diff --git a/src/postiats.ts b/src/postiats.ts
index 5dc09a7a..53cdaf99 100644
--- a/src/postiats.ts
+++ b/src/postiats.ts
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ export var language = <ILanguage> {
       [/\(\*/, 'comment', '@push' ],
       [/\(\*/, 'comment.invalid' ],
       [/\*\)/, 'comment', '@pop' ],
-      [/.*/, 'invalid']
+      [/\*/, 'comment']
     ],
     lexing_COMMENT_block_c: [
       [/[^\/*]+/, 'comment' ],
diff --git a/test/postiats.test.ts b/test/postiats.test.ts
index fd7b0657..32e14652 100644
--- a/test/postiats.test.ts
+++ b/test/postiats.test.ts
@@ -177,6 +177,12 @@ testTokenization('postiats', [
 		{ startIndex: 0, type: 'comment.pats' }
 	]}],
 
+	[{
+	line: '(* ****** ****** *)',
+	tokens: [
+		{ startIndex: 0, type: 'comment.pats' }
+	]}],
+
 	[{
 	line: 'var x : int = (* a simple comment *) 1;',
 	tokens: [