diff --git a/asm/asm.go b/asm/asm.go
index bd3c74a..65d8c38 100644
--- a/asm/asm.go
+++ b/asm/asm.go
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ func (a *Assembler) Load(filename string) error {
 				return in.Errorf(`error calling macro "%s": %v`, m.Name, err)
 			}
 			lineSources = append([]lines.LineSource{subLs}, lineSources...)
-			continue // no need to append
 		case inst.TypeIfdef:
 			if len(in.Exprs) == 0 {
 				panic(fmt.Sprintf("Ifdef got parsed with no expression: %s", line))
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ func (a *Assembler) Load(filename string) error {
 				return in.Errorf("error including file: %v", err)
 			}
 			lineSources = append([]lines.LineSource{subLs}, lineSources...)
-			continue // no need to append
 		case inst.TypeTarget:
 			return in.Errorf("target not (yet) implemented: %s", line)
 		case inst.TypeSegment:
diff --git a/asm/flavors/scma/scma.go b/asm/flavors/scma/scma.go
index c53f05f..2520595 100644
--- a/asm/flavors/scma/scma.go
+++ b/asm/flavors/scma/scma.go
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ func (a *SCMA) parseTerm(in inst.I, lp *lines.Parse) (*expr.E, error) {
 		}
 		ex.Op = expr.OpLeaf
 		ex.Val = uint16(c)
+		lp.Consume("'") // optional closing quote
 		lp.Ignore()
 		return top, nil
 	}
diff --git a/asm/flavors/tests/simple_parse_test.go b/asm/flavors/tests/simple_parse_test.go
index 81bbb13..7a1160b 100644
--- a/asm/flavors/tests/simple_parse_test.go
+++ b/asm/flavors/tests/simple_parse_test.go
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ func TestSimpleCommonFunctions(t *testing.T) {
 		{ss, `>SAM AB,$12,"A B","A, B, "" C"`,
 			`{call SAM {"AB", "$12", "A B", "A, B, \" C"}}`, ""},
 		{ss, " LDX #']+$80", "{LDX/imm (lsb (+ $005d $0080))}", "a2dd"},
+
+		{ss, " CMP #';'+1", "{CMP/imm (lsb (+ $003b $0001))}", "c93c"},
 	}
 
 	// TODO(zellyn): Add tests for finalization of four SCMA directives: