diff --git a/examples/repl.modal b/examples/repl.modal
index e6354c9..15cbd7f 100644
--- a/examples/repl.modal
+++ b/examples/repl.modal
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ?(?-) (This is a fully functional Modal REPL.)
 
 <> quit EOF
+<> wait?~ (?~ wait!)
 <> (?: print) ?:
-<> (wait ?~) (?~ wait stdin)
-<> (EOF wait stdin) (Bye.\n print)
+<> (EOF wait!) (Bye.\n print)
 
-(Say something, or type "quit":\n) print wait stdin
+(Say something, or type "quit":\n) print wait!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/tests.modal b/examples/tests.modal
index 8a47786..01a175e 100644
--- a/examples/tests.modal
+++ b/examples/tests.modal
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 
 connect foo bar baz = foo-barbaz (substring 1) test
 prefix-anything = anything-suffix (substring 2) test
+?(foo QQQ) foobar = foobar (substring 3) test
 
 ?(?-) (Lambdas)
 
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 24e2457..315db9c 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ all: dest
 dest:
 	@ mkdir -p bin
 run: all bin/modal
-	@ bin/modal -q examples/hello.modal
+	@ bin/modal examples/hello.modal
 debug: all bin/modal-debug
 	@ bin/modal-debug examples/hello.modal
 test: all bin/modal-debug bin/modal
diff --git a/src/modal.c b/src/modal.c
index 0e4f055..7190316 100644
--- a/src/modal.c
+++ b/src/modal.c
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ apply_rule(Rule *r, char *s)
 		}
 		if(c != *s++) return 0;
 	}
+	c = *s;
+	if(!spacer(c)) return 0;
 	/* phase: write rule */
 	while((c = *b++)) {
 		if(c == '?') {