diff --git a/src/index.test.ts b/src/index.test.ts
index 551c2e6..3628354 100644
--- a/src/index.test.ts
+++ b/src/index.test.ts
@@ -586,6 +586,17 @@ describe.each(implementations)('jsonrepair [$name]', ({ jsonrepair }) => {
     test('should repair missing comma between object properties', () => {
       expect(jsonrepair('{"a":2\n"b":3\n}')).toBe('{"a":2,\n"b":3\n}')
       expect(jsonrepair('{"a":2\n"b":3\nc:4}')).toBe('{"a":2,\n"b":3,\n"c":4}')
+      expect(jsonrepair('{\n  "firstName": "John"\n  lastName: Smith')).toBe(
+        '{\n  "firstName": "John",\n  "lastName": "Smith"}'
+      )
+      expect(jsonrepair('{\n  "firstName": "John" /* comment */ \n  lastName: Smith')).toBe(
+        '{\n  "firstName": "John",  \n  "lastName": "Smith"}'
+      )
+
+      // verify parsing a comma after a return (since in parseString we stop at a return)
+      expect(jsonrepair('{\n  "firstName": "John"\n  ,  lastName: Smith')).toBe(
+        '{\n  "firstName": "John"\n  ,  "lastName": "Smith"}'
+      )
     })
 
     test('should repair numbers at the end', () => {
diff --git a/src/regular/jsonrepair.ts b/src/regular/jsonrepair.ts
index 1d599fb..f6d4a08 100644
--- a/src/regular/jsonrepair.ts
+++ b/src/regular/jsonrepair.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {
   isUnquotedStringDelimiter,
   isValidStringCharacter,
   isWhitespace,
+  isWhitespaceExceptNewline,
   regexFunctionNameChar,
   regexFunctionNameCharStart,
   regexUrlChar,
@@ -135,25 +136,30 @@ export function jsonrepair(text: string): string {
     return processed
   }
 
-  function parseWhitespaceAndSkipComments(): boolean {
+  function parseWhitespaceAndSkipComments(skipNewline = true): boolean {
     const start = i
 
-    let changed = parseWhitespace()
+    let changed = parseWhitespace(skipNewline)
     do {
       changed = parseComment()
       if (changed) {
-        changed = parseWhitespace()
+        changed = parseWhitespace(skipNewline)
       }
     } while (changed)
 
     return i > start
   }
 
-  function parseWhitespace(): boolean {
+  function parseWhitespace(skipNewline: boolean): boolean {
+    const _isWhiteSpace = skipNewline ? isWhitespace : isWhitespaceExceptNewline
     let whitespace = ''
     let normal: boolean
-    // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noAssignInExpressions: <explanation>
-    while ((normal = isWhitespace(text.charCodeAt(i))) || isSpecialWhitespace(text.charCodeAt(i))) {
+
+    while (
+      // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noAssignInExpressions: <explanation>
+      (normal = _isWhiteSpace(text.charCodeAt(i))) ||
+      isSpecialWhitespace(text.charCodeAt(i))
+    ) {
       if (normal) {
         whitespace += text[i]
       } else {
@@ -486,7 +492,7 @@ export function jsonrepair(text: string): string {
           i++
           output += str
 
-          parseWhitespaceAndSkipComments()
+          parseWhitespaceAndSkipComments(false)
 
           if (
             stopAtDelimiter ||
diff --git a/src/streaming/core.ts b/src/streaming/core.ts
index fce9b8a..5f9dbd8 100644
--- a/src/streaming/core.ts
+++ b/src/streaming/core.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
   isUnquotedStringDelimiter,
   isValidStringCharacter,
   isWhitespace,
+  isWhitespaceExceptNewline,
   regexFunctionNameChar,
   regexFunctionNameCharStart,
   regexUrlChar,
@@ -494,26 +495,28 @@ export function jsonrepairCore({
     return false
   }
 
-  function parseWhitespaceAndSkipComments(): boolean {
+  function parseWhitespaceAndSkipComments(skipNewline = true): boolean {
     const start = i
 
-    let changed = parseWhitespace()
+    let changed = parseWhitespace(skipNewline)
     do {
       changed = parseComment()
       if (changed) {
-        changed = parseWhitespace()
+        changed = parseWhitespace(skipNewline)
       }
     } while (changed)
 
     return i > start
   }
 
-  function parseWhitespace(): boolean {
+  function parseWhitespace(skipNewline: boolean): boolean {
+    const _isWhiteSpace = skipNewline ? isWhitespace : isWhitespaceExceptNewline
     let whitespace = ''
     let normal: boolean
+
     while (
       // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noAssignInExpressions: <explanation>
-      (normal = isWhitespace(input.charCodeAt(i))) ||
+      (normal = _isWhiteSpace(input.charCodeAt(i))) ||
       isSpecialWhitespace(input.charCodeAt(i))
     ) {
       if (normal) {
@@ -679,7 +682,7 @@ export function jsonrepairCore({
           output.push('"')
           i++
 
-          parseWhitespaceAndSkipComments()
+          parseWhitespaceAndSkipComments(false)
 
           if (
             stopAtDelimiter ||
diff --git a/src/utils/stringUtils.ts b/src/utils/stringUtils.ts
index 313d2b5..691545b 100644
--- a/src/utils/stringUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/stringUtils.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ export function isWhitespace(code: number): boolean {
   return code === codeSpace || code === codeNewline || code === codeTab || code === codeReturn
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check if the given character is a whitespace character like space or tab,
+ * but NOT a newline
+ */
+export function isWhitespaceExceptNewline(code: number): boolean {
+  return code === codeSpace || code === codeTab || code === codeReturn
+}
+
 /**
  * Check if the given character is a special whitespace character, some
  * unicode variant