diff --git a/src/app/screen-line.coffee b/src/app/screen-line.coffee
index dc3c2ed8a..0c8822499 100644
--- a/src/app/screen-line.coffee
+++ b/src/app/screen-line.coffee
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ class ScreenLine
 
   isComment: ->
     for token in @tokens
-      continue if token.isOnlyWhitespace()
       continue if token.scopes.length is 1
+      continue if token.isOnlyWhitespace()
       for scope in token.scopes
         return true if _.contains(scope.split('.'), 'comment')
       break