diff --git a/janet/scanner.janet b/janet/scanner.janet
index c724b99..02f26c0 100644
--- a/janet/scanner.janet
+++ b/janet/scanner.janet
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
       "\n" (add-token (update scanner :line inc) :newline)
       "\\" (add-token scanner :backslash)
       "=" (add-token scanner :equals)
-      ">" (add-token scanner :pipeline)
+      ">" (add-token (add-token scanner :break) :pipeline)
 
       ## two-character tokens
       ## ->