diff --git a/3x5.js b/3x5.js
index 0b1c382..16b29dc 100644
--- a/3x5.js
+++ b/3x5.js
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ let theCard = {
 
         Is this markdown-parsed?
 
-        [button "No we want to render UI" {noop}]
+        [button "No we want to render UI" \\{noop}]
     } {
       Since we want escapes to work, these blocks [i will] be subject to substitutions.
-    }
+    } 
     # A comment
     para {
       line endings escaped\
diff --git a/notcl.js b/notcl.js
index 38ee7fb..ca02212 100644
--- a/notcl.js
+++ b/notcl.js
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ var Notcl = (() => {
     Regex(/\}/y).expects("}")
   ).map(([_left, fragments, _right]) => fragments.join(""));
   const Word = Choose(
-    Brace.map((text) => ({ text })),
-    BasicWord
+    BasicWord,
+    Brace.map((text) => ({ text }))
   );
 
   const CommandTerminator = Choose(
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ var Notcl = (() => {
         0,
         Sequence(PreWordWhitespace, Word).map(([_padding, word]) => word)
       ),
-      Choose(Sequence(PreWordWhitespace, Word), CommandTerminator)
+      Choose(
+        Sequence(PreWordWhitespace, Word).expects("whitespace"),
+        Sequence(AtLeast(0, PreWordWhitespace), CommandTerminator).expects(";")
+      )
     ).map(([word, moreWords, _end]) => [word].concat(moreWords))
   ).expects("COMMAND");