diff --git a/micro/syntax/uxn.yaml b/micro/syntax/uxn.yaml
index 6f4ee64..f6919ba 100644
--- a/micro/syntax/uxn.yaml
+++ b/micro/syntax/uxn.yaml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ rules:
   - constant: "[\"#'|$][^\ \n\r]+"
   - identifier: "[@,;.&][^\ \n\r]+"
   - statement: "\\b(BRK|LIT|NOP|POP|DUP|SWP|OVR|ROT|EQU|NEQ|GTH|LTH|JMP|JCN|JSR|STH|LDZ|STZ|LDR|STR|LDA|STA|DEI|DEO|ADD|SUB|MUL|DIV|AND|ORA|EOR|SFT)[2rk]{0,3}\\b"
-  - comment: "\\([\\S\\s]*\\)"
+  - comment: "\\(\\ [\\S\\s]*\\ \\)"
   - symbol: "\\[|\\]"