diff -Naur old/ChecklistTablePlugin/Core.pm new/ChecklistTablePlugin/Core.pm
--- old/ChecklistTablePlugin/Core.pm	2021-07-22 09:58:34.888229091 -0400
+++ new/ChecklistTablePlugin/Core.pm	2021-07-22 09:58:34.888229091 -0400
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 			next;
 		}
 
-		if ($line =~ s/%CHECKLISTTABLE({(.*)})?%/_initOptions($2,$_[1],$_[2])/eg) {
+		if ($line =~ s/%CHECKLISTTABLE(\{(.*)\})?%/_initOptions($2,$_[1],$_[2])/eg) {
 			@table = ();
 			$foundTable = 1;
 			$row = -1;
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@
 			next;
 		}
 
-		if ($line =~ /\%CHECKLISTTABLE({(.*)})?\%/) {
+		if ($line =~ /\%CHECKLISTTABLE(\{(.*)\})?\%/) {
 			my $attributes = $2;
 			$table++; $row=-1;
 			$tablefound = ($tablenum == $table);
diff -Naur old/ChecklistTablePlugin.pm new/ChecklistTablePlugin.pm
--- old/ChecklistTablePlugin.pm	2021-07-22 09:58:34.888229091 -0400
+++ new/ChecklistTablePlugin.pm	2021-07-22 10:00:28.835712454 -0400
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@
 
     Foswiki::Func::writeDebug( "- ${pluginName}::beforeCommonTagsHandler( $_[2].$_[1] )" ) if $debug;
 
-    Foswiki::Plugins::ChecklistTablePlugin::Core::handle(@_) if $_[0]=~/\%CHECKLISTTABLE({.*?})?%/;
+    Foswiki::Plugins::ChecklistTablePlugin::Core::handle(@_) if $_[0]=~/\%CHECKLISTTABLE(\{.*?\})?%/;
 
 }