diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/preproc/PdePreprocessor.java b/app/src/processing/app/preproc/PdePreprocessor.java
index 6c94834b5..8e70d3b90 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/preproc/PdePreprocessor.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/preproc/PdePreprocessor.java
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ public class PdePreprocessor {
     String prefsLine = Preferences.get("preproc.imports");
     defaultImports = PApplet.splitTokens(prefsLine, ", ");
 
-    String importRegexp = "(?:^|\\s|;)(import\\s+)(\\S+)(\\s*;)";
+    //String importRegexp = "(?:^|\\s|;)(import\\s+)(\\S+)(\\s*;)";
+    String importRegexp = "(?:^|;)\\s*(import\\s+)(\\S+)(\\s*;)";
     programImports = new ArrayList<String>();
 
     do {