diff --git a/.changeset/wicked-mangos-camp.md b/.changeset/wicked-mangos-camp.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bb8d7be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wicked-mangos-camp.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"htmljs-parser": patch
+---
+
+Fix regression around JS style comments in the body by requiring that they are preceded by a whitespace.
diff --git a/src/__tests__/fixtures/comments-within-tag-body/__snapshots__/comments-within-tag-body.expected.txt b/src/__tests__/fixtures/comments-within-tag-body/__snapshots__/comments-within-tag-body.expected.txt
index 6e509e61..8e816a74 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/fixtures/comments-within-tag-body/__snapshots__/comments-within-tag-body.expected.txt
+++ b/src/__tests__/fixtures/comments-within-tag-body/__snapshots__/comments-within-tag-body.expected.txt
@@ -16,9 +16,19 @@
 6╭─      <!-- and this is a comment -->
  │       │   ╰─ comment.value " and this is a comment "
  ╰─      ╰─ comment "<!-- and this is a comment -->"
-7╭─ </div>
- │  │ │  ╰─ closeTagEnd(div)
- │  │ ╰─ closeTagName "div"
- │  ├─ text "\n"
- ╰─ ╰─ closeTagStart "</"
-8╰─ 
\ No newline at end of file
+7╭─      But this, this is not a http://comment.com
+ ╰─ ╰─ text "\n     But this, this is not a http://comment.com\n     And yet this is a "
+8╭─      And yet this is a //comment
+ │                         │ ╰─ comment.value "comment"
+ ╰─                        ╰─ comment "//comment"
+9╭─      And also /* this is a comment */
+ │  │             │ ╰─ comment.value " this is a comment "
+ │  │             ╰─ comment "/* this is a comment */"
+ ╰─ ╰─ text "\n     And also "
+10╭─      Because a//comment must be preceded by whitespace.
+  ╰─ ╰─ text "\n     Because a//comment must be preceded by whitespace.\n"
+11╭─ </div>
+  │  │ │  ╰─ closeTagEnd(div)
+  │  │ ╰─ closeTagName "div"
+  ╰─ ╰─ closeTagStart "</"
+12╰─ 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/__tests__/fixtures/comments-within-tag-body/input.marko b/src/__tests__/fixtures/comments-within-tag-body/input.marko
index 205d7c73..59ed1eee 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/fixtures/comments-within-tag-body/input.marko
+++ b/src/__tests__/fixtures/comments-within-tag-body/input.marko
@@ -4,4 +4,8 @@
      /* But this is a comment */
      And this is more text
      <!-- and this is a comment -->
+     But this, this is not a http://comment.com
+     And yet this is a //comment
+     And also /* this is a comment */
+     Because a//comment must be preceded by whitespace.
 </div>
diff --git a/src/states/HTML_CONTENT.ts b/src/states/HTML_CONTENT.ts
index a982d41e..6af0faee 100644
--- a/src/states/HTML_CONTENT.ts
+++ b/src/states/HTML_CONTENT.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ export const HTML_CONTENT: StateDefinition<HTMLContentMeta> = {
       this.endText();
       this.enterState(STATE.INLINE_SCRIPT);
       this.pos++; // skip space
-    } else if (code === CODE.FORWARD_SLASH) {
+    } else if (
+      code === CODE.FORWARD_SLASH &&
+      isWhitespaceCode(this.lookAtCharCodeAhead(-1))
+    ) {
       // Check next character to see if we are in a comment
       switch (this.lookAtCharCodeAhead(1)) {
         case CODE.FORWARD_SLASH: