diff --git a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/BeforeAsmGenerationAstChanger.kt b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/BeforeAsmGenerationAstChanger.kt
index e69b425ac..571c5a4c4 100644
--- a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/BeforeAsmGenerationAstChanger.kt
+++ b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/BeforeAsmGenerationAstChanger.kt
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ internal class BeforeAsmGenerationAstChanger(val program: Program, private val o
         varsList.add(decl.name to decl)
     }
 
+    override fun before(block: Block, parent: Node): Iterable<IAstModification> {
+        // move all subroutines to the bottom of the block
+        val subs = block.statements.filterIsInstance<Subroutine>()
+        block.statements.removeAll(subs)
+        block.statements.addAll(subs)
+        return noModifications
+    }
+
     override fun after(decl: VarDecl, parent: Node): Iterable<IAstModification> {
         if(decl.type==VarDeclType.VAR && decl.value != null && decl.datatype in NumericDatatypes)
             throw FatalAstException("vardecls for variables, with initial numerical value, should have been rewritten as plain vardecl + assignment $decl")
@@ -116,12 +124,14 @@ internal class BeforeAsmGenerationAstChanger(val program: Program, private val o
         val outerScope = subroutine.definingScope
         val outerStatements = outerScope.statements
         val subroutineStmtIdx = outerStatements.indexOf(subroutine)
-        if (subroutineStmtIdx > 0
-                && outerStatements[subroutineStmtIdx - 1] !is Jump
-                && outerStatements[subroutineStmtIdx - 1] !is Subroutine
-                && outerStatements[subroutineStmtIdx - 1] !is Return
-                && outerScope !is Block) {
-            mods += IAstModification.InsertAfter(outerStatements[subroutineStmtIdx - 1], returnStmt, outerScope)
+        if (subroutineStmtIdx > 0) {
+            val prevStmt = outerStatements[subroutineStmtIdx-1]
+                if(outerScope !is Block
+                    && (prevStmt !is Jump || prevStmt.isGosub)
+                    && prevStmt !is Subroutine
+                    && prevStmt !is Return) {
+                mods += IAstModification.InsertAfter(outerStatements[subroutineStmtIdx - 1], returnStmt, outerScope)
+            }
         }
         return mods
     }
diff --git a/compiler/test/TestSubroutines.kt b/compiler/test/TestSubroutines.kt
index d7082b36b..4c1bb72ad 100644
--- a/compiler/test/TestSubroutines.kt
+++ b/compiler/test/TestSubroutines.kt
@@ -325,4 +325,24 @@ class TestSubroutines: FunSpec({
         errors.errors[0] shouldContain "cannot use arguments"
         errors.errors[1] shouldContain "invalid number of arguments"
     }
+
+    test("fallthrough prevented") {
+        val text = """
+            main {
+                sub start() {
+                    func(1)
+
+                    sub func(ubyte a) {
+                        a++
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        """
+        val result = compileText(C64Target, false, text, writeAssembly = true).assertSuccess()
+        val stmts = result.program.entrypoint.statements
+
+        stmts.last() shouldBe instanceOf<Subroutine>()
+        stmts.dropLast(1).last() shouldBe instanceOf<Return>()  // this prevents the fallthrough
+        stmts.dropLast(2).last() shouldBe instanceOf<Jump>()
+    }
 })
diff --git a/examples/test.p8 b/examples/test.p8
index a3f515bd4..12b29ea06 100644
--- a/examples/test.p8
+++ b/examples/test.p8
@@ -1,30 +1,8 @@
 %import textio
 %zeropage basicsafe
-%option no_sysinit
 
 main {
     sub start() {
-        ubyte @shared bb
-
-        if bb + sin8u(bb) > 100-bb {
-            bb++
-        }
-
-        while bb + sin8u(bb) > 100-bb {
-            bb++
-        }
-
-        do {
-            bb++
-        } until  bb + sin8u(bb) > 100-bb
-
-        const ubyte EN_TYPE=2
-        uword eRef = $c000
-        ubyte chance = rnd() % 100
-
-        if eRef[EN_TYPE] and chance < (eRef[EN_TYPE] << 1) {
-            bb++
-        }
 
     }
 }