diff --git a/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js b/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
index 99766b536..74f29cebf 100644
--- a/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
+++ b/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
@@ -922,6 +922,18 @@ const globalVarsList    = {};
 let varsQueue       = [];
 let globalPageNumber = 0;
 
+const closePre = (text)=>{
+	const cols = text.split(/^\\column$/gm);
+	if((cols[0].match(/```/g)||[]).length % 2 != 0) {
+		// Catch inserted column pattern
+		if(cols[0].endsWith('\n\n \n')) {
+			cols[0] = cols[0].slice(0, cols[0].length-'\n\n \n'.length);
+			cols[0] += '\n```\n\n \n';
+		} else cols[0] += '\n```\n';
+	}
+	return cols.join(`\n\\column\n`);
+};
+
 const Markdown = {
 	marked : Marked,
 	render : (rawBrewText, pageNumber=0)=>{
@@ -932,7 +944,7 @@ const Markdown = {
 			MarkedGFMResetHeadingIDs();
 		}
 
-		rawBrewText = rawBrewText.replace(/^\\column$/gm, `\n<div class='columnSplit'></div>\n`);
+		rawBrewText = closePre(rawBrewText).replace(/^\\column$/gm, `\n<div class='columnSplit'></div>\n`);
 
 		const opts = Marked.defaults;