diff --git a/fragments.py b/fragments.py
index f9b49e8..89e90ed 100644
--- a/fragments.py
+++ b/fragments.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ FRAGMENT_CLASS = "fragment"
 
 def defragmentize(html):
   dom = etree.fromstring(html)
+
   query = "|".join([
       # FRAGMENT_TAG between two spaces
       "//*[contains(text(), ' %s ')]" % FRAGMENT_TAG,
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ def defragmentize(html):
 
     fragment.set('class',  class_list)
     fragment.text = re.sub(r"\s*%s\s*" %
-                           re.escape(FRAGMENT_TAG), '', fragment.text)
+                          re.escape(FRAGMENT_TAG), '', fragment.text)
 
   return etree.tostring(dom, method='html', encoding='utf-8',
                         pretty_print=True).decode('utf-8')
diff --git a/slides.py b/slides.py
index c735e89..f54cad8 100644
--- a/slides.py
+++ b/slides.py
@@ -14,17 +14,27 @@ def compile_slide(slide, root_directory):
     slide_metadata = get_slide_metadata(slide)
     slide_data = get_slide_data(slide)
     slide = get_slide_layout(slide_metadata['layout'])
+
     if 'todo' in slide_data.keys():
         # TODO: Move the css into a global onpoint.css file
         slide = '<aside class="todo" style="position:absolute; z-index:100; display:block; background:rgba(255,0,0,.8); top:0; right:0; max-width:20%; margin:.5em; padding:.5em; border-radius:1em; font-family:sans-serif; font-size: .8em;">@todo</aside>' + slide
+
     for key, value in slide_data.items():
         placeholder = '@' + key
         filler = convert_slide_content(value)
-        # print('replace', placeholder, 'with', filler)
-        if '@' + key in slide:
+
+        # very unelegant attempt at inline elements
+        inline_key = '@' + key + '(inline)'
+        if inline_key in slide:
+            slide = slide.replace(
+                inline_key,
+                re.sub(r"<p>(.+)</p>", r"\1", filler)
+            )
+
+        elif '@' + key in slide:
             slide = slide.replace(placeholder, filler)
-    # very unelegant attempt at inline elements
-    slide = re.sub(r"<p>(.+?)</p>\n\(inline\)", r"\1", slide)
+
+
     return slide
 
 # Parses the metadata passage of a given slide and returns the metadata as a