diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gd_tokenizer.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gd_tokenizer.cpp
index 383a092d96a..39c4530d964 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gd_tokenizer.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gd_tokenizer.cpp
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ void GDTokenizerText::_advance() {
 			case '\n': {
 				line++;
 				INCPOS(1);
-				column=0;
+				column=1;
 				int i=0;
 				while(GETCHAR(i)==' ' || GETCHAR(i)=='\t') {
 					i++;
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ void GDTokenizerText::_advance() {
 					}
 				}
 				INCPOS(1);
-				column=0;
+				column=1;
 				line++;
 				int i=0;
 				while(GETCHAR(i)==' ' || GETCHAR(i)=='\t') {
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ void GDTokenizerText::_advance() {
 								break;
 							} else if (_code[pos]=='\n') {
 								new_line++;
-								new_col=0;
+								new_col=1;
 							} else {
 								new_col++;
 							}
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ void GDTokenizerText::_advance() {
 							}
 						}
 						INCPOS(1);
-						column=0;
+						column=1;
 						line++;
 						continue;
 
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ void GDTokenizerText::_advance() {
 					} else {
 						if (CharType(GETCHAR(i))=='\n') {
 							line++;
-							column=0;
+							column=1;
 						}
 
 						str+=CharType(GETCHAR(i));