diff --git a/rc/base/haskell.kak b/rc/base/haskell.kak
index 4106b895..bccf6eaf 100644
--- a/rc/base/haskell.kak
+++ b/rc/base/haskell.kak
@@ -12,24 +12,23 @@ hook global BufCreate .*[.](hs) %{
 # ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 
 add-highlighter -group / regions -default code haskell \
-    string   '(?<!\'\\)(?<!\')"'         (?<!\\)(\\\\)*" ''   \
-    macro   ^\h*?\K#                     (?<!\\)\n       ''   \
-    pragma  \{-#                         '#-\}'          \{-  \
-    comment \{-                            -\}           \{-  \
-    comment --(?![!#$%&*+./<>?@\\\^|~=]) $               ''
+    string   '(?<!\'\\)(?<!\')"'            (?<!\\)(\\\\)*" ''   \
+    macro   ^\h*?\K#                        (?<!\\)\n       ''   \
+    pragma  \{-#                            '#-\}'          \{-  \
+    comment \{-                               -\}           \{-  \
+    comment --(?:[^!#$%&*+./<>?@\\\^|~=]|$) $               ''
 
 add-highlighter -group /haskell/string  fill string
 add-highlighter -group /haskell/comment fill comment
 add-highlighter -group /haskell/pragma  fill meta
 add-highlighter -group /haskell/macro   fill meta
 
-# Use (?<!['\w]) and (?!['\w]) instead of \b because ' is valid in identifiers
-add-highlighter -group /haskell/code regex (?<!['\w])0x+[A-Fa-f0-9]+ 0:value
-add-highlighter -group /haskell/code regex (?<!['\w])\d+([.]\d+)? 0:value
-add-highlighter -group /haskell/code regex (?<!['\w])(import|hiding|qualified|module)(?!['\w]) 0:keyword
-add-highlighter -group /haskell/code regex (?<!['\w])(import)(?!['\w])[^\n]+(?<!['\w])(as)(?!['\w]) 2:keyword
-add-highlighter -group /haskell/code regex (?<!['\w])(class|data|default|deriving|infix|infixl|infixr|instance|module|newtype|pattern|type|where)(?!['\w]) 0:keyword
-add-highlighter -group /haskell/code regex (?<!['\w])(case|do|else|if|in|let|mdo|of|proc|rec|then)(?!['\w]) 0:attribute
+add-highlighter -group /haskell/code regex (?<!')\b0x+[A-Fa-f0-9]+ 0:value
+add-highlighter -group /haskell/code regex (?<!')\b\d+([.]\d+)? 0:value
+add-highlighter -group /haskell/code regex (?<!')\b(import|hiding|qualified|module)(?!')\b 0:keyword
+add-highlighter -group /haskell/code regex (?<!')\b(import)(?!')\b[^\n]+(?<!')\b(as)(?!')\b 2:keyword
+add-highlighter -group /haskell/code regex (?<!')\b(class|data|default|deriving|infix|infixl|infixr|instance|module|newtype|pattern|type|where)(?!')\b 0:keyword
+add-highlighter -group /haskell/code regex (?<!')\b(case|do|else|if|in|let|mdo|of|proc|rec|then)(?!')\b 0:attribute
 
 # The complications below is because period has many uses:
 # As function composition operator (possibly without spaces) like "." and "f.g"
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ add-highlighter -group /haskell/code regex (?<!['\w])(case|do|else|if|in|let|mdo
 
 # matches uppercase identifiers:  Monad Control.Monad
 # not non-space separated dot:    Just.const
-add-highlighter -group /haskell/code regex \b([A-Z]['\w]*\.)*[A-Z]['\w]*(?!['\w])(?![.\l]) 0:variable
+add-highlighter -group /haskell/code regex \b([A-Z]['\w]*\.)*[A-Z]['\w]*(?!\.) 0:variable
 
 # matches infix identifier: `mod` `Apa._T'M`
 add-highlighter -group /haskell/code regex `\b([A-Z]['\w]*\.)*[\w]['\w]*` 0:operator
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ add-highlighter -group /haskell/code regex \b(forall)\b[^.\n]*?(\.) 1:keyword 2:
 # matches 'x' '\\' '\'' '\n' '\0'
 # not incomplete literals: '\'
 # not valid identifiers:   w' _'
-add-highlighter -group /haskell/code regex (?<!\w)'([^\\]|[\\]['"\w\d\\])' 0:string
+add-highlighter -group /haskell/code regex \B'([^\\]|[\\]['"\w\d\\])' 0:string
 # this has to come after operators so '-' etc is correct
 
 # Commands