diff --git a/src/modal.c b/src/modal.c
index 6413661..35b4c26 100644
--- a/src/modal.c
+++ b/src/modal.c
@@ -89,9 +89,8 @@ tokenize(char *t, FILE *f)
 		r->a = parse_rulefrag(f), r->b = parse_rulefrag(f);
 		return;
 	}
-	while(f && fread(&c, 1, 1, f) && c && c != 0xa)
-		*prog_++ = c;
-	*prog_++ = 0x20;
+	while(f && fread(&c, 1, 1, f) && c)
+		*prog_++ = c == 0xa ? 0x20 : c;
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/test.modal b/test.modal
index 05359ed..10e1116 100644
--- a/test.modal
+++ b/test.modal
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+<> (?x world) (?x whurl)
 <> (?b bar) (?b baz)
 
+(hello world)
 ((foo baz) bar)
\ No newline at end of file