diff --git a/src/compile.c b/src/compile.c
index 72c5374..a8753c4 100644
--- a/src/compile.c
+++ b/src/compile.c
@@ -158,8 +158,23 @@ char* compile_expression(tSyntaxElement* syntaxelement) {
 
 						} else {
 
-							string_append(&result,token->content.string);
-							compile_genexec(&result, token);
+							if (strcmp(token->content.string, "if") == 0) {
+
+								string_append(&result,compile_expression_wrapped(token->next));
+								string_append(&result,"?");
+
+								string_append(&result,compile_expression_wrapped(token->next->next));
+								string_append(&result,":");
+
+								string_append(&result,compile_expression_wrapped(token->next->next->next));
+
+							}
+							else {
+
+								string_append(&result,token->content.string);
+								compile_genexec(&result, token);
+
+							}
 
 						}
 						break;