diff --git a/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/parsers/miscs/Xop_comm_lxr.java b/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/parsers/miscs/Xop_comm_lxr.java
index 10dd79476..38501d398 100644
--- a/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/parsers/miscs/Xop_comm_lxr.java
+++ b/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/parsers/miscs/Xop_comm_lxr.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public class Xop_comm_lxr implements Xop_lxr {
 					break;
 				case Xop_tkn_itm_.Tid_newLine:				// new_line found; anything afterwards is a \s or a \t; SEE.WIKT:coincidence
 					nl_lhs = i;
+					i = -1; // gobble new line, else para runs on to next; ISSUE#:437 DATE:2019-04-27
 					break;
 				default:
 					i = -1;
diff --git a/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/parsers/miscs/Xop_comm_lxr_tst.java b/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/parsers/miscs/Xop_comm_lxr_tst.java
index c90cb58a7..fb4373881 100644
--- a/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/parsers/miscs/Xop_comm_lxr_tst.java
+++ b/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/parsers/miscs/Xop_comm_lxr_tst.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Apache License: https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/blob/master/LICENSE-APACHE2.txt
 package gplx.xowa.parsers.miscs; import gplx.*; import gplx.xowa.*; import gplx.xowa.parsers.*;
 import org.junit.*;
 public class Xop_comm_lxr_tst {
-	private final Xop_fxt fxt = new Xop_fxt();
+	private final    Xop_fxt fxt = new Xop_fxt();
 	@Test  public void Basic() {
 		fxt.Test_parse_page_all_str("a<!-- b -->c", "ac");
 	}
@@ -97,4 +97,21 @@ public class Xop_comm_lxr_tst {
 		));
 		fxt.Init_para_n_();
 	}
+	@Test  public void Comment_should_not_gobble_paras() {// ISSUE#:437 DATE:2019-04-27
+		fxt.Init_para_y_();
+		fxt.Test_parse_page_all_str(String_.Concat_lines_nl_skip_last
+		( "a"
+		, ""
+		, "<!-- z --> "
+		, "b"
+		), String_.Concat_lines_nl_skip_last // was <p>a\nb\<p>
+		( "<p>a"
+		, "</p>"
+		, ""
+		, "<p>b"
+		, "</p>"
+		, ""
+		));
+		fxt.Init_para_n_();
+	}
 }