diff --git a/src/frontend/lexer.nim b/src/frontend/lexer.nim
index 550a39a..ea3d580 100644
--- a/src/frontend/lexer.nim
+++ b/src/frontend/lexer.nim
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ proc next(self: Lexer) =
         return
     elif self.match(" "):
         # Whitespaces
-        self.spaces += 1
+        inc(self.spaces)
     elif self.match("\r"):
         self.error("tabs are not allowed in peon code")
     elif self.match("\n"):
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ proc next(self: Lexer) =
         self.parseString(self.peek(-1), mode)
     elif self.peek().isDigit():
         discard self.step() # Needed because parseNumber reads the next
-                             # character to tell the base of the number
+                            # character to tell the base of the number
         # Number literal
         self.parseNumber()
     elif self.peek().isAlphaNumeric() and self.check(["\"", "'"], 1):