diff --git a/Github Actions.sublime-syntax b/Github Actions.sublime-syntax
index 49fa80d..bb961de 100644
--- a/Github Actions.sublime-syntax	
+++ b/Github Actions.sublime-syntax	
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ contexts:
       pop: true
 
   job-definition:
-    - match: ^(?!\1|\s*$)
+    - match: ^(?!\1[ \t]+|\s*$)
       pop: true
     - match: ^\s*(id)\s*(:)\s*([\w\-]+)
       captures:
diff --git a/tests/syntax_test_github_actions.yml b/tests/syntax_test_github_actions.yml
index bc0de8a..388112d 100644
--- a/tests/syntax_test_github_actions.yml
+++ b/tests/syntax_test_github_actions.yml
@@ -280,6 +280,8 @@ jobs:
 #^^^^^^^^^^^^ source.shell.bash.embedded
 
   job_foobar:
+# ^^^^^^^^^^ entity.name.function.github-actions
+#           ^ punctuation.separator.key-value.yaml
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     needs: run_syntax_tests
     needs: [ run_syntax_tests ]