diff --git a/src/renderer.js b/src/renderer.js
index 289e7b9..2fd6a91 100644
--- a/src/renderer.js
+++ b/src/renderer.js
@@ -5,6 +5,55 @@ const showdown = require('showdown');
 module.exports = (config) => {
   const converter = new showdown.Converter(config['showdown']);
 
+  /**
+   * get parts outside of codes/scripts
+   * @param {string} data
+   * @returns {{index:number, end:number, text:string}[]} parts
+   */
+  const getParts = (data) => {
+    let parts = [];
+    let match;
+    let i = 0;
+    while ((match = /```/m.exec(data.slice(i)))) {
+      parts.push({
+        index: i,
+        end: i + match.index,
+        text: data.slice(i, i + match.index),
+      });
+      i += match.index + match[0].length;
+    }
+    if (i < data.length)
+      parts.push({
+        index: i,
+        end: data.length,
+        text: data.slice(i, data.length),
+      });
+
+    parts = parts.filter((p, i) => i % 2 === 0); //filter out code parts
+
+    // detect scripts outside of code
+    parts.forEach((p, pi) => {
+      let i = 0;
+      const subParts = [];
+      while ((match = /(<script>((?:(?!<\/script>)[\s\S])*)<\/script>)/gm.exec(p.text.slice(i)))) {
+        subParts.push({
+          index: p.index + i,
+          end: i + match.index,
+          text: p.text.slice(i, i + match.index),
+        });
+        i += match.index + match[0].length;
+      }
+      if (i < p.text.length)
+        subParts.push({
+          index: p.index + i,
+          end: p.text.length,
+          text: p.text.slice(i, p.text.length),
+        });
+      parts.splice(pi, 1, ...subParts);
+    });
+    return parts;
+  };
+
   const renderShowDown = (data, cb) => {
     const html = converter.makeHtml(data);
     cb(html);
@@ -35,15 +84,19 @@ module.exports = (config) => {
   const renderPlantUML = (data, cb) => {
     if (!config['modules']['plantuml'])
       return cb(data);
+    const parts = getParts(data);
     const umlRegex = /@startuml\r?\n((?:(?!@enduml)[\s\S])*)\r?\n@enduml/m;
     let match;
-    while ((match = umlRegex.exec(data))) {
-      const code = match[1].trim();
-      const s = unescape(encodeURIComponent(code)); // jshint ignore:line
-      const compressed = global['zip_deflate'](s);
-      const url = `http://www.plantuml.com/plantuml/${config['plantuml']['output_format']}/${encode64(compressed)}`;// jshint ignore:line
-      data = data.slice(0, match.index) + `<img alt="generated PlantUML diagram" src="${url}">` + data.slice(match.index + match[0].length);
-    }
+    parts.forEach(part => {
+      while ((match = umlRegex.exec(part.text))) {
+        const code = match[1].trim();
+        const s = unescape(encodeURIComponent(code)); // jshint ignore:line
+        const compressed = global['zip_deflate'](s);
+        const url = `http://www.plantuml.com/plantuml/${config['plantuml']['output_format']}/${encode64(compressed)}`;// jshint ignore:line
+        part.text = part.text.slice(0, match.index) + `<img alt="generated PlantUML diagram" src="${url}">` + part.text.slice(match.index + match[0].length);
+      }
+      data = data.slice(0, part.index) + part.text + data.slice(part.end);
+    });
     cb(data);
   };
 
@@ -64,7 +117,7 @@ module.exports = (config) => {
     if (!config['modules']['mathjax'])
       return cb(data);
 
-    const spl = data.split('```');
+    const parts = getParts(data);
 
     const doMJ = (match, format, i) => {
       const eq = match[1].trim();
@@ -76,8 +129,8 @@ module.exports = (config) => {
       };
       mjConf[output] = true;
       mjAPI.typeset(mjConf, (res) => {
-        spl[i] = spl[i].slice(0, match.index) + res[output] + spl[i].slice(match.index + match[0].length);
-        renderMathJax(spl.join('```'), (data2) => {
+        data = data.slice(0, parts[i].index + match.index) + res[output] + data.slice(parts[i].index + match.index + match[0].length);
+        renderMathJax(data, (data2) => {
           cb(data2);
         });
       });
@@ -86,11 +139,11 @@ module.exports = (config) => {
     const eqRegex = /\$\$((?:(?!\$\$)[\s\S])*)\$\$/m;
     const inlineEqRegex = /\$([^$\n]*)\$/;
 
-    for (let i = 0; i < spl.length; i += 2) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < parts.length; i += 2) {
       let match;
-      if ((match = eqRegex.exec(spl[i]))) {
+      if ((match = eqRegex.exec(parts[i].text))) {
         return doMJ(match, 'TeX', i);
-      } else if ((match = inlineEqRegex.exec(spl[i]))) {
+      } else if ((match = inlineEqRegex.exec(parts[i].text))) {
         return doMJ(match, 'inline-TeX', i);
       }
     }
@@ -98,6 +151,7 @@ module.exports = (config) => {
   };
 
   return {
+    getParts: config['test'] ? getParts : undefined,
     renderShowDown: config['test'] ? renderShowDown : undefined,
     renderPrism: config['test'] ? renderPrism : undefined,
     renderPlantUML: config['test'] ? renderPlantUML : undefined,
diff --git a/test/renderer.test.js b/test/renderer.test.js
index aa09068..5d05f7b 100644
--- a/test/renderer.test.js
+++ b/test/renderer.test.js
@@ -42,6 +42,23 @@ afterAll(() => {
   }
 });
 
+describe('get parts', () => {
+  test('normal', () => {
+    const data = 'Hello\nthere\ngeneral\nkenobi';
+    const parts = renderer.getParts(data);
+    expect(parts.map(p => p.text)).toEqual([
+      'Hello\nthere\ngeneral\nkenobi'
+    ]);
+  });
+  test('lot of stuff', () => {
+    const data = 'Hello\nthere\n```code```\ngeneral<script>script</script>\n<script>script2</script>\n```<script>script3</script>```kenobi';
+    const parts = renderer.getParts(data);
+    expect(parts.map(p => p.text)).toEqual([
+      'Hello\nthere\n', '\ngeneral', '\n', '\n', 'kenobi'
+    ]);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('Test Showdown', () => {
   test('normal', (done) => {
     renderer.renderShowDown('# Hello', (html) => {
@@ -112,6 +129,13 @@ describe('Test PlantUML', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  test('plantuml ignored in code', (done) => {
+    renderer.renderPlantUML('code:\n```@startuml\nBob -> Alice : hello\n@enduml```', (data) => {
+      expect(data).toBe('code:\n```@startuml\nBob -> Alice : hello\n@enduml```');
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
   test('plantuml multiple uml', (done) => {
     renderer.renderPlantUML('@startuml\nBob -> Alice : hello\n@enduml\n@startuml\nBob -> Alice : hello\n@enduml', (data) => {
       expect(data).toBe('<img alt="generated PlantUML diagram" src="http://www.plantuml.com/plantuml/svg/SyfFKj2rKt3CoKnELR1Io4ZDoSa70000">\n<img alt="generated PlantUML diagram" src="http://www.plantuml.com/plantuml/svg/SyfFKj2rKt3CoKnELR1Io4ZDoSa70000">');