diff --git a/Content.Tests/DMProject/Tests/Statements/Switch/else_colon.dm b/Content.Tests/DMProject/Tests/Statements/Switch/else_colon.dm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa821136f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Content.Tests/DMProject/Tests/Statements/Switch/else_colon.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// RETURN TRUE
+
+/proc/RunTest()
+	var/foo = 5
+	switch(foo)
+		if(2)
+			return FALSE
+		else:
+			return TRUE
+	return FALSE
diff --git a/DMCompiler/Compiler/DM/DMParser.cs b/DMCompiler/Compiler/DM/DMParser.cs
index 13b6841524..c8b41019c2 100644
--- a/DMCompiler/Compiler/DM/DMParser.cs
+++ b/DMCompiler/Compiler/DM/DMParser.cs
@@ -1547,6 +1547,8 @@ private DMASTProcStatementSwitch.SwitchCase[] SwitchInner() {
 
                 return new DMASTProcStatementSwitch.SwitchCaseValues(expressions.ToArray(), body);
             } else if (Check(TokenType.DM_Else)) {
+                Whitespace();
+                Check(TokenType.DM_Colon); // Someone wrote "else:" instead of "else"
                 Whitespace();
                 var loc = Current().Location;
                 if (Current().Type == TokenType.DM_If) {