diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/new.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/new.rs
index 1ba59d9..18b9d5a 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/new.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/parsing/new.rs
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ fn rc_string(s: &str) -> Rc<String> {
 peg::parser! {
     pub grammar schala_parser() for str {
 
-        rule whitespace() = [' ' | '\t' | '\n']*
+        rule whitespace() = [' ' | '\t' ]*
+        rule whitespace_or_newline() = [' ' | '\t' | '\n' ]*
 
         rule _ = quiet!{ whitespace() }
 
-        rule __ = quiet!{ [' ' | '\t' ]* }
+        rule __ = quiet!{ whitespace_or_newline() }
 
         pub rule program() -> AST =
             statements:(statement() ** delimiter() ) { AST { id: Default::default(), statements: statements.into() } }
@@ -32,8 +33,8 @@ peg::parser! {
             kind:statement_kind() { Statement { id: Default::default(), location: Default::default(), kind } }
 
         rule statement_kind() -> StatementKind =
-            _ decl:declaration() { StatementKind::Declaration(decl) } /
-            _ expr:expression() { StatementKind::Expression(expr) }
+            __ decl:declaration() { StatementKind::Declaration(decl) } /
+            __ expr:expression() { StatementKind::Expression(expr) }
 
         rule declaration() -> Declaration =
             binding() / type_decl() / annotation() / func()