diff --git a/src/process.c b/src/process.c
index 7071998..16c62ae 100644
--- a/src/process.c
+++ b/src/process.c
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@ bool process_find(tSyntaxElement* tree, tProcessingData** p_pdata) {
 
 	if (se_istraversable(tree))
 
-		if (tree->content.syntax->type == TOKEN &&
-		    tree->content.syntax->next != NULL &&
-		    tree->content.syntax->next->next != NULL) {
+		if (tree->content.syntax->type == TOKEN) {
 
 			tSyntaxElement* token = tree->content.syntax;
 
-			if (strcmp(token->content.string,"def") == 0) {
+			if (strcmp(token->content.string,"def") == 0 && 
+			    token->next != NULL &&
+			    token->next->next != NULL) {
 
 				char* replacethis = token->next->content.string;