diff --git a/example.lsp b/example.lsp
index 2942415..30a4d2a 100644
--- a/example.lsp
+++ b/example.lsp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         (:t "- " hd))
 
 (:macro seq (hd .. tl)
-        (':seq hd) (':seq tl))
+        (:t (':seq hd) (':seq tl)))
 
 (:macro @ (k)
         (:t k ":"))
diff --git a/sexpr.ml b/sexpr.ml
index 9b91245..a0ba3da 100644
--- a/sexpr.ml
+++ b/sexpr.ml
@@ -687,12 +687,18 @@ module SExprMacroExp = struct
 
   let rec eval (ctx: (string * (SExpr.t * SExpr.t)) list) s =
     let open SExpr in
-    let s, ctx = if is_list s then
-      aggr_flat_map eval ctx s
-    else
-      s, ctx
+    let s, ch1, ctx = if is_list s then begin
+      let s, (ch,ctx) = aggr_flat_map (fun aggr s ->
+        let ch1, ctx = aggr in
+        let s, ch2, ctx = eval ctx s in
+        s, ((ch1 || ch2), ctx)
+      ) (false, ctx) s in
+      s, ch, ctx
+    end else
+      s, false, ctx
     in
-    check_expands_while ctx s
+    let s, ch2, ctx = check_expands ctx s in
+    s, (ch1 || ch2), ctx
   (* expr -> list(new exprs) * bool:changed * ctx *)
   and check_expands ctx s =
     let open SExpr in
@@ -726,12 +732,6 @@ module SExprMacroExp = struct
       end
     in
     test (assoc_all i ctx) ctx
-  and check_expands_while ctx s =
-    let s', c, ctx' = check_expands ctx s in
-    if c then
-      SExpr.aggr_flat_map check_expands_while ctx' s'
-    else
-      s', ctx'
   and match_macro_arg args margs =
     let open SExpr in
     match args, margs with
@@ -765,12 +765,21 @@ module SExprMacroExp = struct
     else
       perfm expr
   and expand_macro args macro =
-    let (margs, mbody) = macro in
+    let margs, mbody = macro in
     let defs = match_macro_arg args margs in
     expand_macro_eval mbody defs
-  let do_eval s =
-    eval [] s
-    |> fst
+
+  let do_eval s = begin
+    let rec inner ctx s = begin
+      let s, ch, ctx = eval ctx s in
+      if ch then
+        SExpr.aggr_flat_map inner ctx s
+      else
+        s, ctx
+    end in
+    inner [] s
+      |> fst
+  end
 
   (* only use this for testing! *)
   let sparse src =