diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/highlighter/cpp.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/highlighter/cpp.cpp
index 1defddf3..ab1bd21a 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/highlighter/cpp.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/highlighter/cpp.cpp
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ void SynEditCppHighlighter::ansiCppProc()
         }
         mRun+=1;
     }
-    mRange.state = RangeState::rsUnknown;
+    mRange.state = RangeState::rsCppCommentEnded;
     if (mLine[mRun-1] == '\\' && mLine[mRun]==0) { // continues on next line
         mRange.state = RangeState::rsCppComment;
     }
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/highlighter/cpp.h b/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/highlighter/cpp.h
index df4b517c..2da3ed34 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/highlighter/cpp.h
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/qsynedit/highlighter/cpp.h
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ class SynEditCppHighlighter: public SynHighlighter
         rsAsmBlock, rsDirective, rsDirectiveComment, rsString,
         rsMultiLineString, rsMultiLineDirective, rsCppComment,
         rsStringEscapeSeq, rsMultiLineStringEscapeSeq,
-        rsRawString, rsSpace,rsRawStringEscaping,rsRawStringNotEscaping,rsChar
+        rsRawString, rsSpace,rsRawStringEscaping,rsRawStringNotEscaping,rsChar,
+        rsCppCommentEnded
     };
 
 public: