diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index f64561c..5156a30 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ a license to everyone to use it as detailed in LICENSE.)
 M. Petra Baranski (info@progsource.de)
 Patrick José Pereira (patrickelectric@gmail.com)
 Martin Kopecky (martin.kopecky357@gmail.com)
-
+Andrew Mettlach (dmmettlach@gmail.com)
diff --git a/docs/definitions.md b/docs/definitions.md
index fd6f286..862b956 100644
--- a/docs/definitions.md
+++ b/docs/definitions.md
@@ -94,6 +94,26 @@ results in
 
 ```
 
+1. ordered
+2. list
+3. items
+
+```
+
+results in
+
+```html
+
+<ol>
+  <li>ordered</li>
+  <li>list</li>
+  <li>items</li>
+</ol>
+
+```
+
+```
+
 1. ordered
 * list
 * items
diff --git a/include/maddy/orderedlistparser.h b/include/maddy/orderedlistparser.h
index b14babb..e41d3b1 100644
--- a/include/maddy/orderedlistparser.h
+++ b/include/maddy/orderedlistparser.h
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ protected:
     bool isStartOfNewListItem = this->isStartOfNewListItem(line);
     uint32_t indentation = getIndentationWidth(line);
 
-    static std::regex orderedlineRegex("^1\\. ");
+    static std::regex orderedlineRegex("^[1-9]+[0-9]*\\. ");
     line = std::regex_replace(line, orderedlineRegex, "");
-    static std::regex unorderedlineRegex("^(\\* )");
+    static std::regex unorderedlineRegex("^\\* ");
     line = std::regex_replace(line, unorderedlineRegex, "");
 
     if (!this->isStarted)
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ private:
   bool
   isStartOfNewListItem(const std::string& line) const
   {
-    static std::regex re("^(?:1\\. |\\* ).*");
+    static std::regex re("^(?:[1-9]+[0-9]*\\. |\\* ).*");
     return std::regex_match(line, re);
   }
 }; // class OrderedListParser
diff --git a/tests/maddy/test_maddy_orderedlistparser.cpp b/tests/maddy/test_maddy_orderedlistparser.cpp
index 326fe96..ecb73c5 100644
--- a/tests/maddy/test_maddy_orderedlistparser.cpp
+++ b/tests/maddy/test_maddy_orderedlistparser.cpp
@@ -96,3 +96,26 @@ TEST_F(MADDY_ORDEREDLISTPARSER, ItReplacesMarkdownWithAnHierachicalHtmlList)
 
   ASSERT_EQ(expected, outputString);
 }
+
+TEST_F(MADDY_ORDEREDLISTPARSER, ItReplacesNumberedMarkdownListWithAnHtmlOrderedList)
+{
+  std::vector<std::string> markdown = {
+    "1. a"
+    , "94. b"
+    , "103. c"
+    , ""
+  };
+  std::string expected = "<ol><li>a</li><li>b</li><li>c</li></ol>";
+
+  for (std::string md : markdown)
+  {
+    olParser->AddLine(md);
+  }
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(olParser->IsFinished());
+
+  std::stringstream& output(olParser->GetResult());
+  const std::string& outputString = output.str();
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(expected, outputString);
+}