diff --git a/systemd.el b/systemd.el
index 64dc2dc..79a0697 100644
--- a/systemd.el
+++ b/systemd.el
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
   :group 'systemd)
 
 (defvar systemd-font-lock-keywords
-  `(("^\\([#;]\\(.*\\)\\)$"
+  `(("^\\([#;]\\)\\(.*\\)$"
      (1 'font-lock-comment-delimiter-face)
      (2 'font-lock-comment-face))
     ("\\\\$" 0 'font-lock-warning-face) ; line break