diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a1b244d..b9ee6c8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 ### Bugs fixed
 
+* [#193](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/inf-clojure/pull/193): Set syntax table in repl buffer
 * [#152](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/inf-clojure/issues/152): Sanitize should only remove whitespace at the end of a command.
 * [#188](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/inf-clojure/pull/188): Handle newlines between forms for `inf-clojure-eval-buffer`.
 * [#189](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/inf-clojure/pull/189): Font-lock code inserted in the REPL from a source buffer.
diff --git a/inf-clojure.el b/inf-clojure.el
index c9ede40..564cd2c 100644
--- a/inf-clojure.el
+++ b/inf-clojure.el
@@ -770,6 +770,7 @@ process buffer for a list of commands.)"
         (with-current-buffer (apply #'make-comint
                                     process-buffer-name (car cmdlist) nil (cdr cmdlist))
           (inf-clojure-mode)
+          (set-syntax-table clojure-mode-syntax-table)
           (setq-local inf-clojure-repl-type repl-type)
           (hack-dir-local-variables-non-file-buffer))))
     ;; update the default comint buffer and switch to it