diff --git a/src/kiss/Helpers.hx b/src/kiss/Helpers.hx
index af987e3..554f83f 100644
--- a/src/kiss/Helpers.hx
+++ b/src/kiss/Helpers.hx
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Helpers {
 
     public static function parseComplexType(path:String, ?from:ReaderExp):ComplexType {
         // Trick Haxe into parsing it for us:
-        var typeCheckStr = '(thing : $path)';
+        var typeCheckStr = 'var thing:$path;';
         var errorMessage = 'Haxe could not parse a complex type from `$path` in `${typeCheckStr}`';
         
         function throwError() {
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ class Helpers {
         try {
             var typeCheckExpr = Context.parse(typeCheckStr, Context.currentPos());
             return switch (typeCheckExpr.expr) {
-                case EParenthesis({pos: _, expr: ECheckType(_, complexType)}):
+                case EVars([{
+                    type: complexType
+                }]):
                     complexType;
                 default:
                     throwError();
diff --git a/src/kiss/Reader.hx b/src/kiss/Reader.hx
index 3c256b1..142316f 100644
--- a/src/kiss/Reader.hx
+++ b/src/kiss/Reader.hx
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class Reader {
             RawHaxeBlock(stream.expect("closing }#", () -> stream.takeUntilAndDrop("}#")));
         };
 
-        readTable[":"] = (stream:Stream, k) -> TypedExp(nextToken(stream, "a type path"), assertRead(stream, k));
+        readTable[":"] = (stream:Stream, k) -> TypedExp(stream.expect("a type path", () -> stream.takeUntilAndDrop(" ")), assertRead(stream, k));
 
         readTable["&"] = (stream:Stream, k) -> MetaExp(nextToken(stream, "a meta symbol like mut, optional, rest"), assertRead(stream, k));
 
diff --git a/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.hx b/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.hx
index 2a92cd5..26a7f26 100644
--- a/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.hx
+++ b/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.hx
@@ -431,6 +431,10 @@ class BasicTestCase extends Test {
     }
     #end
 
+    function testLambdaTypeAnnotations() {
+        _testLambdaTypeAnnotations();
+    }
+
     var aNullToPrint = null;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss b/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss
index 8ccc1fa..b5e46f6 100644
--- a/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss
+++ b/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss
@@ -736,6 +736,12 @@ From:[(assert false (+ \"false \" \"should \" \"have \" \"been \" \"true\"))]" m
 (function set_staticProp [v] (set _staticProp v))
 (function get_staticProp [] _staticProp)
 
+(var :(Int,Int)->Bool lambdaTest ->[a b] true)
+(var :()->Void lambdaTest2 ->[] (return))
+(function _testLambdaTypeAnnotations []
+    (Assert.isTrue (lambdaTest 5 6))
+    (lambdaTest2))
+
 (function _testHaxeProperties []
     (Assert.equals 5 staticProp)
     (Assert.equals 9 (set staticProp 9))