diff --git a/core/shared/lib/showdown/extensions/ghostgfm.js b/core/shared/lib/showdown/extensions/ghostgfm.js
index bcc9626d96..6847d8d1c9 100644
--- a/core/shared/lib/showdown/extensions/ghostgfm.js
+++ b/core/shared/lib/showdown/extensions/ghostgfm.js
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
                     }
 
                     // Extract pre blocks
-                    text = text.replace(/<(pre|code)>[\s\S]*?<\/(\1)>/gim, function (x) {
+                    text = text.replace(/<(pre|code|script)>[\s\S]*?<\/(\1)>/gim, function (x) {
                         var hash = hashId();
                         preExtractions[hash] = x;
                         return '{gfm-js-extract-pre-' + hash + '}';
diff --git a/core/test/unit/showdown_ghostGFM_spec.js b/core/test/unit/showdown_ghostGFM_spec.js
index 76c919acd7..43093beb80 100644
--- a/core/test/unit/showdown_ghostGFM_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/unit/showdown_ghostGFM_spec.js
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ describe('Ghost GFM showdown extension', function () {
                 input: '<script type="text/javascript" src="http://google.co.uk"></script>',
                 output: /^<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/google.co.uk\"><\/script>$/
             },
+            {
+                input: '<script>var url = "http://google.co.uk"</script>',
+                output: /^<script>var url = \"http:\/\/google.co.uk\"<\/script>$/
+            },
             {
                 input: '<a href="http://facebook.com">http://google.co.uk</a>',
                 output: /^<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\">http:\/\/google.co.uk<\/a>$/