diff --git a/src/Lexer.cpp b/src/Lexer.cpp
index f929fe4b1..d8256eeb1 100644
--- a/src/Lexer.cpp
+++ b/src/Lexer.cpp
@@ -1047,7 +1047,9 @@ bool Lexer::isWord (std::string& token, Lexer::Type& type)
 {
   std::size_t marker = _cursor;
 
-  while (_text[marker] && ! isWhitespace (_text[marker]))
+  while (_text[marker]                          &&
+         ! isWhitespace         (_text[marker]) &&
+         ! isSingleCharOperator (_text[marker]))
     utf8_next_char (_text, marker);
 
   if (marker > _cursor)