diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index de0516f..a055f94 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "tree-sitter-wing"
 description = "Wing grammar for tree-sitter"
-version = "0.70.11"
+version = "0.71.0"
 license = "MIT"
 readme = "README.md"
 keywords = ["incremental", "parsing", "tree-sitter", "wing"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e72ec04..41fd9b1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION := 0.70.11
+VERSION := 0.71.0
 
 LANGUAGE_NAME := tree-sitter-wing
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d1b56ad..960d05f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@winglang/tree-sitter-wing",
-  "version": "0.70.11",
+  "version": "0.71.0",
   "description": "winglang grammar for tree-sitter",
   "main": "bindings/node",
   "types": "bindings/node",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 54df340..42a0652 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 [project]
 name = "tree-sitter-wing"
 description = "Wing grammar for tree-sitter"
-version = "0.70.11"
+version = "0.71.0"
 keywords = ["incremental", "parsing", "tree-sitter", "wing"]
 classifiers = [
   "Intended Audience :: Developers",
diff --git a/src/scanner.c b/src/scanner.c
index 0ebcccc..1de7b4b 100644
--- a/src/scanner.c
+++ b/src/scanner.c
@@ -29,13 +29,35 @@ static void skip(TSLexer * lexer) {
   lexer -> advance(lexer, true);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Skip through a strings until the end of the string or the end of the file.
+ * Handle any escaped \"
+ * Assumes all initial whitespace has been skipped already
+ */
+static void skip_strings(TSLexer * lexer) {
+    while (lexer -> lookahead == '"') {
+      skip(lexer);
+      while (lexer -> lookahead != 0) {
+        if (lexer -> lookahead == '\\') {
+          skip(lexer);
+          if (lexer -> lookahead == '"') {
+            skip(lexer);
+          }
+        } else if (lexer -> lookahead == '"') {
+          skip(lexer);
+          break;
+        } else {
+          skip(lexer);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * Skip through any whitespace or comments until
  * we've reached a non-whitespace/comment character
- *
- * @return true if we've reached a non-whitespace/comment character, false otherwise (comment is unterminated)
  */
-static bool scan_whitespace_and_comments(TSLexer * lexer) {
+static void skip_whitespace_and_comments(TSLexer * lexer) {
   for (;;) {
     while (iswspace(lexer -> lookahead)) {
       skip(lexer);
@@ -62,11 +84,9 @@ static bool scan_whitespace_and_comments(TSLexer * lexer) {
             skip(lexer);
           }
         }
-      } else {
-        return false;
       }
     } else {
-      return true;
+      break;
     }
   }
 }
@@ -179,25 +199,22 @@ static bool scan_automatic_block(TSLexer * lexer) {
   lexer -> mark_end(lexer);
 
   for (;;) {
-    if (lexer -> lookahead == 0)
-      return true;
-    if (lexer -> lookahead == '}')
-      return false;
-    if (lexer -> is_at_included_range_start(lexer))
-      return true;
-    if (!iswspace(lexer -> lookahead))
-      return false;
+    skip_whitespace_and_comments(lexer);
+    skip_strings(lexer);
+
+    switch (lexer -> lookahead) {
+      case '{':
+        return false;
+      case '}':
+        return true;
+      case ';':
+        return true;
+      case 0:
+        return true;
+    }
     skip(lexer);
   }
 
-  skip(lexer);
-
-  if (!scan_whitespace_and_comments(lexer))
-    return false;
-
-  if (lexer -> lookahead != '{')
-    return false;
-
   return true;
 }