diff --git a/README b/README
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 
 Changes
 
+0.4.4 Allow unicode characters in comments
+
 0.4.3 correct lexer for decimalToken, only leading digit needs to be non-zero.
 
 0.4.2 Expose SrcSpan
diff --git a/dist/build/Language/JavaScript/Parser/Lexer.hs b/dist/build/Language/JavaScript/Parser/Lexer.hs
# file too large to diff: dist/build/Language/JavaScript/Parser/Lexer.hs
diff --git a/language-javascript.cabal b/language-javascript.cabal
--- a/language-javascript.cabal
+++ b/language-javascript.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                language-javascript
-Version:             0.4.3
+Version:             0.4.4
 Synopsis:            Parser for JavaScript
 Description:         Parses Javascript into an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST).  Initially intended as frontend to hjsmin.
 Homepage:            https://github.com/alanz/language-javascript
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 License-file:        LICENSE
 Author:              Alan Zimmerman
 Maintainer:          alan.zimm@gmail.com
-Copyright:           (c) 2010 Alan Zimmerman
+Copyright:           (c) 2010,2011 Alan Zimmerman
 Category:            Language
 Build-type:          Simple
 homepage:            http://github.com/alanz/language-javascript
diff --git a/runtests.hs b/runtests.hs
--- a/runtests.hs
+++ b/runtests.hs
@@ -275,6 +275,11 @@
    -- https://github.com/alanz/hjsmin/issues/#issue/3  
    , testCase "bug3" (testProg "var myLatlng = new google.maps.LatLng(56.8379100, 60.5806664);" "Right (JSSourceElementsTop [JSVariables \"var\" [JSVarDecl (JSIdentifier \"myLatlng\") [JSLiteral \"new \",JSMemberDot [JSMemberDot [JSIdentifier \"google\"] (JSIdentifier \"maps\")] (JSIdentifier \"LatLng\"),JSArguments [[JSDecimal \"56.8379100\"],[JSDecimal \"60.5806664\"]]]]])")
      
+   -- https://github.com/alanz/hjsmin/issues/#issue/4  
+   , testCase "bug4" (testProg "/* * geolocation. пытаемся определить свое местоположение * если не получается то используем defaultLocation * @Param {object} map экземпляр карты * @Param {object LatLng} defaultLocation Координаты центра по умолчанию * @Param {function} callbackAfterLocation Фу-ия которая вызывается после * геолокации. Т.к запрос геолокации асинхронен */x" "Right (JSSourceElementsTop [JSExpression [JSIdentifier \"x\"]])")
+     
+     
+     
    , testCase "02_sm.js"   (testProg "{zero}\none1;two\n{three\nfour;five;\n{\nsix;{seven;}\n}\n}" "Right (JSSourceElementsTop [JSStatementBlock (JSStatementList [JSExpression [JSIdentifier \"zero\"]]),JSExpression [JSIdentifier \"one1\"],JSLiteral \";\",JSExpression [JSIdentifier \"two\"],JSStatementBlock (JSStatementList [JSExpression [JSIdentifier \"three\"],JSExpression [JSIdentifier \"four\"],JSLiteral \";\",JSExpression [JSIdentifier \"five\"],JSLiteral \";\",JSStatementBlock (JSStatementList [JSExpression [JSIdentifier \"six\"],JSLiteral \";\",JSStatementBlock (JSStatementList [JSExpression [JSIdentifier \"seven\"],JSLiteral \";\"])])])])")
      
    , testCase "02_sm.js.2" (testProg "{zero}\nget;two\n{three\nfour;set;\n{\nsix;{seven;}\n}\n}" "Right (JSSourceElementsTop [JSStatementBlock (JSStatementList [JSExpression [JSIdentifier \"zero\"]]),JSExpression [JSIdentifier \"get\"],JSLiteral \";\",JSExpression [JSIdentifier \"two\"],JSStatementBlock (JSStatementList [JSExpression [JSIdentifier \"three\"],JSExpression [JSIdentifier \"four\"],JSLiteral \";\",JSExpression [JSIdentifier \"set\"],JSLiteral \";\",JSStatementBlock (JSStatementList [JSExpression [JSIdentifier \"six\"],JSLiteral \";\",JSStatementBlock (JSStatementList [JSExpression [JSIdentifier \"seven\"],JSLiteral \";\"])])])])")
diff --git a/src/Language/JavaScript/Parser/Lexer.x b/src/Language/JavaScript/Parser/Lexer.x
--- a/src/Language/JavaScript/Parser/Lexer.x
+++ b/src/Language/JavaScript/Parser/Lexer.x
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 @eol_pattern = $lf | $cr $lf | $cr $lf  
 
 $any_char = [\x00-\xff]
+$any_unicode_char = [\x00-\xffff]
 
 
 $eol_char = [\x000A\x000D\x2028\x2029] -- any end of line character
@@ -72,8 +73,8 @@
 -- ~ ( LineTerminator | BSLASH | DIV )
 $RegExpChars = [$printable] # [ $cr $lf \\ \/]
 
-$MultiLineNotAsteriskChar               = [$any_char] # [\*]
-$MultiLineNotForwardSlashOrAsteriskChar = [$any_char] # [\* \/]
+$MultiLineNotAsteriskChar               = [$any_unicode_char] # [\*]
+$MultiLineNotForwardSlashOrAsteriskChar = [$any_unicode_char] # [\* \/]
 
 -- See http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/javascript-regex-and-unicode
     -- *  \u0009 — Tab — \t