diff --git a/src/corelib/scene.c b/src/corelib/scene.c
index 239cca3..61090c2 100644
--- a/src/corelib/scene.c
+++ b/src/corelib/scene.c
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ void _parse_value(FILE* file, char* out, int* _argc, char** argv) {
 		switch(c) {
 		case '#':
 			freadto(file, '\n');
+			// fall through
+		case '\n':
+			ungetc(nextnw(file), file);
 			break;
 		case ';':
 			*out = '\0';