diff --git a/collects/honu/core/private/debug.rkt b/collects/honu/core/private/debug.rkt
index cd39c32d8d..ccd1cf6655 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/private/debug.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/private/debug.rkt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-#lang scheme/base
+#lang racket/base
 
-(require (for-syntax scheme/base))
+(require (for-syntax racket/base))
 
 (provide debug)
 
-(define-for-syntax verbose? #f)
+(define-for-syntax verbose? (getenv "HONU_DEBUG"))
 (define-syntax (debug stx)
   (if verbose?
     (syntax-case stx ()
diff --git a/collects/honu/core/private/honu2.rkt b/collects/honu/core/private/honu2.rkt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c82ca3f298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collects/honu/core/private/honu2.rkt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#lang racket/base
+
+(require "macro2.rkt"
+         (for-syntax syntax/parse
+                     "literals.rkt"
+                     "parse2.rkt"
+                     racket/base))
+
+
+(provide honu-function)
+(define-honu-syntax honu-function
+  (lambda (code context)
+    (syntax-parse code #:literal-sets (cruft)
+      [(_ name:identifier (#%parens arg:identifier ...)
+          (#%braces code ...)
+          . rest)
+       (values
+         #'(define (name arg ...)
+             (let-syntax ([do-parse (lambda (stx)
+                                      (parse #'(code ...)))])
+               (do-parse)))
+         #'rest)])))
diff --git a/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt b/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt
index 4c51f5d74d..1e211d45ce 100644
--- a/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/core/private/parse2.rkt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
   (define (do-parse stream precedence left current)
     (debug "parse ~a precedence ~a left ~a current ~a\n" stream precedence left current)
     (syntax-parse stream
-      [() #'(void)]
+      [() left]
       [(head rest ...)
        (cond
          [(honu-macro? #'head)
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 
          )]))
 
-  (do-parse input 0 #f #f))
+  (do-parse input 0 #'(void) #'(void)))
 
 (define (parse2 forms)
   (debug "parse forms ~a\n" forms)
diff --git a/collects/tests/honu/test.rkt b/collects/tests/honu/test.rkt
index ba60fb44ae..f29db3d786 100644
--- a/collects/tests/honu/test.rkt
+++ b/collects/tests/honu/test.rkt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 (require 
   (prefix-in macro_ honu/core/private/macro2)
+  (rename-in honu/core/private/honu2
+             [honu-function honu_function])
   (rename-in honu/core/private/literals
              [honu-= =]
              [semicolon |;|])
@@ -33,3 +35,9 @@
 
 (fake-module-begin #hx(var x = 2;
                        print(x)))
+
+(let ()
+  (fake-module-begin #hx(honu_function test(x){
+                                       print(x)
+                                       }))
+  (test 5))