diff --git a/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap b/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
index 8bca09cd..7a11db0a 100644
--- a/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
+++ b/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
@@ -1,5 +1,36 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
+exports[`markdown-to-jsx compiler #190 perf regression 1`] = `
+
+<span data-reactroot>
+  Lorum
+  <em>
+    ipsum
+  </em>
+  :
+  <a href
+     style="float: right;"
+  >
+    <small>
+      foo
+    </small>
+  </a>
+  <span style="float: right;">
+    <small>
+      &amp;nbsp;
+    </small>
+  </span>
+  <a href
+     style="float: right;"
+  >
+    <small>
+      bar
+    </small>
+  </a>
+</span>
+
+`;
+
 exports[`markdown-to-jsx compiler GFM tables should handle a basic table 1`] = `
 
 <table data-reactroot>
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index bd5b90f7..a88eba38 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -174,10 +174,19 @@ const TABLE_ROW_SPLIT = / *\| */;
 /**
  * Bolding requires the same character to be used twice, so we do a detect for which
  * one is in use, then double-check it's used a second time and then twice at the end.
+ *
+ * Bits of the mega regex:
+ *
+ * |[^`~()\[\]<>]*?             ignore normal stuff
+ * |(?:.*?([`~]).*?\3.*?)*      ignore stuff in backticks & tildes
+ * |(?:.*?\([^)]*?\).*?)*       ignore stuff in parens
+ * |(?:.*?\[[^\]]*?\].*?)*      ignore stuff in square brackets
+ * |(?:.*?<.*?>.*?)*            ignore stuff in angle brackets
+ *
  */
-const TEXT_BOLD_R = /^([*_])\1((?:(?:.*?([`~]).*?\3.*?)*|(?:.*?[\[(<].*?[\])>].*?)*|.+?)\1?)\1{2}/;
-const TEXT_EMPHASIZED_R = /^([*_])((?:.*?([`~]).*?\3.*?)*|(?:.*?[\[(<].*?[\])>].*?)*|.+?)\1/;
-const TEXT_STRIKETHROUGHED_R = /^~~((?:.*?([`~]).*?\2.*?)*|(?:.*?[\[(<].*?[\])>].*?)*|.+?)~~/;
+const TEXT_BOLD_R = /^([*_])\1((?:[^`~()\[\]<>]*?|(?:.*?([`~]).*?\3.*?)*|(?:.*?\([^)]*?\).*?)*|(?:.*?\[[^\]]*?\].*?)*|(?:.*?<.*?>.*?)*|[^\1]*?)\1?)\1{2}/;
+const TEXT_EMPHASIZED_R = /^([*_])((?:[^`~()\[\]<>]*?|(?:.*?([`~]).*?\3.*?)*|(?:.*?\([^)]*?\).*?)*|(?:.*?\[[^\]]*?\].*?)*|(?:.*?<.*?>.*?)*|[^\1]*?))\1/;
+const TEXT_STRIKETHROUGHED_R = /^~~((?:.*?([`~]).*?\2.*?)*|(?:.*?<.*?>.*?)*|.+?)~~/;
 
 const TEXT_ESCAPED_R = /^\\([^0-9A-Za-z\s])/;
 const TEXT_PLAIN_R = /^[\s\S]+?(?=[^0-9A-Z\s\u00c0-\uffff]|\d+\.|\n\n| {2,}\n|\w+:\S|$)/i;
@@ -1505,37 +1514,37 @@ export function compiler(markdown, options) {
         },
     };
 
-    Object.keys(rules).forEach(key => {
-        let { match, parse } = rules[key];
+    // Object.keys(rules).forEach(key => {
+    //     let { match, parse } = rules[key];
 
-        rules[key].match = (...args) => {
-            const start = performance.now();
-            const result = match(...args);
-            const delta = performance.now() - start;
+    //     rules[key].match = (...args) => {
+    //         const start = performance.now();
+    //         const result = match(...args);
+    //         const delta = performance.now() - start;
 
-            if (delta > 5)
-                console.warn(
-                    `Slow match for ${key}: ${delta.toFixed(3)}ms, input: ${
-                        args[0]
-                    }`
-                );
+    //         if (delta > 5)
+    //             console.warn(
+    //                 `Slow match for ${key}: ${delta.toFixed(3)}ms, input: ${
+    //                     args[0]
+    //                 }`
+    //             );
 
-            return result;
-        };
+    //         return result;
+    //     };
 
-        rules[key].parse = (...args) => {
-            const start = performance.now();
-            const result = parse(...args);
-            const delta = performance.now() - start;
+    //     rules[key].parse = (...args) => {
+    //         const start = performance.now();
+    //         const result = parse(...args);
+    //         const delta = performance.now() - start;
 
-            if (delta > 5)
-                console.warn(`Slow parse for ${key}: ${delta.toFixed(3)}ms`);
+    //         if (delta > 5)
+    //             console.warn(`Slow parse for ${key}: ${delta.toFixed(3)}ms`);
 
-            console.log(`${key}:parse`, `${delta.toFixed(3)}ms`, args[0]);
+    //         console.log(`${key}:parse`, `${delta.toFixed(3)}ms`, args[0]);
 
-            return result;
-        };
-    });
+    //         return result;
+    //     };
+    // });
 
     const parser = parserFor(rules);
     const emitter = reactFor(ruleOutput(rules));
diff --git a/index.spec.js b/index.spec.js
index 4396fab9..a39e0597 100644
--- a/index.spec.js
+++ b/index.spec.js
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ describe('markdown-to-jsx', () => {
             expect(root.innerHTML).toMatchSnapshot();
         });
 
+        it('#190 perf regression', () => {
+            render(
+                compiler(
+                    'Lorum *ipsum*: <a href="" style="float: right"><small>foo</small></a><span style="float: right"><small>&nbsp;</small></span><a href="" style="float: right"><small>bar</small></a>'
+                )
+            );
+
+            expect(root.innerHTML).toMatchSnapshot();
+        });
+
         describe('inline textual elements', () => {
             it('should handle emphasized text', () => {
                 render(compiler('*Hello.*'));