diff --git a/src/files/BrsFile.spec.ts b/src/files/BrsFile.spec.ts
index d089a59e8..a8ac24165 100644
--- a/src/files/BrsFile.spec.ts
+++ b/src/files/BrsFile.spec.ts
@@ -2604,6 +2604,19 @@ describe('BrsFile', () => {
             `);
         });
 
+        it('handles else block with a leading comment', () => {
+            testTranspile(`
+                sub main()
+                    if true then
+                        print "if"
+                    else
+                        ' leading comment
+                        print "else"
+                    end if
+                end sub
+            `);
+        });
+
         it('works for function parameters', () => {
             testTranspile(`
                 function DoSomething(name, age as integer, text as string)
diff --git a/src/parser/Statement.ts b/src/parser/Statement.ts
index 0f6f63f65..7972cfb90 100644
--- a/src/parser/Statement.ts
+++ b/src/parser/Statement.ts
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ export class IfStatement extends Statement {
 
             } else {
                 //else body
-                state.lineage.unshift(this.elseBranch);
+                state.lineage.unshift(this.tokens.else);
                 let body = this.elseBranch.transpile(state);
                 state.lineage.shift();