diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 297bc15..7b6e7ed 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ dest:
 run: all bin/modal
 	@ bin/modal examples/hello.modal 2> /dev/null
 test: bin/modal-debug bin/modal
-	@ bin/modal -v
-	@ bin/modal-debug examples/test.modal "(arg1) (arg2 (arg3))"
-	@ time bin/modal examples/test.modal "(arg1) (arg2 (arg3))"
+#	@ bin/modal -v
+#	@ bin/modal-debug examples/test.modal "(arg1) (arg2 (arg3))"
+	@ bin/modal examples/test.modal
 install: bin/modal
 	cp bin/modal ~/bin/
 uninstall:
diff --git a/src/modal.c b/src/modal.c
index 71276c2..1d58ba4 100644
--- a/src/modal.c
+++ b/src/modal.c
@@ -149,15 +149,38 @@ rewrite(void)
 	char c, last = 0, *p = direction ? bank_b : bank_a;
 	while((c = *p) && c <= ' ') p++;
 	while((c = *p)) {
-		if(p[0] == '<' && p[1] == '>') {
-			Rule *r = rules_++;
-			r->id = rules_ - rules - 1, p += 2;
-			r->a = dict_, p = parse_frag(p);
-			r->b = dict_, p = parse_frag(p);
-			return commit_rule(r, p, 1);
-		}
 		if(spacer(last)) {
-			Rule *r;
+			Rule *r = NULL, lambda;
+			if(p[0] == '<' && p[1] == '>') {
+				r = rules_++;
+				r->id = rules_ - rules - 1;
+				p += 2;
+				r->a = dict_, p = parse_frag(p);
+				r->b = dict_, p = parse_frag(p);
+				return commit_rule(r, p, 1);
+			}
+			if(p[0] == '?' && p[1] == '(') {
+				char *res;
+				p += 2;
+				lambda.a = dict_, p = parse_frag(p);
+				lambda.b = dict_, p = parse_frag(p);
+				p++;
+				while((c = *p) && c <= ' ') p++;
+				r = &lambda;
+				res = match_rule(p, r);
+				if(res != NULL) {
+					char cc, *b = r->b;
+					printf("LAMBDA [%s][%s] > %s\n", r->a, r->b, p);
+					if(!*b && last == ' ') outp_--;
+					while((cc = *b++)) {
+						if(cc == '?')
+							put_reg(*b++);
+						else
+							*outp_++ = cc;
+					}
+					return commit_rule(r, res, 0);
+				}
+			}
 			for(r = rules; r < rules_; r++) {
 				char *res = match_rule(p, r);
 				if(res != NULL) {