diff --git a/rc/filetype/python.kak b/rc/filetype/python.kak
index 0fb370fc..5a5da6f6 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/python.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/python.kak
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ evaluate-commands %sh{
     "
 }
 
-add-highlighter shared/python/code/ regex (?<=[\w\s\d'"_])(<=|<<|>>|>=|<>|<|>|!=|==|\||\^|&|\+|-|\*\*|\*|//|/|%|~) 0:operator
+add-highlighter shared/python/code/ regex (?<=[\w\s\d\)\]'"_])(<=|<<|>>|>=|<>|<|>|!=|==|\||\^|&|\+|-|\*\*|\*|//?|%|~) 0:operator
 add-highlighter shared/python/code/ regex (?<=[\w\s\d'"_])((?<![=<>!])=(?![=])|[+*-]=) 0:builtin
 add-highlighter shared/python/code/ regex ^\h*(?:from|import)\h+(\S+) 1:module