diff --git a/lib/parser/basic_types.rb b/lib/parser/basic_types.rb
index 8cc9d21c..fa0214b4 100644
--- a/lib/parser/basic_types.rb
+++ b/lib/parser/basic_types.rb
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ module Parser
     # rule of thumb is that anything eats space behind it, but only space, no newlines
     rule(:space)  { (str('\t') | str(' ')).repeat(1) }
     rule(:space?) { space.maybe }
-    rule(:newline){ str('\n') }
+    rule(:newline){ str("\n") >> space?}
     
     rule(:comment){ match('#') >> (newline.absent? >> any).repeat.as(:comment) >> newline }
 
-    rule(:eol) { (newline >> space?) | any.absent? }
+    rule(:eol) { newline  | any.absent? }
     
     rule(:double_quote){ str('"') }
     rule(:minus) { str('-') }
diff --git a/lib/parser/composed.rb b/lib/parser/composed.rb
index a69eb5c9..6eba0000 100644
--- a/lib/parser/composed.rb
+++ b/lib/parser/composed.rb
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ module Parser
     #| (name >> space? >> equal_sign.absent?)
 
     rule(:simple_expression) { function_call | integer | string | name }
-    rule(:expression) { conditional | simple_expression  }
+    rule(:expression) { (conditional | simple_expression ) >> newline.maybe }
 
     def delimited_expressions( delimit )
-      ( (delimit.absent? >> (assignment | expression)).repeat(1)).as(:expressions) >> delimit
+      ( (delimit.absent? >> (assignment | expression)).repeat(1)).as(:expressions) >> delimit >> newline.maybe
     end
     
     rule(:conditional) {
-      keyword_if >> left_parenthesis >> expression.as(:conditional) >> right_parenthesis >>
+      keyword_if >> left_parenthesis >> expression.as(:conditional) >> right_parenthesis >> newline >>
         delimited_expressions(keyword_else).as(:if_true) >> 
         delimited_expressions(keyword_end).as(:if_false)
     }
diff --git a/test/parser/test_conditional.rb b/test/parser/test_conditional.rb
index e7877f78..1a502d7f 100644
--- a/test/parser/test_conditional.rb
+++ b/test/parser/test_conditional.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class TestConditional < MiniTest::Test
     
   def test_conditional
     @string_input = <<HERE
-if (0) 
+if(0) 
   42
 else
   667