diff --git a/plugin/bullets.vim b/plugin/bullets.vim
index 2aacc8d..97f51eb 100644
--- a/plugin/bullets.vim
+++ b/plugin/bullets.vim
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 " Vim plugin for automated bulleted lists
-" Last Change: Tue 18 Apr 2017
+" Last Change: Sun 15 Oct 2017
 " Maintainer: Dorian Karter
 " License: MIT
 " FileTypes: markdown, text, gitcommit
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ fun! s:match_roman_list_item(input_text)
 endfun
 
 fun! s:match_bullet_list_item(input_text)
-  let l:std_bullet_regex  = '\v(^\s*(-|*|\\item)( \[[x ]?\])? )(.*)'
+  let l:std_bullet_regex  = '\v(^\s*(-|*|#.|\\item)( \[[x ]?\])? )(.*)'
   let l:matches           = matchlist(a:input_text, l:std_bullet_regex)
 
   if empty(l:matches)
diff --git a/spec/bullets_spec.rb b/spec/bullets_spec.rb
index 54db346..38d8240 100644
--- a/spec/bullets_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/bullets_spec.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,28 @@
         EOF
       end
 
+      it 'adds a pandoc bullet if the prev line had one' do
+        filename = "#{SecureRandom.hex(6)}.md"
+        write_file(filename, <<-EOF)
+          Hello there
+          #. this is the first bullet
+        EOF
+
+        vim.edit filename
+        vim.type 'GA'
+        vim.feedkeys '\<cr>'
+        vim.type 'second bullet'
+        vim.write
+
+        file_contents = IO.read(filename)
+
+        expect(file_contents).to eq normalize_string_indent(<<-EOF)
+          Hello there
+          #. this is the first bullet
+          #. second bullet\n
+        EOF
+      end
+
       it 'adds a new numeric bullet if the previous line had numeric bullet' do
         filename = "#{SecureRandom.hex(6)}.md"
         write_file(filename, <<-EOF)
@@ -96,6 +118,7 @@
           second line\n
         EOF
       end
+
       it 'adds a new roman numeral bullet' do
         filename = "#{SecureRandom.hex(6)}.md"
         write_file(filename, <<-EOF)
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 5bb85dd..0f9e570 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'vimrunner'
 require 'vimrunner/rspec'
+require 'securerandom'
 
 Vimrunner::RSpec.configure do |config|
   # Use a single Vim instance for the test suite. Set to false to use an