diff --git a/scie-grammar/src/grammar/grammar.rs b/scie-grammar/src/grammar/grammar.rs
index e561cbc5874e024f012ed322d220fc5242fe8675..ac34f5d5610887f68dca2ff61b0666277f6ea133 100644
--- a/scie-grammar/src/grammar/grammar.rs
+++ b/scie-grammar/src/grammar/grammar.rs
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ impl Grammar {
                     anchor_position = popped.anchor_pos;
                 } else {
                     println!("_popped_rule {:?}", _popped_rule.clone());
+                    _stop = true;
+                    return Some(stack.clone());
                 }
             } else {
                 let rule = self.get_rule(matched_rule_id);
diff --git a/vscode-tests/index.js b/vscode-tests/index.js
index 71c74a6e9843d383c5e00bd8fd2450e7ef62a2b0..5b9b2eacf0d942c0975ea25de83426fbb4913209 100644
--- a/vscode-tests/index.js
+++ b/vscode-tests/index.js
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ const registry = new vsctm.Registry({
 });
 
 registry.loadGrammar('source.makefile').then(grammar => {
-    const text = `hellomake: $(OBJ)
-\t$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(CFLAGS)`.split("\n");
+    const text = `%.o: %.c $(DEPS)`.split("\n");
     let ruleStack = vsctm.INITIAL;
     for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
         const line = text[i];