diff --git a/lib/marked.js b/lib/marked.js
index 462229d233..78703975f5 100644
--- a/lib/marked.js
+++ b/lib/marked.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ block.def = edit(block.def)
   .getRegex();
 
 block.bullet = /(?:[*+-]|\d{1,9}\.)/;
-block.item = /^( *)(bull) [^\n]*(?:\n(?!\1bull )[^\n]*)*/;
+block.item = /^( *)(bull) ?[^\n]*(?:\n(?!\1bull ?)[^\n]*)*/;
 block.item = edit(block.item, 'gm')
   .replace(/bull/g, block.bullet)
   .getRegex();
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ Lexer.prototype.token = function(src, top) {
         // Remove the list item's bullet
         // so it is seen as the next token.
         space = item.length;
-        item = item.replace(/^ *([*+-]|\d+\.) +/, '');
+        item = item.replace(/^ *([*+-]|\d+\.) */, '');
 
         // Outdent whatever the
         // list item contains. Hacky.
diff --git a/test/specs/commonmark/commonmark-spec.js b/test/specs/commonmark/commonmark-spec.js
index 7669ab3da1..35790288c9 100644
--- a/test/specs/commonmark/commonmark-spec.js
+++ b/test/specs/commonmark/commonmark-spec.js
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ describe('CommonMark 0.28 List items', function() {
   var section = 'List items';
 
   // var shouldPassButFails = [];
-  var shouldPassButFails = [237, 236, 227, 218, 243, 259, 241, 239, 247, 246, 225, 220, 258, 260, 244];
+  var shouldPassButFails = [237, 236, 227, 218, 243, 259, 241, 239, 247, 225, 220, 258, 260];
 
   var willNotBeAttemptedByCoreTeam = [];
 
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ describe('CommonMark 0.28 Lists', function() {
   var section = 'Lists';
 
   // var shouldPassButFails = [];
-  var shouldPassButFails = [282, 270, 280, 278, 273, 274, 264, 265, 276, 279, 267, 269];
+  var shouldPassButFails = [282, 270, 280, 278, 273, 274, 264, 265, 279, 267, 269];
 
   var willNotBeAttemptedByCoreTeam = [];