diff --git a/packages/markdown-pdf/src/ToPdfMakeVisitor.js b/packages/markdown-pdf/src/ToPdfMakeVisitor.js
index f9f87c54..b501c662 100644
--- a/packages/markdown-pdf/src/ToPdfMakeVisitor.js
+++ b/packages/markdown-pdf/src/ToPdfMakeVisitor.js
@@ -205,8 +205,10 @@ class ToPdfMakeVisitor {
             result.text = fixedText;
         }
             break;
+        case 'Optional':
         case 'Conditional': {
-            result.text = thing.nodes[0].text;
+            const child = this.processChildNodes(thing,parameters);
+            result.text = child;
         }
             break;
         case 'HtmlInline':