diff --git a/Tests/markdownTest.php b/Tests/markdownTest.php
index 173daf9..849159b 100644
--- a/Tests/markdownTest.php
+++ b/Tests/markdownTest.php
@@ -306,6 +306,24 @@ base</code></pre>");
     printf ($md->html ("    \n    * OK"));
   }
 
+  public function testChainCode2 ()
+  {
+    $this->expectOutputString("<pre><code>
+* * * * * www-data OK</code></pre>");
+    $md = new markdown ();
+    printf ($md->html ("    \n    * * * * * www-data OK"));
+  }
+
+  public function testChainCode3 ()
+  {
+    $this->expectOutputString("<p>To write</p>
+<pre><code>* * * * * www-data OK</code></pre>");
+    $md = new markdown ();
+    printf ($md->html ("To write
+
+     * * * * * www-data OK"));
+  }
+
   public function testUnnumberredAndText1 ()
   {
     $this->expectOutputString("<p>Hi</p>
diff --git a/markdown.php b/markdown.php
index 4fea25d..85d1a47 100644
--- a/markdown.php
+++ b/markdown.php
@@ -288,7 +288,15 @@ class markdown
     // detect the type and call the right type function
     while (isset ($text[$pos]))
     {
-      if ($this->depth ($text[$pos]) > $depth)
+      if ($this->depth ($text[$pos]) > $depth && $depth === 0)
+      {
+        // New block code
+        if ($this->debug)
+          echo "New block code\n";
+        $content .= $this->typeCode ($text, $this->depth ($text[$pos]), $pos);
+        continue;
+      }
+      elseif ($this->depth ($text[$pos]) > $depth)
       {
         if ($this->debug)
           echo "CALL DEPTH > MINDEPTH (".$this->depth ($text[$pos]).