1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/chapter04/src/main/java/com/seaofnodes/simple/Parser.java b/chapter04/src/main/java/com/seaofnodes/simple/Parser.java
index e75567a5..ff2c0504 100644
--- a/chapter04/src/main/java/com/seaofnodes/simple/Parser.java
+++ b/chapter04/src/main/java/com/seaofnodes/simple/Parser.java
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ public class Parser {
         else if (matchx("int")) return parseDecl();
         else if (match ("{"  )) return require(parseBlock(),"}");
         else if (matchx("#showGraph")) return require(showGraph(),";");
+        else if (matchx(";")) return null; // Empty statement
         else return parseExpressionStatement();
     }