diff --git a/syntaxes/codeblock.json b/syntaxes/codeblock.json
index c05932f..b1494b2 100644
--- a/syntaxes/codeblock.json
+++ b/syntaxes/codeblock.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	],
 	"repository": {
 		"kotlin-code-block": {
-			"begin": "kotlin",
+			"begin": "(^|\\G)kotlin",
 			"end": "(^|\\G)(?=\\s*[`~]{3,}\\s*$)",
 			"contentName": "meta.embedded.block.kotlin",
 			"patterns": [
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 		}
 	},
 	"scopeName": "markdown.kotlin.codeblock"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}