diff --git a/src/kiss/Main.hx b/src/kiss/Main.hx
index 2b7d348..3169bc7 100644
--- a/src/kiss/Main.hx
+++ b/src/kiss/Main.hx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class Main {
     // TODO use this to implement runAtRuntime() for sys targets by running a haxe subprocess
     static macro function macroMain():Expr {
         var k = Kiss.defaultKissState();
+        k.wrapListExps = false;
         if (Sys.args().indexOf("--all") != -1) {
             var kissInputStream = Stream.fromString(Sys.stdin().readAll().toString());
             Reader.readAndProcess(kissInputStream, k, (readerExp) -> {
diff --git a/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss b/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss
index 9a5f402..a872127 100644
--- a/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss
+++ b/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@
             num 3
             l1 ["a" "b" "c"]
             l2 [1 2 3]]
+        // string interpolation:
         (Assert.equals "it's 3asy as [a,b,c] [1,2,3]" "$str ${num}asy as $l1 $l2")))
 
 (defun _testArrowLambdas []