diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a166345c..d822357c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ Change Log
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+v0.16.0 (xx xxx 2018)
+----------------------
+### Added
+
+### Fixed
+- Fix regex in `cloneBlock` function @nicoder #1269
+
 v0.15.0 (14 Jul 2018)
 ----------------------
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php b/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
index 946d6691..7a5eaf55 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ class TemplateProcessor
     {
         $xmlBlock = null;
         preg_match(
-            '/(<\?xml.*)(<w:p.*>\${' . $blockname . '}<\/w:.*?p>)(.*)(<w:p.*\${\/' . $blockname . '}<\/w:.*?p>)/is',
+            '/(<\?xml.*)(<w:p\b.*>\${' . $blockname . '}<\/w:.*?p>)(.*)(<w:p\b.*\${\/' . $blockname . '}<\/w:.*?p>)/is',
             $this->tempDocumentMainPart,
             $matches
         );
diff --git a/tests/PhpWord/TemplateProcessorTest.php b/tests/PhpWord/TemplateProcessorTest.php
index c762a609..ea739561 100644
--- a/tests/PhpWord/TemplateProcessorTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpWord/TemplateProcessorTest.php
@@ -223,4 +223,57 @@ final class TemplateProcessorTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
         unlink($docName);
         $this->assertTrue($docFound);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @covers ::cloneBlock
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function cloneBlockCanCloneABlockTwice()
+    {
+        // create template with placeholders and block
+        $phpWord = new PhpWord();
+        $section = $phpWord->addSection();
+        $documentElements = array(
+            'Title: ${title}',
+            '${subreport}',
+            '${subreport.id}: ${subreport.text}. ',
+            '${/subreport}',
+        );
+        foreach ($documentElements as $documentElement) {
+            $section->addText($documentElement);
+        }
+        $objWriter = IOFactory::createWriter($phpWord);
+        $templatePath = 'test.docx';
+        $objWriter->save($templatePath);
+
+        // replace placeholders and save the file
+        $templateProcessor = new TemplateProcessor($templatePath);
+        $templateProcessor->setValue('title', 'Some title');
+        $templateProcessor->cloneBlock('subreport', 2);
+        $templateProcessor->setValue('subreport.id', '123', 1);
+        $templateProcessor->setValue('subreport.text', 'Some text', 1);
+        $templateProcessor->setValue('subreport.id', '456', 1);
+        $templateProcessor->setValue('subreport.text', 'Some other text', 1);
+        $templateProcessor->saveAs($templatePath);
+
+        // assert the block has been cloned twice
+        // and the placeholders have been replaced correctly
+        $phpWord = IOFactory::load($templatePath);
+        $sections = $phpWord->getSections();
+        /** @var \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\TextRun[] $actualElements */
+        $actualElements = $sections[0]->getElements();
+        unlink($templatePath);
+        $expectedElements = array(
+            'Title: Some title',
+            '123: Some text. ',
+            '456: Some other text. ',
+        );
+        $this->assertCount(count($expectedElements), $actualElements);
+        foreach ($expectedElements as $i => $expectedElement) {
+            $this->assertEquals(
+                $expectedElement,
+                $actualElements[$i]->getElement(0)->getText()
+            );
+        }
+    }
 }