diff --git a/squawk-vscode/syntaxes/pgsql.tmLanguage.json b/squawk-vscode/syntaxes/pgsql.tmLanguage.json
index 5bffa719..e50f614b 100644
--- a/squawk-vscode/syntaxes/pgsql.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/squawk-vscode/syntaxes/pgsql.tmLanguage.json
@@ -11,34 +11,6 @@
     {
       "include": "#comments"
     },
-    {
-      "begin": "^",
-      "end": ";\\s*",
-      "name": "meta.statement.pgsql",
-      "patterns": [
-        {
-          "include": "#create_entities"
-        },
-        {
-          "include": "#parens"
-        },
-        {
-          "include": "#dollar_quotes"
-        },
-        {
-          "include": "#comments"
-        },
-        {
-          "include": "#strings"
-        },
-        {
-          "include": "#keywords"
-        },
-        {
-          "include": "#misc"
-        }
-      ]
-    },
     {
       "begin": "^(\\\\[\\S]+)",
       "beginCaptures": {
@@ -49,6 +21,24 @@
       "comment": "psql directives",
       "end": "\\n",
       "name": "meta.statement.pgsql.psql"
+    },
+    {
+      "include": "#create_entities"
+    },
+    {
+      "include": "#parens"
+    },
+    {
+      "include": "#dollar_quotes"
+    },
+    {
+      "include": "#strings"
+    },
+    {
+      "include": "#keywords"
+    },
+    {
+      "include": "#misc"
     }
   ],
   "repository": {