diff --git a/examples/hello.modal b/examples/hello.modal
index dd63d61..1e92471 100644
--- a/examples/hello.modal
+++ b/examples/hello.modal
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <> (?x dup) (?x ?x)
 <> (?x ?y swap) (?y ?x)
 
-foo ((A B swap) dup)
\ No newline at end of file
+(A B swap) dup
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/test.modal b/examples/test.modal
index dd63d61..1e92471 100644
--- a/examples/test.modal
+++ b/examples/test.modal
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <> (?x dup) (?x ?x)
 <> (?x ?y swap) (?y ?x)
 
-foo ((A B swap) dup)
\ No newline at end of file
+(A B swap) dup
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/modal.c b/src/modal.c
index 108efbf..f399099 100644
--- a/src/modal.c
+++ b/src/modal.c
@@ -119,8 +119,14 @@ parse_rulefrag(FILE *f)
 	int depth = 0;
 	char c, *origin = dict_;
 	while(f && fread(&c, 1, 1, f) && c && c != 0xa) {
-		if(c == '(') depth++;
-		if(c == ')') --depth;
+		if(c == '(') {
+			depth++;
+			if(depth == 1) continue;
+		}
+		if(c == ')') {
+			--depth;
+			if(depth == 0) continue;
+		}
 		if(c == ' ' && !depth) break;
 		*dict_++ = c;
 	}