diff --git a/extensions/lua/language-configuration.json b/extensions/lua/language-configuration.json
index 6510d33510108cbae39e09de07e9b2731489012a..89e5c45b9ff017b07e51a1dbafd39df6073ae43a 100644
--- a/extensions/lua/language-configuration.json
+++ b/extensions/lua/language-configuration.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		["'", "'"]
 	],
 	"indentationRules": {
-		"increaseIndentPattern": "^\\s*((\\b(else|function|then|do|repeat)\\b((?!\\b(end|until)\\b).)*)|(\\{\\s*))$",
+		"increaseIndentPattern": "^((?!(\\-\\-)).)*((\\b(else|function|then|do|repeat)\\b((?!\\b(end|until)\\b).)*)|(\\{\\s*))$",
 		"decreaseIndentPattern": "^\\s*((\\b(elseif|else|end|until)\\b)|(\\})|(\\)))"
 	}
 }