diff --git a/src/error.h b/src/error.h
index 71338343..d3358a46 100644
--- a/src/error.h
+++ b/src/error.h
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ struct SourceMetadata {
     _Str snapshot(int lineno){
         _StrStream ss;
         ss << "  " << "File \"" << filename << "\", line " << lineno << '\n';
-        ss << "    " << getLine(lineno) << '\n';
+        _Str line = getLine(lineno).__lstrip();
+        if(line.empty()) line = "<?>";
+        ss << "    " << line << '\n';
         return ss.str();
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/str.h b/src/str.h
index 64818473..ab3cdfaa 100644
--- a/src/str.h
+++ b/src/str.h
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@ public:
     operator const char*() const {
         return _s.c_str();
     }
+
+    _Str __lstrip() const {
+        std::string copy(_s);
+        copy.erase(copy.begin(), std::find_if(copy.begin(), copy.end(), [](char c) {
+            return !std::isspace(c);
+        }));
+        return _Str(copy);
+    }
 };