diff --git a/src/compiler/fzl_parser.c b/src/compiler/fzl_parser.c
index e2d93b9..4274af0 100644
--- a/src/compiler/fzl_parser.c
+++ b/src/compiler/fzl_parser.c
@@ -30,10 +30,7 @@ fzl_token_t this_tok = {.type        = FZL_TOKTYPE_NAME,
 fzl_parser_t *fzl_mkparser(fzl_reader_ll_t *first)
 {
   if (!first)
-  {
-    snprintf(plast_err, sizeof(plast_err), "token is null");
     return NULL;
-  }
 
   fzl_parser_t *parser = malloc(sizeof(fzl_parser_t));
   if (!parser)
@@ -962,7 +959,7 @@ fzl_node_t *parse_block(fzl_parser_t *parser)
     stmts[count++] = node;
   }
   fzl_token_t *rbrace = consume(parser);
-  if (rbrace && rbrace->type != FZL_TOKTYPE_RBRACE)
+  if (!rbrace || rbrace->type != FZL_TOKTYPE_RBRACE)
   {
     snprintf(plast_err, sizeof(plast_err),
              "'%s': missing '}' after block at %ld:%ld", rbrace->filename,