diff --git a/javascript.nanorc b/javascript.nanorc
index 0f5c236..39ce3a0 100644
--- a/javascript.nanorc
+++ b/javascript.nanorc
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ color green     "\<(Number|Object|RegExp|String)\>"
 color red "[-+/*=<>!~%?:&|]"
 color magenta   "/[^*]([^/]|(\\/))*[^\\]/[gim]*"
 color magenta   "\\[0-7][0-7]?[0-7]?|\\x[0-9a-fA-F]+|\\[bfnrt'"\?\\]"
-color brightblack "(^|[[:space:]])//.*"
+color brightblack "//.*"
 color brightblack "/\*.+\*/"
 color brightwhite,cyan "TODO:?"
 color yellow ""(\\.|[^"])*"|'(\\.|[^'])*'|(`|\})(\\.|[^`$]|$[^{])*(\$\{|`)"