diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fbf1a3047..6c9a53e30 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ Features:
 Fixes:
 - Improved the `markdownEscape` function!
 - Translated even more MadelineProto UI elements!
-- Now the same static analysis rules are applied for both plugins and simple event handlers.
+- Improve the static analyzer.
 - Made some fixes to simple filters.
+- Relax markdown parser.
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/TL/Conversion/MarkdownEntities.php b/src/TL/Conversion/MarkdownEntities.php
index c1fec7def..304c75397 100644
--- a/src/TL/Conversion/MarkdownEntities.php
+++ b/src/TL/Conversion/MarkdownEntities.php
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ final class MarkdownEntities extends Entities
                         continue;
                     }
                     if ($next !== '(') {
-                        throw new AssertionError("( expected @ pos $offset!");
+                        [, $start] = \array_pop($stack);
+                        $message .= '['.$piece.$char;
+                        $messageLen += StrTools::mbStrlen($piece)+2;
+                        continue;
                     }
                     $offset++;
                     $char = "](";
diff --git a/tests/danog/MadelineProto/EntitiesTest.php b/tests/danog/MadelineProto/EntitiesTest.php
index fdb7a5340..5a62fb27b 100644
--- a/tests/danog/MadelineProto/EntitiesTest.php
+++ b/tests/danog/MadelineProto/EntitiesTest.php
@@ -349,6 +349,12 @@ class EntitiesTest extends MadelineTestCase
                     ],
                 ],
             ],
+            [
+                'markdown',
+                '[not a link]',
+                '[not a link]',
+                [],
+            ],
             [
                 'html',
                 '<a href="https://google.com/">link </a>test',