diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/coffee_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/coffee_highlight_rules.js
index 0a6af07b..4f1be77b 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/coffee_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/coffee_highlight_rules.js
@@ -150,15 +150,15 @@ define(function(require, exports, module) {
                 }, {
                     token : "punctuation.operator",
                     regex : "\\?|\\:|\\,|\\."
+                }, {
+                    token : "keyword.operator",
+                    regex : "(?:[\\-=]>|[-+*/%<>&|^!?=]=|>>>=?|\\-\\-|\\+\\+|::|&&=|\\|\\|=|<<=|>>=|\\?\\.|\\.{2,3}|\\!)"
                 }, {
                     token : "paren.lparen",
                     regex : "[({[]"
                 }, {
                     token : "paren.rparen",
                     regex : "[\\]})]"
-                }, {
-                    token : "keyword.operator",
-                    regex : "\\S+"
                 }, {
                     token : "text",
                     regex : "\\s+"