diff --git a/hmmlib/hmmlib.l b/hmmlib/hmmlib.l
index 3490c8f..3fde687 100644
--- a/hmmlib/hmmlib.l
+++ b/hmmlib/hmmlib.l
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ RB              \]
 <CATEGORIES>{S} 
 <CATEGORIES>:{ATTR_SIMPLE} { HMML_Marker m = { HMML_CATEGORY, strndup(yytext+1, yyleng-1), NULL, NULL, -1 }; sb_push(yyextra->an.markers, m); }
 <CATEGORIES>:{ATTR_QUOTED} { HMML_Marker m = { HMML_CATEGORY, UNQUOTE(strndup(yytext+2, yyleng-3)), NULL, NULL, -1 }; sb_push(yyextra->an.markers, m); }
-<CATEGORIES>\]{LB}         { BEGIN(QUOTES); }
+<CATEGORIES>\]{LB}quote    { BEGIN(QUOTES); }
 <CATEGORIES>\]             { BEGIN(ANNOTATION); }
 <CATEGORIES>.              { HMML_ERR("Unexpected character in category tag: '%s'\n", yytext); }