diff --git a/packages/mondough/mondough.mjs b/packages/mondough/mondough.mjs
index 002a7ae5..21250ad2 100644
--- a/packages/mondough/mondough.mjs
+++ b/packages/mondough/mondough.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { strudelScope, reify, fast, slow } from '@strudel/core';
+import { strudelScope, reify, fast, slow, isPattern } from '@strudel/core';
 import { registerLanguage } from '@strudel/transpiler';
 import { MondoRunner } from '../mondo/mondo.mjs';
 
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ let runner = new MondoRunner(strudelScope, { pipepost: true, loc: true });
 let getLeaf = (value, token) => {
   const [from, to] = token.loc;
   if (strudelScope[value]) {
-    return strudelScope[value].withLoc(from, to);
+    return reify(strudelScope[value]).withLoc(from, to);
   }
   return reify(value).withLoc(from, to);
 };