--- a/skylighting-core/xml/bash.xml
+++ b/skylighting-core/xml/bash.xml
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@
       <!-- FindComments consumes shell comments till EOL -->
       <context attribute="Normal Text" lineEndContext="#pop" name="FindComments">
         <DetectChar attribute="Comment" context="Comment" char="#" firstNonSpace="true"/>
-        <RegExpr attribute="Normal Text" context="Comment" String="[\s;](?=#)" />
+        <RegExpr attribute="Normal Text" context="Comment" String="\s*[\s;](?=#)" />
       </context>
       <context attribute="Comment" lineEndContext="#pop" name="Comment">
         <IncludeRules context="##Alerts" />