diff --git a/plugins/function.articlesummary.php b/plugins/function.articlesummary.php
index ee321e1f6d1407d2bc96048ad67daa4b7c818128..7802ab000582bbe8147327c6a5ed6d28f335ede3 100644
--- a/plugins/function.articlesummary.php
+++ b/plugins/function.articlesummary.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 		$linky = "<span style=\"float: right\"><a href=\"/News/".rawurlencode($title)."\">Read More</a></span>";
 
 		$matches = array();
-		preg_match("/^(<p>.*?<\/p>)/", $article, $matches);
+		preg_match("/^(<p>.*?<\/p>)/s", $article, $matches);
 		$summary = preg_replace("/<\/p>/","$linky</p>", $matches[0]);
 		return $summary;
 	}