diff --git a/components/compiler/scanner.cpp b/components/compiler/scanner.cpp
index e73477ee7..16d54ff51 100644
--- a/components/compiler/scanner.cpp
+++ b/components/compiler/scanner.cpp
@@ -512,7 +512,8 @@ namespace Compiler
 
     bool Scanner::isWhitespace (char c)
     {
-        return c==' ' || c=='\t';
+        return c==' ' || c=='\t'
+            || c=='['; ///< \todo disable this when doing more strict compiling
     }
 
     // constructor