diff --git a/clean-k-tags.lua b/clean-k-tags.lua
index 2cb6e4f..2b7de39 100644
--- a/clean-k-tags.lua
+++ b/clean-k-tags.lua
@@ -7,11 +7,19 @@ script_version = "1.0"
 
 function special_k(subs, sel)
 
+    local double_k = "^(.-{\\k[^}]-)(\\k.+)$"
     -- if the first tag is K/kf this would break the timing for the previous timing
     local expr = "^(.-){\\(ko?)([0-9.]+)[^}]-}([^{]-){\\[kK][fo]?([0-9.]+)[^}]-}( -{(\\[kK][fo]?)[0-9.]+[^}]-}.*)$"
 
     for _, i in ipairs(sel) do
         line = subs[i]
+
+        before, after = line.text:match(double_k)
+        while after ~= nil do
+            line.text = before .. "}{" .. after
+            before, after = line.text:match(double_k)
+        end
+
         before, tag, k1, between, k2, after = line.text:match(expr)
         while after ~= nil do
             line.text = before .. "{\\" .. tag .. tonumber(k1) + tonumber(k2) .. "}" .. between .. after