diff --git a/src/Converter/ParagraphConverter.php b/src/Converter/ParagraphConverter.php
index 6e8b57e..b996dca 100644
--- a/src/Converter/ParagraphConverter.php
+++ b/src/Converter/ParagraphConverter.php
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ private function escapeSpecialCharacters($line)
     {
         $line = $this->escapeHeaderlikeCharacters($line);
         $line = $this->escapeBlockquotelikeCharacters($line);
+        $line = $this->escapeOrderedListlikeCharacters($line);
 
         return $line;
     }
@@ -80,4 +81,20 @@ private function escapeHeaderlikeCharacters($line)
             return $line;
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $line
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function escapeOrderedListlikeCharacters($line)
+    {
+        // This regex will match numbers ending on ')' or '.' that are at the beginning of the line.
+        if (preg_match('/^[0-9]+(?=\)|\.)/', $line, $match)) {
+            // Found an Ordered list like character, escaping it
+            return substr_replace($line, '\\', strlen($match[0]), 0);
+        } else {
+            return $line;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/HtmlConverterTest.php b/tests/HtmlConverterTest.php
index ce0fa43..cc32baf 100644
--- a/tests/HtmlConverterTest.php
+++ b/tests/HtmlConverterTest.php
@@ -219,5 +219,6 @@ public function test_sanitization()
         $this->html_gives_markdown('<p>&gt; &gt; Look at me! &lt; &lt;</p>', '\> > Look at me! < <');
         $this->html_gives_markdown('<p>&gt; &gt; <b>Look</b> at me! &lt; &lt;<br />&gt; Just look at me!</p>', "\\> > **Look** at me! < <  \n\\> Just look at me!");
         $this->html_gives_markdown('<p>Foo<br>--<br>Bar<br>Foo--</p>', "Foo  \n\\--  \nBar  \nFoo--");
+        $this->html_gives_markdown("<p>123456789) Foo and 1234567890) Bar!</p>\n<p>1. Platz in 'Das große Backen'</p>", "123456789\\) Foo and 1234567890) Bar!\n\n1\\. Platz in 'Das große Backen'");
     }
 }