diff --git a/source/tbsp.l b/source/tbsp.l
index 220d41a..3ad91a6 100644
--- a/source/tbsp.l
+++ b/source/tbsp.l
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ leave[[:space:]]    { return LEAVE; }
                         return IDENTIFIER;
                     }
 \/\/                { BEGIN IN_COMMENT; }
-\/\*                { BEGIN IN_COMMENT; }
+\/\*                { BEGIN IN_MULTILINE_COMMENT; }
 \%\%                {
                         BEGIN IN_CODE_SECTION;
                         return SEPARATOR;
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ leave[[:space:]]    { return LEAVE; }
 }
 
 <IN_MULTILINE_COMMENT>{
-.           { ; }
+.|\n        { ; }
 \*\/        { BEGIN IN_RULE_SECTION; }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/function_collector.tbsp b/test/function_collector.tbsp
index a8ea814..e196d6f 100644
--- a/test/function_collector.tbsp
+++ b/test/function_collector.tbsp
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 %%
 
 // this is a comment
-/* so is this */
+/* so is this
+*/
 enter function_definition {
     char * name = tbget_node_text($$->"declarator"->"declarator");
     functions.insert(name);