diff --git a/UltiSnips/all.snippets b/UltiSnips/all.snippets
index 971d734..20e08ba 100644
--- a/UltiSnips/all.snippets
+++ b/UltiSnips/all.snippets
@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@ endsnippet
 snippet note "NOTE comment"
 `!p snip.rv=commentbefore()`NOTE: $0`!p snip.rv=commentafter()`
 endsnippet
+
+snippet *x "GitHub style checkbox"
+* [${1: }] $0
+endsnippet
diff --git a/UltiSnips/markdown.snippets b/UltiSnips/markdown.snippets
index de5c442..14afd94 100644
--- a/UltiSnips/markdown.snippets
+++ b/UltiSnips/markdown.snippets
@@ -3,7 +3,3 @@ snippet code "code section"
 $0
 ```
 endsnippet
-
-snippet * "GitHub style checkbox"
-* [ ] $0
-endsnippet