diff --git a/parse.py b/parse.py
index 20b41ca..e2e3803 100644
--- a/parse.py
+++ b/parse.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     def __init__(self, input):
         self.code = input
         self.pos = 0
-        self.pos_line = 2 # Start at line 2 due to shebang
+        self.pos_line = 1
         self.pos_column = 1
 
     def next(self):
@@ -74,7 +74,14 @@
         else:
             return self.code[start:self.pos - len(" EndText")]
 
+    def skip_shebang(self):
+        next_line = self.code.find('\n') + 1
+        self.code = self.code[next_line:]
+        self.pos_line = 2
+
     def tokenize(self):
+        if self.code[0:2] == '#!':
+            self.skip_shebang()
         keywords = ["NewLang", "Done", "Set", "To", "EndSet",
                     "If", "Then", "Else", "EndIf"]
         tokens = []
@@ -318,9 +325,6 @@
 
 def parse_file(filename):
     code = open(filename).read()
-    if code[0:2] == '#!':
-        next_line = code.find('\n') + 1
-        code = code[next_line:]
     tokenizer = Tokenizer(code)
     tokens = tokenizer.tokenize()
     try: