diff --git a/test-cases/suite1/fixtures/infinite-loop.json b/test-cases/suite1/fixtures/infinite-loop.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0b5e6b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-cases/suite1/fixtures/infinite-loop.json
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+{
+	"name": "infinite-loop-grammar",
+	"scopeName": "source.infinite-loop",
+	"patterns": [
+		{
+			"name": "start",
+			"begin": "\\A",
+			"end": "$",
+			"patterns": [
+				{
+					"name": "negative-look-ahead",
+					"match": "(?!a)"
+				}
+			]
+		},
+		{
+			"include": "#test"
+		},
+		{
+			"include": "#not_a_problem"
+		}
+	],
+	"repository": {
+		"test": {
+			"name": "test",
+			"begin": "(?=test)",
+			"end": "$",
+			"patterns": [
+				{
+					"include": "#test_this"
+				}
+			]
+		},
+		"test_this": {
+			"name": "test_this",
+			"begin": "(?=test this)",
+			"end": "$",
+			"patterns": [
+				{
+					"include": "#test_this_line"
+				}
+			]
+		},
+		"test_this_line": {
+			"name": "test_this_line",
+			"begin": "(?=test this line)",
+			"end": "$",
+			"patterns": [
+				{
+					"include": "#test"
+				}
+			]
+		},
+		"spaces":
+		{
+			"name": "spaces",
+			"begin": "^(?=\\s)",
+			"end": "(?=\\S)"
+		},
+		"not_a_problem":
+		{
+			"name": "not_a_problem",
+			"begin": "(?=not)",
+			"end": "\\z",
+			"patterns": [
+				{
+					"name": "not",
+					"match": "\\Gnot"
+				},
+				{
+					"include": "#not_a_problem"
+				},
+				{
+					"include": "#spaces"
+				}
+			]
+		}
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test-cases/suite1/tests.json b/test-cases/suite1/tests.json
index 4b349092..074139d6 100644
--- a/test-cases/suite1/tests.json
+++ b/test-cases/suite1/tests.json
@@ -1710,5 +1710,101 @@
 				]
 			}
 		]
+	},
+	{
+		"grammars": [
+			"fixtures/infinite-loop.json"
+		],
+		"grammarPath": "fixtures/infinite-loop.json",
+		"desc": "Issue #145",
+		"lines": [
+			{
+				"line": "abc",
+				"tokens": [
+					{
+						"value": "a",
+						"scopes": [
+							"source.infinite-loop",
+							"start"
+						]
+					},
+					{
+						"value": "bc",
+						"scopes": [
+							"source.infinite-loop"
+						]
+					}
+				]
+			},
+			{
+				"line": "test this line",
+				"tokens": [
+					{
+						"value": "test this line",
+						"scopes": [
+							"source.infinite-loop",
+							"test",
+							"test_this",
+							"test_this_line"
+						]
+					}
+				]
+			},
+			{
+				"line": "not",
+				"tokens": [
+					{
+						"value": "not",
+						"scopes": [
+							"source.infinite-loop",
+							"test",
+							"test_this",
+							"test_this_line"
+						]
+					}
+				]
+			},
+			{
+				"line": "    not",
+				"tokens": [
+					{
+						"value": "    ",
+						"scopes": [
+							"source.infinite-loop"
+						]
+					},
+					{
+						"value": "not",
+						"scopes": [
+							"source.infinite-loop",
+							"not_a_problem",
+							"not"
+						]
+					}
+				]
+			},
+			{
+				"line": "        not",
+				"tokens": [
+					{
+						"value": "        ",
+						"scopes": [
+							"source.infinite-loop",
+							"not_a_problem",
+							"spaces"
+						]
+					},
+					{
+						"value": "not",
+						"scopes": [
+							"source.infinite-loop",
+							"not_a_problem",
+							"not_a_problem",
+							"not"
+						]
+					}
+				]
+			}
+		]
 	}
 ]