/Parsedown.php
+++ b/Parsedown.php
@@ -386,16 +386,16 @@ class Parsedown
 
     protected function blockFencedCode($Line)
     {
-        if (preg_match('/^(['.$Line['text'][0].']{3,})[ ]*([\w-]+)?[ ]*$/', $Line['text'], $matches))
+        if (preg_match('/^['.$Line['text'][0].']{3,}[ ]*([\w-]+)?[ ]*$/', $Line['text'], $matches))
         {
             $Element = array(
                 'name' => 'code',
                 'text' => '',
             );
 
-            if (isset($matches[2]))
+            if (isset($matches[1]))
             {
-                $class = 'language-'.$matches[2];
+                $class = 'language-'.$matches[1];
 
                 $Element['attributes'] = array(
                     'class' => $class,