diff --git a/src/paste-markdown-table.ts b/src/paste-markdown-table.ts
index afa5294..544ef91 100644
--- a/src/paste-markdown-table.ts
+++ b/src/paste-markdown-table.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ function generateText(transfer: DataTransfer): string | undefined {
   const html = transfer.getData('text/html')
   if (!/<table/i.test(html)) return
 
+  // eslint-disable-next-line github/unescaped-html-literal
+  const start = html.substring(0, html.indexOf('<table'))
+  const tableCloseIndex = html.lastIndexOf('</table>')
+  if (!start || !tableCloseIndex) return
+  const end = html.substring(tableCloseIndex + 8)
+
   const parser = new DOMParser()
   const parsedDocument = parser.parseFromString(html, 'text/html')
 
@@ -100,5 +106,7 @@ function generateText(transfer: DataTransfer): string | undefined {
 
   const formattedTable = tableMarkdown(table)
 
-  return html.replace(/<meta.*?>/, '').replace(/<table[.\S\s]*<\/table>/, `\n${formattedTable}`)
+  if (!formattedTable) return
+
+  return [start, formattedTable, end].join('').replace(/<meta.*?>/, '')
 }
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index f2ee67a..951d261 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ describe('paste-markdown', function () {
       assert.equal(
         textarea.value.trim(),
         // eslint-disable-next-line github/unescaped-html-literal
-        `<p>Here is a cool table</p>\n        \n  \n\n${tableMarkdown}\n\n\n\n        <p>Very cool</p>`
+        `<p>Here is a cool table</p>\n        \n  \n${tableMarkdown}\n\n\n\n        <p>Very cool</p>`
       )
     })
 
@@ -225,6 +225,19 @@ describe('paste-markdown', function () {
       assertUnformattedPaste(textarea)
     })
 
+    it('rejects malformed tables', function () {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line github/unescaped-html-literal, prefer-template
+      const html = '<table'.repeat(999) + '<div><table></div>'
+      const data = {
+        'text/html': html
+      }
+      paste(textarea, data)
+
+      // Synthetic paste events don't manipulate the DOM. A empty textarea
+      // means that the event handler didn't fire and normal paste happened.
+      assertUnformattedPaste(textarea)
+    })
+
     it('accepts x-gfm', function () {
       paste(textarea, {'text/plain': 'hello', 'text/x-gfm': '# hello'})
       assert.include(textarea.value, '# hello')