diff --git a/src/script/C4AulParse.cpp b/src/script/C4AulParse.cpp
index a7f5c4f7a..42a22138c 100644
--- a/src/script/C4AulParse.cpp
+++ b/src/script/C4AulParse.cpp
@@ -778,12 +778,9 @@ void C4AulParse::UnexpectedToken(const char * Expected)
 void C4AulParse::Parse_WarningPragma()
 {
 	assert(SEqual2(TokenSPos, C4AUL_Warning));
-	assert(std::isspace(TokenSPos[sizeof(C4AUL_Warning) - 1]));
-
-
-	// Read parameters in to string buffer. The sizeof() includes the terminating \0, but
-	// that's okay because we need to skip (at least) one whitespace character anyway.
-	std::string line(TokenSPos + sizeof(C4AUL_Warning), SPos);
+	
+	// Read parameters in to string buffer.
+	std::string line(TokenSPos + sizeof(C4AUL_Warning) - 1, SPos);
 	auto end = line.end();
 	auto cursor = std::find_if_not(begin(line), end, IsWhiteSpace);
 
diff --git a/tests/aul/AulSyntaxTest.cpp b/tests/aul/AulSyntaxTest.cpp
index 52d7d445c..7dab56a92 100644
--- a/tests/aul/AulSyntaxTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/aul/AulSyntaxTest.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ TEST(AulSyntaxTest, ParseSyntaxErrors)
 	EXPECT_THROW(ParseStatement("func Main() {}"), C4AulParseError);
 }
 
+TEST(AulSyntaxTest, PragmaWarningWithInsufficientData)
+{
+	EXPECT_THROW(ParseScript("#warning"), C4AulParseError);
+	EXPECT_THROW(ParseScript("#warning\n"), C4AulParseError);
+	EXPECT_THROW(ParseScript("#warning "), C4AulParseError);
+	EXPECT_THROW(ParseScript("#warning \n"), C4AulParseError);
+}
+
 using namespace ::aul::ast;
 TEST(AulSyntaxTest, ParseLiterals)
 {