diff --git a/src/protocol/parser/token_parsing.rs b/src/protocol/parser/token_parsing.rs
index c1fe33866a320f12cb0a6aab04db481579eddae1..08cc187fafa331fcfc13633e7d50e3a3700f67e2 100644
--- a/src/protocol/parser/token_parsing.rs
+++ b/src/protocol/parser/token_parsing.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pub(crate) const KW_STMT_BREAK:    &'static [u8] = b"break";
 pub(crate) const KW_STMT_CONTINUE: &'static [u8] = b"continue";
 pub(crate) const KW_STMT_GOTO:     &'static [u8] = b"goto";
 pub(crate) const KW_STMT_RETURN:   &'static [u8] = b"return";
-pub(crate) const KW_STMT_SYNC:     &'static [u8] = b"synchronous";
+pub(crate) const KW_STMT_SYNC:     &'static [u8] = b"sync";
 pub(crate) const KW_STMT_NEW:      &'static [u8] = b"new";
 
 // Keywords - types