diff --git a/lib/comp.c b/lib/comp.c
index 2f90ae3..4e9da49 100644
--- a/lib/comp.c
+++ b/lib/comp.c
@@ -4111,6 +4111,12 @@ redo:
 					if (compile_cons_mlist_expression(hcl, oprnd, 0) <= -1) return -1;
 					break;
 
+				case HCL_CONCODE_BLOCK:
+					/* TODO: not implemented yet */
+					hcl_setsynerrbfmt (hcl, HCL_SYNERR_INTERN, HCL_CNODE_GET_LOC(oprnd), HCL_NULL, "internal error - block not implemented");
+					return -1;
+					break;
+
 				case HCL_CONCODE_ARRAY:
 					if (compile_cons_array_expression(hcl, oprnd) <= -1) return -1;
 					break;
diff --git a/lib/read.c b/lib/read.c
index 7bf43f5..b1e46ee 100644
--- a/lib/read.c
+++ b/lib/read.c
@@ -1152,9 +1152,13 @@ static int feed_process_token (hcl_t* hcl)
 
 			goto ok;
 
+		case HCL_TOK_SEMICOLON:
+			/* TODO: */
+			goto ok;
+
 		case HCL_TOK_RPAREN: /* xlist (), qlist #() */
-		case HCL_TOK_RBRACK: /* bytearray #[], array[] */
-		case HCL_TOK_RBRACE: /* dictionary #{} */
+		case HCL_TOK_RBRACK: /* bytearray #[], array [] */
+		case HCL_TOK_RBRACE: /* dictionary #{}, block {} */
 		{
 			static struct
 			{
@@ -1164,6 +1168,7 @@ static int feed_process_token (hcl_t* hcl)
 			{
 				{ HCL_TOK_RPAREN, HCL_SYNERR_RPAREN }, /* XLIST     ( )  */
 				{ HCL_TOK_RPAREN, HCL_SYNERR_RPAREN }, /* MLIST     (: ) */
+				{ HCL_TOK_RBRACE, HCL_SYNERR_RBRACE }, /* BLOCK     { } */
 				{ HCL_TOK_RBRACK, HCL_SYNERR_RBRACK }, /* ARRAY     [ ] */
 				{ HCL_TOK_RBRACK, HCL_SYNERR_RBRACK }, /* BYTEARRAY #[ ] */
 				{ HCL_TOK_RBRACE, HCL_SYNERR_RBRACE }, /* DIC       #{ } */