diff --git a/src/parser_util.c b/src/parser_util.c
index 17e3027..d152223 100644
--- a/src/parser_util.c
+++ b/src/parser_util.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "parser_util.h"
+#include "tokenlist.h"
 
 error_t *err_parse_no_match =
     &(error_t){.message = "parsing failed to find the correct token sequence"};
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ parse_result_t parse_no_match() {
 }
 
 parse_result_t parse_success(ast_node_t *ast, tokenlist_entry_t *next) {
+    next = tokenlist_skip_trivia(next);
     return (parse_result_t){.node = ast, .next = next};
 }