diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/lsl_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/lsl_highlight_rules.js
index b08a2267..c912c627 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/lsl_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/lsl_highlight_rules.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function LSLHighlightRules() {
                 regex : "(0[xX][0-9a-fA-F]+|[+-]?[0-9]+(?:(?:\\.[0-9]*)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?)?)\\b"
             }, {
                 token : "entity.name.state.lsl",
-                regex : "\\b((state)\\s+\\w+|default)\\b"
+                regex : "\\b((state)\\s+[A-Za-z_]\\w*|default)\\b"
             }, {
                 token : keywordMapper,
                 regex : "\\b[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\\b"