diff --git a/uppsrc/Core/Parser.h b/uppsrc/Core/Parser.h
index 03a022303..62b14fff4 100644
--- a/uppsrc/Core/Parser.h
+++ b/uppsrc/Core/Parser.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public:
 	void   Set(const char *ptr, const char *fn, int line = 1);
 	void   Set(const char *ptr);
 
-	CParser& SkipSpaces(bool b = true)        { skipspaces = true; return *this; }
+	CParser& SkipSpaces(bool b = true)        { skipspaces = b; return *this; }
 	CParser& NoSkipSpaces()                   { skipspaces = false; return *this; }
 	CParser& UnicodeEscape(bool b = true)     { uescape = b; return *this; }
 	CParser& SkipComments(bool b = true);