diff --git a/ts2panda/src/compiler.ts b/ts2panda/src/compiler.ts
index 0bec2dbd129416d753eb78d4ef385ccc4a4272cc..5ad1fc05044da80118a45a02defea09347913a4b 100644
--- a/ts2panda/src/compiler.ts
+++ b/ts2panda/src/compiler.ts
@@ -938,6 +938,7 @@ export class Compiler {
                 compileClassDeclaration(this, <ts.ClassLikeDeclaration>expr);
                 break;
             case ts.SyntaxKind.PartiallyEmittedExpression:
+                this.compileExpression(findInnerExprOfParenthesis(<ts.ParenthesizedExpression>expr));
                 break;
             case ts.SyntaxKind.CommaListExpression:
 	        compileCommaListExpression(this, <ts.CommaListExpression>expr);