diff --git a/legalmd/legal_token.py b/legalmd/legal_token.py
index ce0be4c..90745c2 100644
--- a/legalmd/legal_token.py
+++ b/legalmd/legal_token.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class TableRow(mistletoe.block_token.BlockToken):
 		self.label = self.children[0].label
 
 class TableCell(mistletoe.block_token.BlockToken):
-	pattern1 = re.compile(r'\s*([0-9A-Za-z]+\s+)?(\[[0-9]+\])?(.*)')
+	pattern1 = re.compile(r'\s*(?:([0-9A-Za-z]+)(?:\[([0-9]+)\])?\s+)?(.*)')
 	
 	def __init__(self, inner, row, colnum, align=None):
 		self.row = row
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class TableCell(mistletoe.block_token.BlockToken):
 			label, weight, content = self.pattern1.match(inner).group(1, 2, 3)
 			
 			self.label = label.strip() if label else None
-			self.weight = int(weight[1:-1]) if weight else 1
+			self.weight = int(weight) if weight else 1
 			self.children = mistletoe.span_token.tokenize_inner(content)
 		else:
 			self.label = None