diff --git a/src/syntaxes/ftd.tmLanguage.json b/src/syntaxes/ftd.tmLanguage.json
index 557c459..fe9fa41 100644
--- a/src/syntaxes/ftd.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/src/syntaxes/ftd.tmLanguage.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     },    
     {
       "name": "entity.name.section",
-      "match": "^(--\\s*)([\\w$\\-_. ]+)(?=\\s*:\\s)",
+      "match": "^(\\s*--\\s*)([\\w$\\-_. ]+)(?=\\s*:\\s)",
       "captures": {
         "0": { "name": "entity.name.function" },
         "1": { "name": "punctuation.definition.section.start.ftd" }
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "entity.property.name.ftd",
-      "match": "^\\b(.*?)(?=\\s*:\\s)",
+      "match": "^\\s*\\b(.*?)(?=\\s*:\\s)",
       "captures": {
         "1": { "name": "entity.name.tag.ftd" }
       }
     },
     {
       "name": "entity.property.name.internal.ftd",
-      "match": "^(?:^|\\s)(\\$.*?\\$)(?=\\s*:\\s)",
+      "match": "^(?:^\\s*|\\s)(\\$.*?\\$)(?=\\s*:\\s)",
       "captures": {
         "1": { "name": "keyword.operator" }
       }