diff --git a/bin/main.ml b/bin/main.ml
index 632ebf6..69a8387 100644
--- a/bin/main.ml
+++ b/bin/main.ml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 open Format
 open Lambda_dti
 
+(* Altenative to Lexing.flush_input so that pos_bol is also reset to 0 *)
+let flush_input lexbuf =
+  Lexing.flush_input lexbuf;
+  lexbuf.lex_curr_p <- {lexbuf.lex_curr_p with pos_bol = 0}
+
 let debug = ref false
 
 let rec read_eval_print lexbuf env tyenv =
@@ -47,11 +52,11 @@ let rec read_eval_print lexbuf env tyenv =
     with
     | Failure message ->
       print "Failure: %s\n" message;
-      Lexing.flush_input lexbuf
+      flush_input lexbuf
     | Parser.Error -> (* Menhir *)
       let token = Lexing.lexeme lexbuf in
       print "Parser.Error: unexpected token %s\n" token;
-      Lexing.flush_input lexbuf
+      flush_input lexbuf
     | Typing.Type_error message ->
       print "Type_error: %s\n" message
     | Eval.Blame (r, p) -> begin
diff --git a/lib/lexer.mll b/lib/lexer.mll
index bf47347..2164509 100644
--- a/lib/lexer.mll
+++ b/lib/lexer.mll
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ let range_of lexbuf =
 
 rule main = parse
   [' ' '\t']+ { main lexbuf }
-| [' ' '\t']* '\n'+ { Lexing.new_line lexbuf; main lexbuf }
+| [' ' '\t']* '\n' { Lexing.new_line lexbuf; main lexbuf }
 | "(*" { comment lexbuf; main lexbuf }
 | ['0'-'9']+
   {