diff --git a/src/parser/grammar.pg b/src/parser/grammar.pg
index 9185e35..f296f02 100644
--- a/src/parser/grammar.pg
+++ b/src/parser/grammar.pg
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ rule stmts {
     <.term>?[ <stmt> [<.term>+ | <.before <end_block>> | $ | <panic: unterminated statement>] ]* {*}
 }
 
-token term { \n | ';' }
+token term { \h*\n | \h*';' }
 token end_block { <.ws> [ 'end' | '}' ] }
 
 token basic_stmt {
diff --git a/t/00-sanity.t b/t/00-sanity.t
index 44eb1b8..91d6d0e 100644
--- a/t/00-sanity.t
+++ b/t/00-sanity.t
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ puts "1..5" if 1
 
 # comments work!
 #
-puts "ok 1"
-
+puts "ok 1" 
+ 
 puts "ok 2" ; puts "ok 3"
-
+ 
 print "ok "; print 1 + 3; print "\n"
-
+ 
 print "ok #{ 2 * 2 + 1 }\n"
 
-
+ ; ;   ; # Trailing whitespace should not be a problem for the code