diff --git a/src/modal.c b/src/modal.c
index 9f5c316..7042148 100644
--- a/src/modal.c
+++ b/src/modal.c
@@ -32,14 +32,7 @@ match(char *p, Rule *r)
 {
 	char c, *a = r->a, *b = p;
 	while((c = *a)) {
-		/* registers */
-		if(c == '?') {
-			char cc;
-			int id = *(++a);
-			bind(id, b);
-			a++, b = walk(b);
-			printf("[%s][%s]\n", a, b);
-		}
+		if(c == '?') bind(*(++a), b), a++, b = walk(b), c = *b;
 		if(c != *b) return 0;
 		a++, b++;
 	}