diff --git a/twasm/asm/main.asm b/twasm/asm/main.asm
index 55e28ae..5cac78b 100644
--- a/twasm/asm/main.asm
+++ b/twasm/asm/main.asm
@@ -1735,9 +1735,7 @@ program:
   db "; one line comment", 0x0A
   db "mov rdx, [rax]", 0x0A
   db "mov [rax], rdx", 0x0A
-  db "hlt", 0x0A ; TODO make it so it doesn't need to end with a newline; this
-                 ; would mean range checking members in operator/operand/com-
-                 ; ment loops at the end of the program
+  db "hlt"
   .size dq $ - program
 
 msg_end db "end of the binary ->|", 0x0A, 0x00