diff --git a/collects/honu/core/private/honu2.rkt b/collects/honu/core/private/honu2.rkt
index 49bf5c1936..33f3605ca6 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/private/honu2.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/private/honu2.rkt
@@ -46,7 +46,13 @@
 (define-honu-syntax honu-function
   (lambda (code context)
     (syntax-parse code #:literal-sets (cruft)
-      [(_ (#%parens arg:identifier ...)
+      [(_ name:identifier (#%parens (~seq arg:identifier (~optional honu-comma)) ...)
+          (#%braces code ...) . rest)
+       (values
+         #'(%racket (define (name arg ...) (parse-body code ...)))
+         #'rest
+         #f)]
+      [(_ (#%parens (~seq arg:identifier (~optional honu-comma)) ...)
           (#%braces code ...)
           . rest)
        (values
diff --git a/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt b/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt
index 3ed661a4d0..6c45f14a6b 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@
               (when (not (stx-null? unparsed))
                 (raise-syntax-error 'parse "found unparsed input" unparsed))
               (values (parse-all #'(more ...)) #'rest)]
+             #;
              [(left:no-left function:honu-function . rest)
               (values #'function.result #'rest)]
              [else (syntax-parse #'head
diff --git a/collects/tests/honu/check.rkt b/collects/tests/honu/check.rkt
index 7027efabb2..99040a0d05 100644
--- a/collects/tests/honu/check.rkt
+++ b/collects/tests/honu/check.rkt
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@
 (test
   "function call"
   @input{
-  foo(x){
+  function foo(x){
     x * 2
   }
-  foo(5);
+  foo(5)
   }
 
   @output{10
diff --git a/collects/tests/honu/function.honu b/collects/tests/honu/function.honu
index 307a30c441..acc5689fea 100644
--- a/collects/tests/honu/function.honu
+++ b/collects/tests/honu/function.honu
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #lang honu
 
-
-foo(){
-  1 + 2
+function foo(x){
+  1 + x * 2
 }
+
+foo(5)
diff --git a/collects/tests/honu/linq.honu b/collects/tests/honu/linq.honu
index 96866885f4..0ba4a8b404 100644
--- a/collects/tests/honu/linq.honu
+++ b/collects/tests/honu/linq.honu
@@ -19,18 +19,18 @@ class Xml(data){
   getData(){ data }
 }
 
-read_xml(){
+function read_xml(){
   xml_permissive_xexprs(true)
   xml_xml_to_xexpr(xml_document_element(xml_read_xml()))
 }
 
-loadXml(file){
+function loadXml(file){
   withInputFromFile(file){
     new Xml(read_xml())
   }
 }
 
-starts_with(start, what){
+function starts_with(start, what){
   substring(what, 0, string_length(start)) string_equal start
 }