diff --git a/src/helpers.c b/src/helpers.c
index e2fd562..ee25f47 100644
--- a/src/helpers.c
+++ b/src/helpers.c
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ char* read_line() {
     size_t lenmax = 100, len = lenmax;
     int c;
 
+    int nesting = 0;
+
     if(line == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
@@ -215,8 +217,14 @@ char* read_line() {
             linep = linen;
         }
 
-        if((*line++ = (char)c) == '\n')
-            break;
+        *line++;
+        if((*line = (char)c) == '(')
+            ++nesting;
+        else if((*line = (char)c) == ')')
+            --nesting;
+        else if((*line = (char)c) == '\n')
+            if (nesting == 0)
+                break;
     }
     (*line)--; // we dont want the \n actually
     *line = '\0';
diff --git a/src/parse.c b/src/parse.c
index 2688e55..8fc01d5 100644
--- a/src/parse.c
+++ b/src/parse.c
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ Ast_Node* parse_single_expression(char* text) {
     int index_in_text = 0;
     Ast_Node* result;
     eat_until_code(text, &index_in_text);
+    if (text[(index_in_text)] == '\0')
+        return create_ast_node_nil();
     if (text[(index_in_text)] == '(' || text[(index_in_text)] == '\'' )
         try {
             result = parse_expression(text, &index_in_text);