diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/syntax/PdeKeywords.java b/app/src/processing/app/syntax/PdeKeywords.java
index 62d719f9746..45a5c6f8f11 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/syntax/PdeKeywords.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/syntax/PdeKeywords.java
@@ -115,7 +115,14 @@ private void parseKeywordsTxt(File input) throws Exception {
           continue;
         }
 
-        String pieces[] = line.split("\t");
+        String pieces[];
+
+        if (line.contains("\t\t")) {
+          pieces = line.split("\t");       // For the cyborgs
+        }
+        else {
+          pieces = line.split("\\s+", 4);  // For the rest of humanity
+        }
 
         String keyword = pieces[0].trim();
         if (keyword.startsWith("\\#")) {