diff --git a/markdown-it-attrs.browser.js b/markdown-it-attrs.browser.js
index 0f485eb..e96c6aa 100644
--- a/markdown-it-attrs.browser.js
+++ b/markdown-it-attrs.browser.js
@@ -267,7 +267,11 @@ module.exports = [{
     var attrToken = tokens[i].children[j - 1];
     var attrs = utils.getAttrs(token.content, 0);
     utils.addAttrs(attrs, attrToken);
-    token.content = token.content.slice(endChar + 1);
+    if (token.content.length === endChar + 1) {
+      tokens[i].children.splice(j, 1);
+    } else {
+      token.content = token.content.slice(endChar + 1);
+    }
   }
 }, {
   /**
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 83adfb8..b384bf3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "markdown-it-attrs",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.1.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ab94200..22c8afb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "markdown-it-attrs",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.1.1",
   "description": "Add classes, identifiers and attributes to your markdown with {} curly brackets, similar to pandoc's header attributes",
   "main": "index.js",
   "license": "MIT",