diff --git a/engine/org2gemini.sh b/engine/org2gemini.sh
index 2a810a5..bfac9b8 100755
--- a/engine/org2gemini.sh
+++ b/engine/org2gemini.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ src="$1"
 dst="$2"
 
 ./engine/org2gemini_step1.sh "$src" | \
-  perl -pe 's#\[\[([^]]*)\]\[([^]]*)\]\]#\n=> $1 $2#g;s#=> file:([^ ]*)\.org#=> $1.gmi#g;s#\[\[(file:)?([^]]*)\]\]#=> $2#g;s#^\* *##' > "$dst"
+  perl -pe 's#\[\[([^]]*)\]\[([^]]*)\]\]#\n=> $1 $2#g;s#=> file:([^ ]*)\.org#=> $1.gmi#g;s#\[\[(file:)?([^]]*)\]\]#=> $2#g;' | \
+  perl -pe 's#^\* *\n##' > "$dst"