diff --git a/rc/filetype/purescript.kak b/rc/filetype/purescript.kak
index efa0a645..b187d4f6 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/purescript.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/purescript.kak
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex (?<!')\b0x+[A-Fa-f0-9]+ 0:value
 add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex (?<!')\b\d+([.]\d+)? 0:value
 add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex (?<!')\b(import|hiding|module)(?!')\b 0:keyword
 add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex (?<!')\b(import)(?!')\b[^\n]+(?<!')\b(as)(?!')\b 2:keyword
-add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex (?<!')\b(class|data|default|deriving|infix|infixl|infixr|instance|module|newtype|pattern|type|where)(?!')\b 0:keyword
+add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex (?<!')\b(class|data|default|derive|infix|infixl|infixr|instance|module|newtype|pattern|type|where)(?!')\b 0:keyword
 add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex (?<!')\b(case|do|else|if|in|let|mdo|of|proc|rec|then)(?!')\b 0:attribute
 add-highlighter shared/purescript/code/ regex (?<!')\b(type|data)\b\s+(\bfamily\b)?(?!') 0:keyword
 
diff --git a/rc/tools/comment.kak b/rc/tools/comment.kak
index 6a2817b5..ad3ce58f 100644
--- a/rc/tools/comment.kak
+++ b/rc/tools/comment.kak
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ hook global BufSetOption filetype=(c|cpp|dart|gluon|go|java|javascript|objc|php|
     set-option buffer comment_block_end '*/'
 }
 
-hook global BufSetOption filetype=(cabal|haskell|moon|idris|elm|dhall) %{
+hook global BufSetOption filetype=(cabal|haskell|moon|idris|elm|dhall|purescript) %{
     set-option buffer comment_line '--'
     set-option buffer comment_block_begin '{-'
     set-option buffer comment_block_end '-}'