diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2eb98fb0..a30b7504 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
   ([#398](https://github.com/fortran-lang/fortls/issues/398))
 - Fixed bug with string quotes not being escaped when looking for parenthesis
   ([#250](https://github.com/fortran-lang/fortls/issues/250))
+- Fixed bug with line continuations in lexical tokens
+  ([#235](https://github.com/fortran-lang/fortls/issues/235))
 
 ## 3.0.0
 
diff --git a/fortls/parsers/internal/parser.py b/fortls/parsers/internal/parser.py
index 7a7da37e..bef50dd0 100644
--- a/fortls/parsers/internal/parser.py
+++ b/fortls/parsers/internal/parser.py
@@ -1121,10 +1121,7 @@ def get_code_line(
                         continue
                     opt_cont_match = FRegex.FREE_CONT.match(next_line)
                     if opt_cont_match:
-                        next_line = (
-                            " " * opt_cont_match.end(0)
-                            + next_line[opt_cont_match.end(0) :]
-                        )
+                        next_line = next_line[opt_cont_match.end(0) :]
                     post_lines.append(next_line)
                     line_stripped = strip_strings(next_line, maintain_len=True)
                     iAmper = line_stripped.find("&")
diff --git a/test/test_server_hover.py b/test/test_server_hover.py
index 2c75da07..1e408063 100644
--- a/test/test_server_hover.py
+++ b/test/test_server_hover.py
@@ -680,3 +680,17 @@ def test_complicated_kind_spec():
         '```fortran90\nREAL(int(sin(0.5))+8+len("ab))c")-3) :: z\n```',
     ]
     validate_hover(results, ref_results)
+
+
+def test_multiline_lexical_token():
+    string = write_rpc_request(1, "initialize", {"rootPath": str(test_dir / "hover")})
+    file_path = test_dir / "hover" / "multiline_lexical_tokens.f90"
+    string += hover_req(file_path, 4, 8)
+    string += hover_req(file_path, 8, 16)
+    errcode, results = run_request(string, fortls_args=["-n", "1"])
+    assert errcode == 0
+    ref_results = [
+        "```fortran90\nINTEGER :: i\n```",
+        '```fortran90\nREAL(int(sin(0.5))+8+len("ab))c")-3) :: Z\n```',
+    ]
+    validate_hover(results, ref_results)
diff --git a/test/test_source/hover/multiline_lexical_tokens.f90 b/test/test_source/hover/multiline_lexical_tokens.f90
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b8eb210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_source/hover/multiline_lexical_tokens.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+program multiline_lexical_token
+implicit none
+inte&
+    &ger &
+    :: i
+RE&
+&AL(int(sin(0.5))&
+ &+8+len("ab)&
+    &)c")-3) :: Z
+end program