diff --git a/indent/javascript.vim b/indent/javascript.vim
index a71a9b0d..f68bdd85 100644
--- a/indent/javascript.vim
+++ b/indent/javascript.vim
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ endfunction
 
 " NOTE: moves the cursor
 function s:previous_token()
-  return search('\<\|[^[:alnum:]_$[:space:]]','bW') ? s:token() : ''
+  return search('\<\|[][`^!"%-/:-?{-~]','bW') ? s:token() : ''
 endfunction
 
 function s:Trim(ln)