diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 70121090..5591ca39 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "obsidian-linter",
   "name": "Linter",
-  "version": "1.3.2",
+  "version": "1.3.3",
   "minAppVersion": "0.9.7",
   "description": "Enforces consistent markdown styling.",
   "author": "Victor Tao",
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 98f97041..ec81abb0 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@ export const backtickBlockRegexTemplate = fencedRegexTemplate.replaceAll('X', '`
 export const tildeBlockRegexTemplate = fencedRegexTemplate.replaceAll('X', '~');
 export const indentedBlockRegex = '^((\t|( {4})).*\n)+';
 export const codeBlockRegex = new RegExp(`${backtickBlockRegexTemplate}|${tildeBlockRegexTemplate}|${indentedBlockRegex}`, 'gm');
-export const linkRegex = /((!?)\[[^[\n]*\]\([^[\n]*\))|(\[{2}[^[\n]*\]{2})/g;
+export const linkRegex = /((!?)\[[^[\n\]]*\]\([^[\n\]]*\))|(\[{2}[^[\n\]]*\]{2})/g;
 export const tagRegex = /#[^\s#]{1,}/g;
 
+// Reused placeholders
+
+const yamlPlaceholder = '---\n---';
+
 // Helper functions
 
 /**
@@ -100,8 +104,18 @@ export function makeEmphasisOrBoldConsistent(text: string, style: string, type:
  * @return {string} The text with two spaces at the end of lines of paragraphs, list items, and blockquotes where there were consecutive lines of content.
  */
 export function addTwoSpacesAtEndOfLinesFollowedByAnotherLineOfTextContent(text: string): string {
+  // added the placeholder for YAML in order to prevent the accidental misconstruing of the YAML as a paragraph when an array is in multiline form (i.e. it has a list for the array elements)
+  const yamlMatches = text.match(yamlRegex);
+  if (yamlMatches) {
+    text = text.replace(yamlMatches[0], escapeDollarSigns(yamlPlaceholder));
+  }
+
   const positions: Position[] = getPositions('paragraph', text);
   if (positions.length === 0) {
+    if (yamlMatches) {
+      text = text.replace(yamlPlaceholder, escapeDollarSigns(yamlMatches[0]));
+    }
+
     return text;
   }
 
@@ -126,6 +140,10 @@ export function addTwoSpacesAtEndOfLinesFollowedByAnotherLineOfTextContent(text:
     text = text.substring(0, position.start.offset) + paragraphLines.join('\n') + text.substring(position.end.offset);
   }
 
+  if (yamlMatches) {
+    text = text.replace(yamlPlaceholder, escapeDollarSigns(yamlMatches[0]));
+  }
+
   return text;
 }
 
@@ -180,7 +198,6 @@ export function ignoreCodeBlocksYAMLTagsAndLinks(text: string, func: (text: stri
   text = ret.text;
   const replacedCodeBlocks = ret.replacedCodeBlocks;
 
-  const yamlPlaceholder = '---\n---';
   const yamlMatches = text.match(yamlRegex);
   if (yamlMatches) {
     text = text.replace(yamlMatches[0], escapeDollarSigns(yamlPlaceholder));
diff --git a/versions.json b/versions.json
index fbf8149f..0109124a 100644
--- a/versions.json
+++ b/versions.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-	"1.3.2": "0.9.7"
+	"1.3.3": "0.9.7"
 }