diff --git a/Source/build.h b/Source/build.h
index 12cdf6b7..c37c3471 100644
--- a/Source/build.h
+++ b/Source/build.h
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class CEXEBuild {
     void update_exehead(const unsigned char *new_exehead, size_t new_size);
 
     // tokens.cpp
-    bool is_ppbranch_token(TCHAR *s);
+    bool is_ppbranch_token(const TCHAR *s);
     bool is_pp_token(int tkid);
     bool is_unsafe_pp_token(int tkid);
     int get_commandtoken(const TCHAR *s, int *np, int *op, int *pos);
diff --git a/Source/lineparse.cpp b/Source/lineparse.cpp
index 1b631b29..3bda35cf 100644
--- a/Source/lineparse.cpp
+++ b/Source/lineparse.cpp
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ double LineParser::gettoken_number(int token, int *success/*=0*/) const
 TCHAR* LineParser::gettoken_str(int token) const
 {
   token+=m_eat;
-  if (token < 0 || token >= m_nt) return (TCHAR*)_T("");
+  if (token < 0 || token >= m_nt) return (TCHAR*) _T("");
   return m_tokens[token];
 }
 
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ int LineParser::doline(TCHAR *line, int ignore_escaping/*=0*/)
         else line++;
       }
     }
-    else {
+    else
+    {
       int lstate=0; // 1=", 2=`, 4='
       if (*line == _T(';') || *line == _T('#'))
       {
@@ -213,7 +214,8 @@ int LineParser::doline(TCHAR *line, int ignore_escaping/*=0*/)
         m_incommentblock = true;
         line+=2;
       }
-      else {
+      else
+      {
         if (*line == _T('\"')) lstate=1;
         else if (*line == _T('\'')) lstate=2;
         else if (*line == _T('`')) lstate=4;
@@ -222,8 +224,10 @@ int LineParser::doline(TCHAR *line, int ignore_escaping/*=0*/)
         TCHAR *p = line;
         while (*line)
         {
-          if (line[0] == _T('$') && line[1] == _T('\\')) {
-            switch (line[2]) {
+          if (line[0] == _T('$') && line[1] == _T('\\'))
+          {
+            switch (line[2]) 
+            {
               case _T('"'):
               case _T('\''):
               case _T('`'):
@@ -247,8 +251,10 @@ int LineParser::doline(TCHAR *line, int ignore_escaping/*=0*/)
           int i;
           m_tokens[m_nt]=(TCHAR*)malloc((nc+1)*sizeof(TCHAR));
           for (i = 0; p < line; i++, p++) {
-            if (!ignore_escaping && p[0] == _T('$') && p[1] == _T('\\')) {
-              switch (p[2]) {
+            if (!ignore_escaping && p[0] == _T('$') && p[1] == _T('\\'))
+            {
+              switch (p[2])
+              {
                 case _T('"'):
                 case _T('\''):
                 case _T('`'):
diff --git a/Source/script.cpp b/Source/script.cpp
index 5658a7aa..3a32eaec 100644
--- a/Source/script.cpp
+++ b/Source/script.cpp
@@ -364,11 +364,18 @@ int CEXEBuild::doParse(const TCHAR *str)
   // if ignoring, ignore all lines that don't begin with an exclamation mark
   {
     bool ignore_line = cur_ifblock && (cur_ifblock->ignore || cur_ifblock->inherited_ignore);
-    TCHAR first_char = *(TCHAR *) m_linebuild.get();
-    if (ignore_line && (first_char!=_T('!') || !is_ppbranch_token(line.gettoken_str(0))))
+    if (ignore_line)
     {
-      m_linebuild.resize(0);
-      return PS_OK;
+      TCHAR *rawline = (TCHAR*) m_linebuild.get(), first_char = *rawline, buf[30], *first_token = buf;
+      if (!res)
+        first_token = line.gettoken_str(0);
+      else // LineParser::parse() failed so we cannot call gettoken_str but we still might need to ignore this line
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < COUNTOF(buf); ++i) if ((buf[i] = rawline[i]) <= ' ') { buf[i] = _T('\0'); break; }
+      if (first_char!=_T('!') || !is_ppbranch_token(first_token))
+      {
+        m_linebuild.resize(0);
+        return PS_OK;
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/Source/tokens.cpp b/Source/tokens.cpp
index 84527c8e..f0936c43 100644
--- a/Source/tokens.cpp
+++ b/Source/tokens.cpp
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ void CEXEBuild::print_help(const TCHAR *commandname)
 
 }
 
-bool CEXEBuild::is_ppbranch_token(TCHAR *s)
+bool CEXEBuild::is_ppbranch_token(const TCHAR *s)
 {
   int np, op, pos, tkid = get_commandtoken(s, &np, &op, &pos);
   switch(tkid)