diff --git a/qutes-vscode/package.json b/qutes-vscode/package.json
index b65e217..fbf6efd 100644
--- a/qutes-vscode/package.json
+++ b/qutes-vscode/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "author": "Gabriele Messina",
     "publisher": "GabrieleMessina",
     "license": "MIT",
-    "version": "1.1.6",
+    "version": "1.1.7",
     "engines": {
         "vscode": "^1.52.0"
     },
diff --git a/qutes-vscode/syntaxes/qutes.tmLanguage.json b/qutes-vscode/syntaxes/qutes.tmLanguage.json
index 30dece8..a161c56 100644
--- a/qutes-vscode/syntaxes/qutes.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/qutes-vscode/syntaxes/qutes.tmLanguage.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "keyword.operator.qutes",
-      "match": "(\\*|/|%|\\+|\\-|==|!=|>|>=|<|<=|=)|\\b(and|or|not|pauliy|pauliz|grover|mcz|mcx|mcp|mcy|swap|hadamard|measure|print|barrier)\\b|(\\+\\+|\\-\\-|\\+=|\\-=|\\*=|/=|&=)"
+      "match": "(\\*|/(?!/)|%|\\+|\\-|==|!=|>|>=|<|<=|=)|\\b(and|or|not|pauliy|pauliz|grover|mcz|mcx|mcp|mcy|swap|hadamard|measure|print|barrier)\\b|(\\+\\+|\\-\\-|\\+=|\\-=|\\*=|/=|&=)"
     },
     {
       "name": "storage.type.qutes",