diff --git a/demo/kitchen-sink/docs/sh.sh b/demo/kitchen-sink/docs/sh.sh
index 010ad500..361d04b6 100755
--- a/demo/kitchen-sink/docs/sh.sh
+++ b/demo/kitchen-sink/docs/sh.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ get_repo() {
     fi
 }
 
+x=(1 2 3)
+echo ${#x[@]}
+
 if repo=`get_repo $@`; then
     branch=`git symbolic-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null`
     echo "http://github.com/$repo/pull/new/${branch##refs/heads/}"
diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/sh_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/sh_highlight_rules.js
index 6f5efb54..58cd83c9 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/sh_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/sh_highlight_rules.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ var ShHighlightRules = function() {
     this.$rules = {
         "start" : [ {
             token : "comment",
-            regex : "#.*$"
+            regex : "[^\{]#.*$"
         }, {
             token : "string",           // " string
             regex : '"(?:[^\\\\]|\\\\.)*?"'