diff --git a/lib/highlight.tcl b/lib/highlight.tcl
index e288735..b6f93cb 100644
--- a/lib/highlight.tcl
+++ b/lib/highlight.tcl
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ namespace eval Highlight {} {
         ctext::addHighlightClassForRegexp $txt keyword #19a2a6 {^(\s*?).+(\s*?=)}
         ctext::addHighlightClassForSpecialChars $txt equal #0082ff {=}
         ctext::addHighlightClassForRegexp $txt colors #68ceff {(#)(\w)+?(\s|$)} 
-        ctext::addHighlightClassForRegexp $txt comments #666666 {(#|\s+;)[^\n\r]*}    
+        ctext::addHighlightClassForRegexp $txt comments #666666 {(#|^;|\s+;)[^\n\r]*}    
     }
     
     proc DESKTOP {txt} {