diff --git a/lib/fennel.lua b/lib/fennel.lua
index ea3baf6..4646342 100644
--- a/lib/fennel.lua
+++ b/lib/fennel.lua
@@ -2222,20 +2222,20 @@ package.preload["fennel.compiler"] = package.preload["fennel.compiler"] or funct
   local function exprs1(exprs)
     return table.concat(utils.map(exprs, 1), ", ")
   end
+  local function disambiguate_parens(code, chunk)
+    if ((code:byte() == 40) and (1 < #chunk)) then
+      return ("; " .. code)
+    else
+      return code
+    end
+  end
   local function keep_side_effects(exprs, chunk, start, ast)
     for j = (start or 1), #exprs do
       local se = exprs[j]
       if ((se.type == "expression") and (se[1] ~= "nil")) then
         emit(chunk, string.format("do local _ = %s end", tostring(se)), ast)
       elseif (se.type == "statement") then
-        local code = tostring(se)
-        local unambiguous_code = nil
-        if (code:byte() == 40) then
-          unambiguous_code = ("do end " .. code)
-        else
-          unambiguous_code = code
-        end
-        emit(chunk, unambiguous_code, ast)
+        emit(chunk, disambiguate_parens(tostring(se), chunk), ast)
       end
     end
     return nil
@@ -3706,7 +3706,7 @@ local function dofile_2a(filename, options, ...)
   opts.filename = filename
   return eval(source, opts, ...)
 end
-local mod = {["comment?"] = utils["comment?"], ["compile-stream"] = compiler["compile-stream"], ["compile-string"] = compiler["compile-string"], ["list?"] = utils["list?"], ["load-code"] = specials["load-code"], ["macro-loaded"] = specials["macro-loaded"], ["macro-searchers"] = specials["macro-searchers"], ["make-searcher"] = specials["make-searcher"], ["search-module"] = specials["search-module"], ["sequence?"] = utils["sequence?"], ["string-stream"] = parser["string-stream"], ["sym-char?"] = parser["sym-char?"], ["sym?"] = utils["sym?"], comment = utils.comment, compile = compiler.compile, compile1 = compiler.compile1, compileStream = compiler["compile-stream"], compileString = compiler["compile-string"], doc = specials.doc, dofile = dofile_2a, eval = eval, gensym = compiler.gensym, granulate = parser.granulate, list = utils.list, loadCode = specials["load-code"], macroLoaded = specials["macro-loaded"], makeSearcher = specials["make-searcher"], make_searcher = specials["make-searcher"], mangle = compiler["global-mangling"], metadata = compiler.metadata, parser = parser.parser, path = utils.path, repl = repl, scope = compiler["make-scope"], searchModule = specials["search-module"], searcher = specials["make-searcher"](), sequence = utils.sequence, stringStream = parser["string-stream"], sym = utils.sym, traceback = compiler.traceback, unmangle = compiler["global-unmangling"], varg = utils.varg, version = "0.9.0", view = view}
+local mod = {["comment?"] = utils["comment?"], ["compile-stream"] = compiler["compile-stream"], ["compile-string"] = compiler["compile-string"], ["list?"] = utils["list?"], ["load-code"] = specials["load-code"], ["macro-loaded"] = specials["macro-loaded"], ["macro-searchers"] = specials["macro-searchers"], ["make-searcher"] = specials["make-searcher"], ["search-module"] = specials["search-module"], ["sequence?"] = utils["sequence?"], ["string-stream"] = parser["string-stream"], ["sym-char?"] = parser["sym-char?"], ["sym?"] = utils["sym?"], comment = utils.comment, compile = compiler.compile, compile1 = compiler.compile1, compileStream = compiler["compile-stream"], compileString = compiler["compile-string"], doc = specials.doc, dofile = dofile_2a, eval = eval, gensym = compiler.gensym, granulate = parser.granulate, list = utils.list, loadCode = specials["load-code"], macroLoaded = specials["macro-loaded"], makeSearcher = specials["make-searcher"], make_searcher = specials["make-searcher"], mangle = compiler["global-mangling"], metadata = compiler.metadata, parser = parser.parser, path = utils.path, repl = repl, scope = compiler["make-scope"], searchModule = specials["search-module"], searcher = specials["make-searcher"](), sequence = utils.sequence, stringStream = parser["string-stream"], sym = utils.sym, traceback = compiler.traceback, unmangle = compiler["global-unmangling"], varg = utils.varg, version = "0.9.1-dev", view = view}
 utils["fennel-module"] = mod
 do
   local builtin_macros = [===[;; This module contains all the built-in Fennel macros. Unlike all the other