diff --git a/plugin/markdown/markdown.js b/plugin/markdown/markdown.js
index 4847c7ad..ca692e30 100755
--- a/plugin/markdown/markdown.js
+++ b/plugin/markdown/markdown.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 		});
 	}
 
-	var DEFAULT_SLIDE_SEPARATOR = '^\n---\n$',
+	var DEFAULT_SLIDE_SEPARATOR = '^\r?\n---\r?\n$',
 		DEFAULT_NOTES_SEPARATOR = 'note:',
 		DEFAULT_ELEMENT_ATTRIBUTES_SEPARATOR = '\\\.element\\\s*?(.+?)$',
 		DEFAULT_SLIDE_ATTRIBUTES_SEPARATOR = '\\\.slide:\\\s*?(\\\S.+?)$';