diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/jbang/source/sources/MarkdownSource.java b/src/main/java/dev/jbang/source/sources/MarkdownSource.java
index 8baa33fc9..47b48db2d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/jbang/source/sources/MarkdownSource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/jbang/source/sources/MarkdownSource.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public String transformMarkdown(String source) {
 			List<String> output = new ArrayList<>();
 			String state = "root";
 			boolean prevLineIsEmpty = true;
-			for (String line : source.split("\n")) {
+			for (String line : source.split("\\R")) {
 				switch (state) {
 				case "root":
 					if (match(fourspacesOrTab, line) && prevLineIsEmpty) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/dev/jbang/cli/TestRun.java b/src/test/java/dev/jbang/cli/TestRun.java
index 89df14043..3ccc7f99f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/dev/jbang/cli/TestRun.java
+++ b/src/test/java/dev/jbang/cli/TestRun.java
@@ -238,6 +238,26 @@ void testMarkdown() throws IOException {
 		assertThat(result, matchesPattern("^.*jshell(.exe)?.+--class-path=.*figlet.*? --startup.*$"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void testMarkdownWindows() throws IOException {
+		Path readmeFileOrg = examplesTestFolder.resolve("readme.md");
+		String readmeText = Util.readString(readmeFileOrg);
+
+		Path readmeFileWin = jbangTempDir.resolve("readme.md");
+		Files.write(readmeFileWin, readmeText.replace("\n", "\r\n").getBytes());
+
+		String arg = readmeFileWin.toAbsolutePath().toString();
+		CommandLine.ParseResult pr = JBang.getCommandLine().parseArgs("run", arg);
+		Run run = (Run) pr.subcommand().commandSpec().userObject();
+
+		ProjectBuilder pb = run.createProjectBuilderForRun();
+		Project prj = pb.build(arg);
+
+		String result = run.updateGeneratorForRun(CmdGenerator.builder(prj)).build().generate();
+
+		assertThat(result, matchesPattern("^.*jshell(.exe)?.+--class-path=.*figlet.*? --startup.*$"));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void testRemoteMarkdown() throws IOException {