diff --git a/src/js/util.js b/src/js/util.js
index a059cec..53b5f46 100644
--- a/src/js/util.js
+++ b/src/js/util.js
@@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ export function repair (jsString) {
     return jsString[iNext]
   }
 
+  // get at the first non-white space character starting at the current character
+  function currNonWhiteSpace () {
+    let iNext = i
+    while (iNext < jsString.length && isWhiteSpace(jsString[iNext])) {
+      iNext++
+    }
+
+    return jsString[iNext]
+  }
+
   // skip a block comment '/* ... */'
   function skipBlockComment () {
     if (curr() === '/' && next() === '*') {
@@ -299,7 +309,7 @@ export function repair (jsString) {
       const whitespaces = parseWhiteSpace()
       skipBlockComment()
 
-      if (curr() === '{' || nextNonWhiteSpace() === '{') {
+      if (currNonWhiteSpace() === '{') {
         chars.push(',')
         if (indent === 0) {
           isLineSeparatedJson = true
diff --git a/test/util.test.js b/test/util.test.js
index 4ff8bdd..6f429b3 100644
--- a/test/util.test.js
+++ b/test/util.test.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ describe('util', () => {
       assert.strictEqual(repair('callback({}'), 'callback({}')
     })
 
-    it('should strip trailing zeros', () => {
+    it('should strip trailing commas', () => {
       // matching
       assert.strictEqual(repair('[1,2,3,]'), '[1,2,3]')
       assert.strictEqual(repair('[1,2,3,\n]'), '[1,2,3\n]')
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ describe('util', () => {
       assert.strictEqual(repair(text), expected)
     })
 
+    it('should not repair normal array with comma separated objects', () => {
+      const text = '[\n{},\n{}\n]'
+
+      assert.strictEqual(repair(text), text)
+    })
+
     it('should repair line separated json (for example from robo3t', () => {
       const text = '' +
         '/* 1 */\n' +