diff --git a/tests/test_github_issues.py b/tests/test_github_issues.py
index e50ad385..0aeba4d8 100644
--- a/tests/test_github_issues.py
+++ b/tests/test_github_issues.py
@@ -190,3 +190,12 @@ def test_github_issue_51():
     result = textile.textile(test)
     expect = '\t<p><a href="www.google.com.br">www.google.com.br</a></p>'
     assert result == expect
+
+def test_github_issue_52():
+    """Table build without space after aligment raise a AttributeError."""
+    test = '|=.First Header |=. Second Header |'
+    result = textile.textile(test)
+    expect = ('\t<table>\n\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t<td>=.First Header '
+              '</td>\n\t\t\t<td style="text-align:center;">Second Header </td>'
+              '\n\t\t</tr>\n\t</table>')
+    assert result == expect
diff --git a/textile/objects/table.py b/textile/objects/table.py
index f6940985..4796afce 100644
--- a/textile/objects/table.py
+++ b/textile/objects/table.py
@@ -38,15 +38,17 @@ def process(self):
             # as a normal center-aligned cell.
             if i == 0 and row[:2] == '|=':
                 captionpattern = (r"^\|\=(?P<capts>{s}{a}{c})\. "
-                        r"(?P<cap>[^\n]*)(?P<row>.*)".format(**{'s':
-                            table_span_re_s, 'a': align_re_s, 'c': cls_re_s}))
+                                  r"(?P<cap>[^\n]*)(?P<row>.*)".format(**{
+                                      's': table_span_re_s, 'a': align_re_s,
+                                      'c': cls_re_s}))
                 caption_re = re.compile(captionpattern, re.S)
                 cmtch = caption_re.match(row)
-                caption = Caption(**cmtch.groupdict())
-                self.caption = '\n{0}'.format(caption.caption)
-                row = cmtch.group('row').lstrip()
-                if row == '':
-                    continue
+                if cmtch:
+                    caption = Caption(**cmtch.groupdict())
+                    self.caption = '\n{0}'.format(caption.caption)
+                    row = cmtch.group('row').lstrip()
+                    if row == '':
+                        continue
 
             # Colgroup -- A colgroup row will not necessarily end with a |.
             # Hence it may include the next row of actual table data.