diff --git a/libs/tree-sitter-wing/src/scanner.c b/libs/tree-sitter-wing/src/scanner.c
index ea204440754..87a5fca5280 100644
--- a/libs/tree-sitter-wing/src/scanner.c
+++ b/libs/tree-sitter-wing/src/scanner.c
@@ -169,8 +169,6 @@ static bool scan_automatic_block(TSLexer *lexer)
       return false;
     if (lexer->is_at_included_range_start(lexer))
       return true;
-    if (lexer->lookahead == '\n')
-      break;
     if (!iswspace(lexer->lookahead))
       return false;
     skip(lexer);
diff --git a/libs/tree-sitter-wing/test/corpus/statements/statements.txt b/libs/tree-sitter-wing/test/corpus/statements/statements.txt
index e78abdfb22e..4299969d74d 100644
--- a/libs/tree-sitter-wing/test/corpus/statements/statements.txt
+++ b/libs/tree-sitter-wing/test/corpus/statements/statements.txt
@@ -117,6 +117,22 @@ if false {}
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+(source
+  (if_statement
+    condition: (bool)
+    block: (block)))
+
+================================================================================
+If Newline Block
+================================================================================
+
+if false 
+{
+  
+}
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 (source
   (if_statement
     condition: (bool)