diff --git a/src/editor/deserialize.ts b/src/editor/deserialize.ts
index e27eecd2db..6336b4c46b 100644
--- a/src/editor/deserialize.ts
+++ b/src/editor/deserialize.ts
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ function parseElement(n: HTMLElement, partCreator: PartCreator, lastNode: HTMLEl
             // math nodes are translated back into delimited latex strings
             if (n.hasAttribute("data-mx-maths")) {
                 const delimLeft = (n.nodeName == "SPAN") ?
-                    (SdkConfig.get()['latex_maths_delims'] || {})['inline_left'] || "$$" :
-                    (SdkConfig.get()['latex_maths_delims'] || {})['display_left'] || "$$$";
+                    (SdkConfig.get()['latex_maths_delims'] || {})['inline_left'] || "$" :
+                    (SdkConfig.get()['latex_maths_delims'] || {})['display_left'] || "$$";
                 const delimRight = (n.nodeName == "SPAN") ?
-                    (SdkConfig.get()['latex_maths_delims'] || {})['inline_right'] || "$$" :
-                    (SdkConfig.get()['latex_maths_delims'] || {})['display_right'] || "$$$";
+                    (SdkConfig.get()['latex_maths_delims'] || {})['inline_right'] || "$" :
+                    (SdkConfig.get()['latex_maths_delims'] || {})['display_right'] || "$$";
                 const tex = n.getAttribute("data-mx-maths");
                 return partCreator.plain(delimLeft + tex + delimRight);
             } else if (!checkDescendInto(n)) {
diff --git a/src/editor/serialize.ts b/src/editor/serialize.ts
index bd7845315e..c1f4da306b 100644
--- a/src/editor/serialize.ts
+++ b/src/editor/serialize.ts
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ export function htmlSerializeIfNeeded(model: EditorModel, {forceHTML = false} =
 
     if (SettingsStore.getValue("feature_latex_maths")) {
         const displayPattern = (SdkConfig.get()['latex_maths_delims'] || {})['display_pattern'] ||
-            "\\$\\$\\$(([^$]|\\\\\\$)*)\\$\\$\\$";
-        const inlinePattern = (SdkConfig.get()['latex_maths_delims'] || {})['inline_pattern'] ||
             "\\$\\$(([^$]|\\\\\\$)*)\\$\\$";
+        const inlinePattern = (SdkConfig.get()['latex_maths_delims'] || {})['inline_pattern'] ||
+            "\\$(([^$]|\\\\\\$)*)\\$";
 
         md = md.replace(RegExp(displayPattern, "gm"), function(m, p1) {
             const p1e = AllHtmlEntities.encode(p1);