diff --git a/kiss/src/kiss/Kiss.hx b/kiss/src/kiss/Kiss.hx
index df44f4a0..1b5f3390 100644
--- a/kiss/src/kiss/Kiss.hx
+++ b/kiss/src/kiss/Kiss.hx
@@ -223,8 +223,11 @@ class Kiss {
             }
             // When calling from build(), we can't add all expressions to the (begin) returned by (load), because that will
             // cause double-evaluation of field forms
-            if (loadAllExps || !isEmpty(expr)) {
+            if (loadAllExps) {
                 loadedExps.push(nextExp);
+            } else if (!isEmpty(expr)) {
+                // don't double-compile macros:
+                loadedExps.push(RawHaxe(expr.toString()).withPosOf(nextExp));
             }
         });
 
diff --git a/projects/pdf-salad/src/Main.kiss b/projects/pdf-salad/src/Main.kiss
index 89c8cbce..34416bfb 100644
--- a/projects/pdf-salad/src/Main.kiss
+++ b/projects/pdf-salad/src/Main.kiss
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@
                                     (saladPdf.copyPages pdf [page]))))]
                 (doFor page pages (saladPdf.addPage (first page)))
                 (awaitLet [bytesOut (saladPdf.save)]
-                    (Fs.writeFileSync "out.pdf" bytesOut))))))
+                    (Fs.writeFileSync "out.pdf" bytesOut))))))
\ No newline at end of file