diff --git a/clarinet.js b/clarinet.js
index 7aa2e8dc..7e234e4e 100644
--- a/clarinet.js
+++ b/clarinet.js
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@
       "Cannot write after close. Assign an onready handler.");
     if (chunk === null) return end(parser);
     var i = 0, c = chunk.charCodeAt(0), p = parser.p;
+    var lockIncrements = false;
     if (clarinet.DEBUG) console.log('write -> [' + chunk + ']');
     while (c) {
       p = c;
@@ -401,11 +402,15 @@
       if(!c) break;
 
       if (clarinet.DEBUG) console.log(i,c,clarinet.STATE[parser.state]);
-      parser.position ++;
-      if (c === Char.lineFeed) {
-        parser.line ++;
-        parser.column = 0;
-      } else parser.column ++;
+      if (!lockIncrements) {
+        parser.position ++;
+        if (c === Char.lineFeed) {
+          parser.line ++;
+          parser.column = 0;
+        } else parser.column ++;
+      } else {
+        lockIncrements = false;
+      }
       switch (parser.state) {
 
         case S.BEGIN:
@@ -666,6 +671,7 @@
           } else {
             closeNumber(parser);
             i--; // go back one
+            lockIncrements = true; // do not apply increments for a single cycle
             parser.state = parser.stack.pop() || S.VALUE;
           }
         continue;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 81dd266c..82553d6b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "underscore": "1.2.3"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "mocha -r should -t 10000 -s 2000 test/parser.spec.js test/clarinet.js test/npm.js test/utf8-chunks.js test/position.js",
+    "test": "mocha -r should -t 10000 -s 2000 test/parser.spec.js test/clarinet.js test/npm.js test/utf8-chunks.js test/positions.js",
     "bench": "cd benchmark && npm test",
     "prebench": "cd benchmark && test -e node_modules || npm i --ignore-scripts"
   },
diff --git a/test/numeric.json b/test/numeric.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..316b0f6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/numeric.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+	"a": {
+		"b": 5
+	},
+	"c": {
+		"d": {
+			"e": 1
+		},
+		"f": [
+			7,
+			8,
+			9
+		],
+		"g": 5
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/position.js b/test/positions.js
similarity index 61%
rename from test/position.js
rename to test/positions.js
index 7bb4f481..6f222aac 100644
--- a/test/position.js
+++ b/test/positions.js
@@ -22,4 +22,19 @@ describe('clarinet', function(){
       });
     });
   });
+  describe('#line number', function() {
+    it('should be able to correctly track the line number', function (done){
+      fs.readFile('test/numeric.json', 'utf8', function (err,data) {
+        if (err) {
+          done(err);
+        }
+        parser.onend = function() {
+          assert.equal(16, this.line);
+        };
+        parser.write(data);
+        parser.close();
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });