diff --git a/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js b/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
index 6dfc64d25..5e81be3f0 100644
--- a/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
+++ b/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
@@ -372,9 +372,9 @@ const superSubScripts = {
 
 
 const justifiedParagraphClasses = [];
-justifiedParagraphClasses[2] = 'mdParagraphJiustifyLeft';
-justifiedParagraphClasses[4] = 'mdParagraphJiustifyRight';
-justifiedParagraphClasses[6] = 'mdParagraphJiustifyCenter';
+justifiedParagraphClasses[2] = 'mdParagraphJustifyLeft';
+justifiedParagraphClasses[4] = 'mdParagraphJustifyRight';
+justifiedParagraphClasses[6] = 'mdParagraphJustifyCenter';
 
 const justifiedParagraphs = {
 	name  : 'justifiedParagraphs',
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ const justifiedParagraphs = {
 
 	},  // Hint to Marked.js to stop and check for a match
 	tokenizer(src, tokens) {
-		const regex  = /^((:- ).*)|((-: ).*)|((:-:) .*)(?:\n|$)/ym;
+		const regex  = /^((:- ).*)|((-: ).*)|((:-: ).*)(?:\n|$)/ym;
 		const match = regex.exec(src);
 		if(match?.length) {
 			let whichJustify;
diff --git a/tests/markdown/justification.test.js b/tests/markdown/justification.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3639eb81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markdown/justification.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* eslint-disable max-lines */
+
+import Markdown from 'naturalcrit/markdown.js';
+
+describe('Justification', ()=>{
+	test('Left Justify', function() {
+		const source = ':- Hello';
+		const rendered = Markdown.render(source);
+		expect(rendered, `Input:\n${source}`, { showPrefix: false }).toBe(`<p class=\"mdParagraphJustifyLeft\">Hello</p>`);
+	});
+	test('Right Justify', function() {
+		const source = '-: Hello';
+		const rendered = Markdown.render(source);
+		expect(rendered, `Input:\n${source}`, { showPrefix: false }).toBe(`<p class=\"mdParagraphJustifyRight\">Hello</p>`);
+	});
+	test('Center Justify', function() {
+		const source = ':-: Hello';
+		const rendered = Markdown.render(source);
+		expect(rendered, `Input:\n${source}`, { showPrefix: false }).toBe(`<p class=\"mdParagraphJustifyCenter\">Hello</p>`);
+	});
+
+	test('Ignored inside a code block', function() {
+		const source = '```\n\n:- Hello\n\n```\n';
+		const rendered = Markdown.render(source);
+		expect(rendered, `Input:\n${source}`, { showPrefix: false }).toBe(`<pre><code>\n:- Hello\n</code></pre>\n`);
+	});
+});