diff --git a/toMkdocs/gridTableTools.py b/toMkdocs/gridTableTools.py
index f56d4a7ae2a49514a9cc789ef41385ab1beaeffc..e22c7330ed95d0d9b16bd4747b3337eedd7a8afd 100644
--- a/toMkdocs/gridTableTools.py
+++ b/toMkdocs/gridTableTools.py
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ def parseGridTableWithSpans(gridTable:str) -> tuple[GridTableRowList, GridTableR
 										rowIndex = rowsTracker[columnCellIndex]	# Correcting the rowIndex. Might have been changed by a previous iteration
 										if rows[rowIndex][columnCellIndex].position >= delimiterPositions[delIndex]:
 											columnForward += 1
-											rowsTracker[columnCellIndex + columnForward - 1] += 1 if columnForward > 1 else 0
+											rowsTracker[columnCellIndex + columnForward - 1] = max(rowsTracker) + 1 if columnForward > 1 else 0
 									columnCellIndex += columnForward
 
 									continue