diff --git a/markdown-it-attrs.browser.js b/markdown-it-attrs.browser.js
index 794234c..c065eba 100644
--- a/markdown-it-attrs.browser.js
+++ b/markdown-it-attrs.browser.js
@@ -175,15 +175,27 @@ function firstTokenNotHidden(tokens, i) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Find first bullet list open.
+ * Find corresponding bullet/ordered list open.
  */
 function bulletListOpen(tokens, i) {
-  if (tokens[i] &&
-      tokens[i].type !== 'bullet_list_open' &&
-      tokens[i].type !== 'ordered_list_open') {
-    return bulletListOpen(tokens, i - 1);
+  var level = 0;
+  var token;
+  for (; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
+    token = tokens[i];
+    // jump past nested lists, level == 0 and open -> correct opening token
+    if (token.type === 'bullet_list_close' ||
+        token.type === 'ordered_list_close') {
+      level += 1;
+    }
+    if (token.type === 'bullet_list_open' ||
+        token.type === 'ordered_list_open') {
+      if (level === 0) {
+        return token;
+      } else {
+        level -= 1;
+      }
+    }
   }
-  return tokens[i];
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a8a5011..9e25001 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "markdown-it-attrs",
-  "version": "0.7.4",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Add classes, identifiers and attributes to your markdown with {} curly brackets, similar to pandoc's header attributes",
   "main": "index.js",
   "license": "MIT",