diff --git a/py/apigen/source/color.py b/py/apigen/source/color.py
index 3c9e59c32..a9e2214e1 100644
--- a/py/apigen/source/color.py
+++ b/py/apigen/source/color.py
@@ -67,15 +67,15 @@ class Tokenizer(object):
             self._re_strings_full.append(
                 re.compile(r'%s[^\\%s]+(\\.[^\\%s]*)*%s' % (d, d, d, d)))
             self._re_strings_empty.append(re.compile('%s%s' % (d, d)))
-        if schema.linejoin:
-            j = schema.linejoin
-            for d in schema.string + schema.multiline_string:
-                self._re_strings_multiline.append(
-                    (re.compile('%s.*%s$' % (d, j)),
-                     re.compile('.*?%s' % (d,))))
         for d in schema.multiline_string:
             self._re_strings_multiline.append((re.compile('%s.*' % (d,), re.S),
                                                re.compile('.*?%s' % (d,))))
+        if schema.linejoin:
+            j = schema.linejoin
+            for d in schema.string:
+                self._re_strings_multiline.append(
+                    (re.compile('%s.*%s$' % (d, j)),
+                     re.compile('.*?%s' % (d,))))
         # no multi-line comments in Python... phew :)
         self._re_comments = []
         for start, end in schema.comment:
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ class Tokenizer(object):
     def _check_multiline_strings(self, data):
         token = None
         for start, end in self._re_strings_multiline:
-            print dir(start), end
             m = start.match(data)
             if m:
                 s = m.group(0)