diff --git a/src/cursor-doc/token-cursor.ts b/src/cursor-doc/token-cursor.ts
index 657697661..741d12c23 100644
--- a/src/cursor-doc/token-cursor.ts
+++ b/src/cursor-doc/token-cursor.ts
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ export class LispTokenCursor extends TokenCursor {
     let hasReader = false;
     while (true) {
       cursor.backwardWhitespace();
-      if (cursor.getPrevToken().type === 'reader') {
+      if (['reader', 'ignore'].includes(cursor.getPrevToken().type)) {
         cursor.previous();
         this.set(cursor);
         hasReader = true;
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ export class LispTokenCursor extends TokenCursor {
     let hasReader = false;
     while (true) {
       cursor.forwardWhitespace();
-      if (cursor.getToken().type === 'reader') {
+      if (['reader', 'ignore'].includes(cursor.getToken().type)) {
         cursor.next();
         this.set(cursor);
         hasReader = true;