diff --git a/src/lib/components/Editor.svelte b/src/lib/components/Editor.svelte
index 4fd22dc..b1755d5 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/Editor.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/Editor.svelte
@@ -3280,6 +3280,11 @@
 		src = src.replace(/^([\s>]*)-\s\[ \][^\S\n]+(.+)$/gm, '$1- <tiptask checked="false">$2</tiptask>');
 		src = src.replace(/^([\s>]*)-\s\[ \][^\S\n]*$/gm, '$1- <tiptask checked="false">&nbsp;</tiptask>');
 
+		// Pre-process: strip list-separator comments before markdown-it.
+		// markdown-it treats <!-- --> as an HTML block start, swallowing the
+		// next line (e.g. an image) as raw HTML instead of parsing it.
+		src = src.replace(/^<!-- -->\s*$/gm, '');
+
 		// Pre-process: preserve blank lines before image-only lines
 		// markdown-it collapses blank lines into paragraph breaks, losing the empty paragraph.
 		// Insert a <div> marker that markdown-it passes through (html: true), then convert to <p></p>