diff --git a/src/compiler/compiler.ts b/src/compiler/compiler.ts
index 212da55..b7e6274 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compiler.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compiler.ts
@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ export class Compiler {
         return instructions
       }
 
-      case terms.ThenBlock: {
+      case terms.ThenBlock:
+      case terms.SingleLineThenBlock: {
         const instructions = getAllChildren(node)
           .map((child) => this.#compileNode(child, input))
           .flat()
@@ -468,7 +469,11 @@ export class Compiler {
       }
 
       default:
-        throw new CompilerError(`Unsupported syntax node: ${node.type.name}`, node.from, node.to)
+        throw new CompilerError(
+          `Compiler doesn't know how to handle a "${node.type.name}" node.`,
+          node.from,
+          node.to
+        )
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/compiler/tests/compiler.test.ts b/src/compiler/tests/compiler.test.ts
index 652b29c..46ee0b7 100644
--- a/src/compiler/tests/compiler.test.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/tests/compiler.test.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ describe('compiler', () => {
       scattered
     end`).toEvaluateTo('dwarf')
   })
+
+  test('single line if', () => {
+    expect(`if 3 < 9: shire end`).toEvaluateTo('shire')
+  })
 })
 
 describe('errors', () => {
diff --git a/src/parser/shrimp.grammar b/src/parser/shrimp.grammar
index 3dbddd8..35fdcbc 100644
--- a/src/parser/shrimp.grammar
+++ b/src/parser/shrimp.grammar
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 @context trackScope from "./scopeTracker"
 
-@skip { space }
+@skip { space | comment }
 
 @top Program { item* }
 
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   newlineOrSemicolon { "\n" | ";" }
   eof { @eof }
   space { " " | "\t" }
+  comment { "#" ![\n]* }
   leftParen { "(" }
   rightParen { ")" }
   colon[closedBy="end", @name="colon"] { ":" }
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ IfExpr {
 }
 
 singleLineIf {
-  @specialize[@name=keyword]<Identifier, "if"> (ConditionalOp | expression) colon ThenBlock { consumeToTerminator }
+  @specialize[@name=keyword]<Identifier, "if"> (ConditionalOp | expression) colon SingleLineThenBlock @specialize[@name=keyword]<Identifier, "end">
 }
 
 multilineIf {
@@ -123,6 +124,10 @@ ThenBlock {
   block
 }
 
+SingleLineThenBlock {
+  consumeToTerminator 
+}
+
 ConditionalOp {
   expression Eq expression |
   expression Neq expression |
diff --git a/src/parser/shrimp.terms.ts b/src/parser/shrimp.terms.ts
index 75f88be..2b65bbc 100644
--- a/src/parser/shrimp.terms.ts
+++ b/src/parser/shrimp.terms.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export const
   NamedArg = 40,
   NamedArgPrefix = 41,
   IfExpr = 43,
+  SingleLineThenBlock = 45,
   ThenBlock = 46,
   ElseIfExpr = 47,
   ElseExpr = 49,
diff --git a/src/parser/tests/basics.test.ts b/src/parser/tests/basics.test.ts
index 3299ff3..6cc5989 100644
--- a/src/parser/tests/basics.test.ts
+++ b/src/parser/tests/basics.test.ts
@@ -348,3 +348,27 @@ describe('DotGet whitespace sensitivity', () => {
     expect('readme.txt').toMatchTree(`Word readme.txt`)
   })
 })
+
+describe('Comments', () => {
+  test('are barely there', () => {
+    expect(`x = 5 # one banana\ny = 2 # two bananas`).toMatchTree(`
+      Assign
+        AssignableIdentifier x
+        Eq =
+        Number 5
+      Assign
+        AssignableIdentifier y
+        Eq =
+        Number 2`)
+
+    expect('# some comment\nbasename = 5 # very astute\n basename / prop\n# good info').toMatchTree(`
+      Assign
+        AssignableIdentifier basename
+        Eq =
+        Number 5
+      BinOp
+        Identifier basename
+        Slash /
+        Identifier prop`)
+  })
+})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/parser/tests/control-flow.test.ts b/src/parser/tests/control-flow.test.ts
index df1bc3c..11c81d0 100644
--- a/src/parser/tests/control-flow.test.ts
+++ b/src/parser/tests/control-flow.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import '../shrimp.grammar' // Importing this so changes cause it to retest!
 
 describe('if/elseif/else', () => {
   test('parses single line if', () => {
-    expect(`if y = 1: 'cool'`).toMatchTree(`
+    expect(`if y = 1: 'cool' end`).toMatchTree(`
       IfExpr
         keyword if
         ConditionalOp
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ describe('if/elseif/else', () => {
           Eq =
           Number 1
         colon :
-        ThenBlock
+        SingleLineThenBlock
           String
             StringFragment cool
+        keyword end
     `)
 
-    expect('a = if x: 2').toMatchTree(`
+    expect('a = if x: 2 end').toMatchTree(`
       Assign
         AssignableIdentifier a
         Eq =
@@ -25,8 +26,9 @@ describe('if/elseif/else', () => {
           keyword if
           Identifier x
           colon :
-          ThenBlock
+          SingleLineThenBlock
             Number 2
+          keyword end
     `)
   })
 
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ describe('if/elseif/else', () => {
   })
 
   test('does not parse identifiers that start with if', () => {
-    expect('iffy = if true: 2').toMatchTree(`
+    expect('iffy = if true: 2 end').toMatchTree(`
       Assign
         AssignableIdentifier iffy
         Eq =
@@ -146,8 +148,9 @@ describe('if/elseif/else', () => {
           keyword if
           Boolean true
           colon :
-          ThenBlock
+          SingleLineThenBlock
             Number 2
+          keyword end
     `)
   })
 })