diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/tokenmacro/impl/BuildLogExcerptMacro.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/tokenmacro/impl/BuildLogExcerptMacro.java
index b8151a3..1bab9a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/tokenmacro/impl/BuildLogExcerptMacro.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/tokenmacro/impl/BuildLogExcerptMacro.java
@@ -76,9 +76,12 @@ String getContent(BufferedReader reader) throws IOException {
                 started = true;
                 continue;
             }
-            if (endPattern.matcher(line).matches()) break;
 
-            if (started) buffer.append(line).append('\n');
+            if (started) {
+            	if (endPattern.matcher(line).matches()) break;
+            	
+            	buffer.append(line).append('\n');
+            }
         }
         return buffer.toString();
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/tokenmacro/impl/BuildLogExcerptMacroTest.java b/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/tokenmacro/impl/BuildLogExcerptMacroTest.java
index baec05b..1cc919d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/tokenmacro/impl/BuildLogExcerptMacroTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/tokenmacro/impl/BuildLogExcerptMacroTest.java
@@ -67,5 +67,19 @@ public void testGetContent_regexpStartEndTags()
 
         assertEquals("7\n8\n9\n", result);
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testGetContent_regexpStartEndTagsEndBeforeStart()
+    		throws Exception {
+    	AbstractBuild build = mock(AbstractBuild.class);
+    	when(build.getLogReader()).thenReturn(new StringReader("1\n2\nSTOP3\n4\n5\nTEST STARTED\n7\n8\n9\nTEST STOPED\n10\n11\n12\n"));
+    	
+    	buildLogExcerptMacro.start = ".*START.*";
+    	buildLogExcerptMacro.end = ".*STOP.*";
+    	
+    	final String result = buildLogExcerptMacro.evaluate(build, listener, BuildLogExcerptMacro.MACRO_NAME);
+    	
+    	assertEquals("7\n8\n9\n", result);
+    }
 }