diff --git a/civet.dev/.vitepress/components/PlaygroundFull.vue b/civet.dev/.vitepress/components/PlaygroundFull.vue
index a2754cbf..2b528d5d 100644
--- a/civet.dev/.vitepress/components/PlaygroundFull.vue
+++ b/civet.dev/.vitepress/components/PlaygroundFull.vue
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ function runInBrowser() {
     }
   } catch (err) {
     console.error(err);
+    if (err instanceof SyntaxError) {
+      console.log('Attempted to eval:', code)
+    }
     evalOutput.value += `[THROWN] ${err.toString()}\n`
   }
   evalComplete.value = true
diff --git a/source/parser/lib.civet b/source/parser/lib.civet
index 45f7d056..02d32627 100644
--- a/source/parser/lib.civet
+++ b/source/parser/lib.civet
@@ -1408,6 +1408,7 @@ function processRepl(root: BlockStatement, rootIIFE: ASTNode): void
   i .= 0
   // Hoist top-level declarations and all var declarations
   for each decl of gatherRecursiveWithinFunction topBlock, .type is "Declaration"
+    continue unless decl.names?# // skip 'let ref'
     if decl.parent is topBlock or decl.decl is "var"
       decl.children.shift() // remove const/let/var
       root.expressions.splice i++, 0, ["", `var ${decl.names.join ','};`]
diff --git a/test/iife.civet b/test/iife.civet
index d17096dd..385749ac 100644
--- a/test/iife.civet
+++ b/test/iife.civet
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ describe "repl directive", ->
   """
 
   testCase """
-    inner classesj
+    inner classes
     ---
     "civet repl"
     if true
@@ -176,3 +176,12 @@ describe "repl directive", ->
       return new C
     }})()
   """
+
+  testCase """
+    skip let ref
+    ---
+    "civet repl"
+    primes := [...smallPrimes] ||> .# = n
+    ---
+    var primes;(()=>{let ref;primes =( (ref = [...smallPrimes]).length = n,ref);return primes})()
+  """