diff --git a/src/languages/magik.js b/src/languages/magik.js
index 3e86314a05..927f03e4f7 100644
--- a/src/languages/magik.js
+++ b/src/languages/magik.js
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ export default {
 			}
 		},
 
-		'number': /\b\d+(?:\.\d+)?(?:[e&][+-]?\d+)?\b|\b(?:[2-9]|[12]\d|3[0-6])r[a-z0-9]+\b/i,
-
 		'symbol': {
 			pattern: /(^|\W):(?:\|[^|]*\||\\.|[\w?!])+/,
 			lookbehind: true
 		},
 
+		'number': /\b\d+(?:\.\d+)?(?:[e&][+-]?\d+)?\b|\b(?:[2-9]|[12]\d|3[0-6])r[a-z0-9]+\b/i,
+
 		'operator': [
 			/_(?:and|andif|or|orif|xor)<</i, /(?:\*\*\^?|\*\^?|\/\^?|_mod\^?|_div\^?|-\^?|\+\^?)<</i, /\^?<</, // assignment operators
 			/<>/, />=/, /<=/, /</, /~=/, /=/, // relational operators
diff --git a/tests/languages/magik/symbol_feature.test b/tests/languages/magik/symbol_feature.test
index d6c11a743f..9e50aaee66 100644
--- a/tests/languages/magik/symbol_feature.test
+++ b/tests/languages/magik/symbol_feature.test
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 :kleenean??
 :int!internal
 :|piped|
+:|123|
 :int|!|internal
 :new|()|
 :|A|b|c ||()|
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
 	["symbol", ":kleenean??"],
 	["symbol", ":int!internal"],
 	["symbol", ":|piped|"],
+	["symbol", ":|123|"],
 	["symbol", ":int|!|internal"],
 	["symbol", ":new|()|"],
 	["symbol", ":|A|b|c ||()|"],