diff --git a/lib/static.js b/lib/static.js
index bf07a0e..d4b1506 100644
--- a/lib/static.js
+++ b/lib/static.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const path = require('path');
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const { getOptions, getAssetsDir, getPath, getStaticDir, getSlideOptions, getFilesGlob } = require('./config');
-const { isDirectory, isFile, parseYamlFrontMatter, getFilePaths, isAbsoluteURL } = require('./util');
+const { md, isDirectory, isFile, parseYamlFrontMatter, getFilePaths, isAbsoluteURL } = require('./util');
 const { revealBasePath, highlightThemePath } = require('./constants');
 const { renderFile } = require('./render');
 const { renderListFile } = require('./listing');
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ const featuredSlide = require('./featured-slide');
 
 const files = new Set();
 
-const mdImageRE = /!\[[^\]]*\]\((.*?)\s*(["'](?:.*[^"'])["'])?\s*\)/g;
 const htmlImageRE = /<img.+src=["'](.+?)["'](?:.+?)>/g;
 
 const relativeDir = (from, to) => path.relative(from, to).replace(/^\.\./, '.');
@@ -63,13 +62,14 @@ const copyAssetsAndWriteFile = async (sourceDir, file, targetDir) => {
   const awaits = await copyAssetsFromOptions(markdown);
   const base = relativeDir(file, '.');
   const markup = await renderFile(path.join(sourceDir, file), { base });
-  let image;
 
-  while ((image = mdImageRE.exec(markdown) || htmlImageRE.exec(markdown))) {
+  let image;
+  const html = md.marked(markdown.toString());
+  while (image = htmlImageRE.exec(html)) {
     const [, imgPath] = image;
     if (!isAbsoluteURL(imgPath)) {
       const relPath = path.join(path.dirname(file), imgPath);
-      awaits.push(cp(path.join(sourceDir, relPath), path.join(targetDir, relPath)));
+      awaits.push(cp(path.join(sourceDir, relPath), path.join(targetDir, relPath)).catch((err) => console.warn(err)));
     }
   }