diff --git a/core/src/main/jjtree/jslt.jjt b/core/src/main/jjtree/jslt.jjt
index ebfd7232..a0dbe993 100644
--- a/core/src/main/jjtree/jslt.jjt
+++ b/core/src/main/jjtree/jslt.jjt
@@ -106,25 +106,25 @@ void Module() :
 void Expr() :
 {}
 {
-    OrExpr() (PipeOperator() OrExpr())*
+    OrExpr() (LOOKAHEAD(2) PipeOperator() OrExpr())*
 }
 
 void OrExpr() :
 {}
 {
-  AndExpr() (<OR> OrExpr())?
+  AndExpr() (LOOKAHEAD(2) <OR> OrExpr())?
 }
 
 void AndExpr() :
 {}
 {
-  ComparativeExpr() (<AND> AndExpr())?
+  ComparativeExpr() (LOOKAHEAD(2) <AND> AndExpr())?
 }
 
 void ComparativeExpr() :
 {}
 {
-  AdditiveExpr() (Comparator() AdditiveExpr())?
+  AdditiveExpr() (LOOKAHEAD(2) Comparator() AdditiveExpr())?
 }
 
 // not necessary, but makes the tree easier to traverse
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void PipeOperator() :
 void AdditiveExpr() :
 {}
 {
-  MultiplicativeExpr() (AdditiveOperator() MultiplicativeExpr())*
+  MultiplicativeExpr() (LOOKAHEAD(2) AdditiveOperator() MultiplicativeExpr())*
 }
 
 // not necessary, but makes the tree easier to traverse
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ void AdditiveOperator() :
 void MultiplicativeExpr() :
 {}
 {
-  BaseExpr() (MultiplicativeOperator() BaseExpr())*
+  BaseExpr() (LOOKAHEAD(2) MultiplicativeOperator() BaseExpr())*
 }
 
 // not necessary, but makes the tree easier to traverse
@@ -171,26 +171,25 @@ void MultiplicativeOperator() :
 void BaseExpr() :
 {}
 {
-  (LOOKAHEAD(2)
+  LOOKAHEAD(2)
    <NULL> | <INTEGER> | <DECIMAL> | <STRING> | <TRUE> | <FALSE> |
    Chainable() | Parenthesis() | IfStatement() |
    Array() |
    (LOOKAHEAD(2)  Object() | ObjectComprehension())
-  )
 }
 
 void Chainable() :
 {}
 {
   (FunctionCall() | <VARIABLE> | <DOT> (<IDENT> | <STRING>)?)
-  (ChainLink())?
+  (LOOKAHEAD(2) ChainLink())?
 }
 
 void ChainLink() :
 {}
 {
   (DotKey() | ArraySlicing())
-  (ChainLink())?
+  (LOOKAHEAD(2) ChainLink())?
 }
 
 void Parenthesis() :
@@ -282,7 +281,7 @@ void IfStatement() :
   <IF> <LPAREN> Expr() <RPAREN>
     (Let())*
     Expr()
-    (ElseBranch())?
+    (LOOKAHEAD(2) ElseBranch())?
 }
 
 // not necessary, but makes it easier to walk the parse tree
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/schibsted/spt/data/jslt/StaticTests.java b/core/src/test/java/com/schibsted/spt/data/jslt/StaticTests.java
index f09da368..a37b8658 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/schibsted/spt/data/jslt/StaticTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/schibsted/spt/data/jslt/StaticTests.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.BigIntegerNode;
 
-import com.schibsted.spt.data.jslt.Module;
 import com.schibsted.spt.data.jslt.impl.ModuleImpl;
 import com.schibsted.spt.data.jslt.impl.ClasspathResourceResolver;
 import com.schibsted.spt.data.jslt.filters.*;
@@ -36,6 +36,22 @@
 public class StaticTests extends TestBase {
   private static ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
 
+  @Test
+  public void testFunctionDefAboveArray() throws JsonProcessingException {
+    Expression expr = Parser.compileString(
+            "def remove_html(text)\n" +
+                    "  replace($text, \"</?h3\\\\s?[^>]*>\", \"\")\n" +
+                    "\n" +
+                    "[for (.) {\n" +
+                    "  \"title\" : remove_html(.html)\n" +
+                    "}]"
+    );
+    String given = "[{\"html\": \"<h3>hello</h3>\"}]";
+    String expected = "[{\"title\":\"hello\"}]";
+    String actual = expr.apply(mapper.readTree(given)).toString();
+    assertEquals(expected,actual);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testExceptionWithNoLocation() {
     try {