diff --git a/src/lexer.rs b/src/lexer.rs
index 23d6c25..d03b2f5 100644
--- a/src/lexer.rs
+++ b/src/lexer.rs
@@ -77,9 +77,10 @@ where It: Iterator<Item = char>
                         '>' => { self.chars.next(); return Some(Ok(LadderTypeToken::Close)); },
                         '~' => { self.chars.next(); return Some(Ok(LadderTypeToken::Ladder)); },
                         '\'' => { self.chars.next(); state = LexerState::Char(None); },
-                        ' ' => { self.chars.next(); },
                         c => {
-                            if c.is_alphabetic() {
+                            if c.is_whitespace() {
+                                self.chars.next();
+                            } else if c.is_alphabetic() {
                                 state = LexerState::Sym( String::new() );
                             } else if c.is_digit(10) {
                                 state = LexerState::Num( 0 );
diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index 7c7c1fc..1b996bf 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ impl TypeDict {
     {
         match self.parse_partial(tokens) {
             Ok(t) => {
-                if let Some(tok) = tokens.peek() {
+                if let Some(_tok) = tokens.peek() {
                     Err(ParseError::UnexpectedToken)
                 } else {
                     Ok(t)
diff --git a/src/test/lexer.rs b/src/test/lexer.rs
index 8017262..7cba4db 100644
--- a/src/test/lexer.rs
+++ b/src/test/lexer.rs
@@ -83,15 +83,15 @@ fn test_lexer_app_space() {
 #[test]
 fn test_lexer_large() {
     let mut lex = LadderTypeLexer::from(
-        "<Seq Date \
-              ~<TimeSince UnixEpoch> \
-              ~<Duration Seconds> \
-              ~ℕ \
-              ~<PosInt 10 BigEndian> \
-              ~< Seq <Digit 10>~Unicode > > \
-         ~<SepSeq Unicode ':'> \
-         ~<Seq Unicode> \
-         ~UTF-8 \
+        "<Seq Date
+              ~<TimeSince UnixEpoch>
+              ~<Duration Seconds>
+              ~ℕ
+              ~<PosInt 10 BigEndian>
+              ~< Seq <Digit 10>~Unicode > >
+         ~<SepSeq Unicode ':'>
+         ~<Seq Unicode>
+         ~UTF-8
          ~<Seq Byte>".chars());
 
     assert_eq!( lex.next(), Some(Ok(LadderTypeToken::Open)));
diff --git a/src/test/parser.rs b/src/test/parser.rs
index 16c9744..41fd800 100644
--- a/src/test/parser.rs
+++ b/src/test/parser.rs
@@ -134,15 +134,15 @@ fn test_parser_ladder_between() {
 fn test_parser_ladder_large() {
     assert_eq!(
         TypeTerm::from_str(
-            "<Seq Date \
-                  ~<TimeSince UnixEpoch> \
-                  ~<Duration Seconds> \
-                  ~ℕ \
-                  ~<PosInt 10 BigEndian> \
-                  ~< Seq <Digit 10>~Unicode > > \
-              ~<SepSeq Unicode ':'> \
-              ~<Seq Unicode> \
-              ~UTF-8 \
+            "<Seq Date
+                  ~<TimeSince UnixEpoch>
+                  ~<Duration Seconds>
+                  ~ℕ
+                  ~<PosInt 10 BigEndian>
+                  ~< Seq <Digit 10>~Unicode > >
+              ~<SepSeq Unicode ':'>
+              ~<Seq Unicode>
+              ~UTF-8
               ~<Seq Byte>"),
 
         Ok(