diff --git a/contrib/textmate/Factor.tmbundle/Syntaxes/Factor.tmLanguage b/contrib/textmate/Factor.tmbundle/Syntaxes/Factor.tmLanguage
index 1190df240e..c6e0e4b096 100644
--- a/contrib/textmate/Factor.tmbundle/Syntaxes/Factor.tmLanguage
+++ b/contrib/textmate/Factor.tmbundle/Syntaxes/Factor.tmLanguage
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
 		</dict>
 		<dict>
 			<key>begin</key>
-			<string>#!|!</string>
+			<string>(^|(?&lt;=\s))#?!\s</string>
 			<key>end</key>
 			<string>$</string>
 			<key>name</key>