diff --git a/block/TableTrait.php b/block/TableTrait.php
index c7fc095..3d4d2c0 100644
--- a/block/TableTrait.php
+++ b/block/TableTrait.php
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@ protected function consumeTable($lines, $current)
 			'cols' => [],
 			'rows' => [],
 		];
-		$beginsWithPipe = $lines[$current][0] === '|';
 		for ($i = $current, $count = count($lines); $i < $count; $i++) {
-			$line = rtrim($lines[$i]);
+			$line = trim($lines[$i]);
 
 			// extract alignment from second line
 			if ($i == $current+1) {
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ protected function consumeTable($lines, $current)
 
 				continue;
 			}
-			if ($line === '' || $beginsWithPipe && $line[0] !== '|') {
+			if ($line === '' || substr($lines[$i], 0, 4) === '    ') {
 				break;
 			}
 			if ($line[0] === '|') {
diff --git a/tests/extra-data/tables.html b/tests/extra-data/tables.html
index 1011506..1968f49 100644
--- a/tests/extra-data/tables.html
+++ b/tests/extra-data/tables.html
@@ -84,6 +84,6 @@ <h2>Tables</h2>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
 <tr><td align="left">3      </td><td>4</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">3      </td><td>4</td></tr>
 </tbody>
 </table>
-<p>3      | 4</p>
diff --git a/tests/github-data/tables.html b/tests/github-data/tables.html
index 09805bb..e3f2135 100644
--- a/tests/github-data/tables.html
+++ b/tests/github-data/tables.html
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ <h2>Tables</h2>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
 <tr><td align="left">3      </td><td>4</td></tr>
+<tr><td align="left">3      </td><td>4</td></tr>
 </tbody>
 </table>
-<p>3      | 4</p>
 <table>
 <thead>
 <tr><th>Table </th><th>With </th><th>Empty </th><th>Cells</th></tr>