diff --git a/core/view.go b/core/view.go
index 3567eef6..855e955c 100644
--- a/core/view.go
+++ b/core/view.go
@@ -437,9 +437,11 @@ func getQueryTableInfo(app App, selectQuery string) ([]*TableInfoRow, error) {
 // Raw query identifiers parser
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-var joinReplaceRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(?im)\s+(full\s+outer\s+join|left\s+outer\s+join|right\s+outer\s+join|full\s+join|cross\s+join|inner\s+join|outer\s+join|left\s+join|right\s+join|join)\s+?`)
-var discardReplaceRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(?im)\s+(where|group\s+by|having|order|limit|with)\s+?`)
-var commentsReplaceRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)(\/\*[\s\S]+\*\/)|(--.+$)`)
+var (
+	joinReplaceRegex     = regexp.MustCompile(`(?im)\s+(full\s+outer\s+join|left\s+outer\s+join|right\s+outer\s+join|full\s+join|cross\s+join|inner\s+join|outer\s+join|left\s+join|right\s+join|join)\s+?`)
+	discardReplaceRegex  = regexp.MustCompile(`(?im)\s+(where|group\s+by|having|order|limit|with)\s+?`)
+	commentsReplaceRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)(\/\*[\s\S]+\*\/)|(--.+$)`)
+)
 
 type identifier struct {
 	original string
@@ -453,9 +455,9 @@ type identifiersParser struct {
 
 func (p *identifiersParser) parse(selectQuery string) error {
 	str := strings.Trim(strings.TrimSpace(selectQuery), ";")
-	str = joinReplaceRegex.ReplaceAllString(str, " _join_ ")
-	str = discardReplaceRegex.ReplaceAllString(str, " _discard_ ")
 	str = commentsReplaceRegex.ReplaceAllString(str, "")
+	str = joinReplaceRegex.ReplaceAllString(str, " __pb_join__ ")
+	str = discardReplaceRegex.ReplaceAllString(str, " __pb_discard__ ")
 
 	tk := tokenizer.NewFromString(str)
 	tk.Separators(',', ' ', '\n', '\t')
@@ -490,7 +492,7 @@ func (p *identifiersParser) parse(selectQuery string) error {
 			skip = false
 			partType = "from"
 			activeBuilder = &fromParts
-		case "_join_":
+		case "__pb_join__":
 			skip = false
 
 			// the previous part was also a join
@@ -500,7 +502,7 @@ func (p *identifiersParser) parse(selectQuery string) error {
 
 			partType = "join"
 			activeBuilder = &joinParts
-		case "_discard_":
+		case "__pb_discard__":
 			// skip following tokens
 			skip = true
 		default:
diff --git a/core/view_test.go b/core/view_test.go
index bd4ec3d6..801ca852 100644
--- a/core/view_test.go
+++ b/core/view_test.go
@@ -246,11 +246,21 @@ func TestCreateViewFields(t *testing.T) {
 			`
 				select
 				-- test single line
-				id,
-				text,
+				demo1.id,
+				demo1.text,
 				/* multi
 					line comment */
-				url, created, updated from demo1
+				demo1.url, demo1.created, demo2.updated from demo1
+				-- comment before join
+				join demo2 ON (
+					-- comment inside join
+					demo2.id = demo1.id
+				)
+				-- comment before where
+				where (
+					-- comment inside where
+					demo2.id = demo1.id
+				)
 			`,
 			false,
 			map[string]string{