diff --git a/assets/basic.js b/assets/basic.js
index 1e9dbcb..85816b4 100644
--- a/assets/basic.js
+++ b/assets/basic.js
@@ -869,7 +869,6 @@ if no arg text were given (e.g. "10 NEXT"), args will have zero length
     var varname = asgnObj.asgnVarName;
     var generator = asgnObj.asgnValue;
 
-
     // assign new variable
     // the var itself will have head of the array, and the head itself will be removed from the array
     bStatus.vars[varname] = new BasicVar(generator.start, "num");
@@ -1732,7 +1731,9 @@ bF.parserPrintdbgline = function(icon, msg, lnum, recDepth) {
  */
 bF._parseTokens = function(lnum, tokens, states) {
     bF.parserPrintdbg2('Line ', lnum, tokens, states, 0);
-    
+
+    if (tokens.length !== states.length) throw lang.syntaxfehler(lnum);
+
     /*************************************************************************/
 
     let parenDepth = 0;
@@ -1801,6 +1802,16 @@ bF._parseStmt = function(lnum, tokens, states, recDepth) {
     let treeHead = new BasicAST();
     treeHead.astLnum = lnum;
 
+    /*************************************************************************/
+
+    // case for: single word (e.g. NEXT for FOR loop)
+    if (tokens.length == 1 && states.length == 1) {
+        bF.parserPrintdbgline('$', "Single Word Function Call", lnum, recDepth);
+        return bF._parseLit(lnum, tokens, states, recDepth + 1, true);
+    }
+
+    /*************************************************************************/
+
     let parenDepth = 0;
     let parenStart = -1;
     let parenEnd = -1;
@@ -2341,7 +2352,7 @@ bF._parseIdent = function(lnum, tokens, states, recDepth) {
 /**
  * @return: BasicAST
  */
-bF._parseLit = function(lnum, tokens, states, recDepth) {
+bF._parseLit = function(lnum, tokens, states, recDepth, functionMode) {
     bF.parserPrintdbg2(String.fromCharCode(0xA2), lnum, tokens, states, recDepth);
 
     if (!Array.isArray(tokens) && !Array.isArray(states)) throw new ParserError("Tokens and states are not array");
@@ -2350,7 +2361,7 @@ bF._parseLit = function(lnum, tokens, states, recDepth) {
     let treeHead = new BasicAST();
     treeHead.astLnum = lnum;
     treeHead.astValue = ("qot" == states[0]) ? tokens[0] : tokens[0].toUpperCase();
-    treeHead.astType = ("qot" == states[0]) ? "string" : ("num" == states[0]) ? "num" : "lit";
+    treeHead.astType = (functionMode) ? "function" : ("qot" == states[0]) ? "string" : ("num" == states[0]) ? "num" : "lit";
 
     return treeHead;
 }
@@ -2579,7 +2590,7 @@ bF._executeAndGet = function(lnum, syntaxTree) {
     try {
         var execResult = bF._executeSyntaxTree(lnum, syntaxTree, 0);
 
-        serial.println(`Line ${lnum} TRO: ${Object.entries(execResult)}`);
+        if (bF.parserDoDebugPrint) serial.println(`Line ${lnum} TRO: ${Object.entries(execResult)}`);
 
         return execResult.troNextLine;
     }
diff --git a/assets/tbas/parser_wip.js b/assets/tbas/parser_wip.js
index 179d32e..98b4d1c 100644
--- a/assets/tbas/parser_wip.js
+++ b/assets/tbas/parser_wip.js
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ bF.parserPrintdbgline = function(icon, msg, lnum, recDepth) {
  */
 bF._parseTokens = function(lnum, tokens, states) {
     bF.parserPrintdbg2('Line ', lnum, tokens, states, 0);
-    
+
+    if (tokens.length !== states.length) throw lang.syntaxfehler(lnum);
+
     /*************************************************************************/
 
     let parenDepth = 0;
@@ -90,6 +92,16 @@ bF._parseStmt = function(lnum, tokens, states, recDepth) {
     let treeHead = new BasicAST();
     treeHead.astLnum = lnum;
 
+    /*************************************************************************/
+
+    // case for: single word (e.g. NEXT for FOR loop)
+    if (tokens.length == 1 && states.length == 1) {
+        bF.parserPrintdbgline('$', "Single Word Function Call", lnum, recDepth);
+        return bF._parseLit(lnum, tokens, states, recDepth + 1, true);
+    }
+
+    /*************************************************************************/
+
     let parenDepth = 0;
     let parenStart = -1;
     let parenEnd = -1;
@@ -631,7 +643,7 @@ bF._parseIdent = function(lnum, tokens, states, recDepth) {
 /**
  * @return: BasicAST
  */
-bF._parseLit = function(lnum, tokens, states, recDepth) {
+bF._parseLit = function(lnum, tokens, states, recDepth, functionMode) {
     bF.parserPrintdbg2(String.fromCharCode(0xA2), lnum, tokens, states, recDepth);
 
     if (!Array.isArray(tokens) && !Array.isArray(states)) throw new ParserError("Tokens and states are not array");
@@ -640,7 +652,7 @@ bF._parseLit = function(lnum, tokens, states, recDepth) {
     let treeHead = new BasicAST();
     treeHead.astLnum = lnum;
     treeHead.astValue = ("qot" == states[0]) ? tokens[0] : tokens[0].toUpperCase();
-    treeHead.astType = ("qot" == states[0]) ? "string" : ("num" == states[0]) ? "num" : "lit";
+    treeHead.astType = (functionMode) ? "function" : ("qot" == states[0]) ? "string" : ("num" == states[0]) ? "num" : "lit";
     
     return treeHead;
 }
@@ -729,8 +741,8 @@ let tokens5 = ["ON","6","*","SQR","(","X","-","3",")","GOTO","X","+","1",",","X"
 let states5 = ["lit","num","op","lit","paren","lit","op","num","paren","lit","lit","op","num","sep","lit","op","num","sep","lit","op","num"];
 
 // FOR K=1 TO 10
-let tokens6 = ["FOR","K","=","1","TO","10"];
-let states6 = ["lit","lit","op","num","op","num"];
+let tokens6 = ["FOR","K","=","10","TO","1","STEP","-","1"];
+let states6 = ["lit","lit","op","num","op","num","op","op","num"];
 
 // FIXME print(chr(47+round(rnd(1))*45);) outputs bad tree
 let tokens7 = ["PRINT","(","CHR","(","47","+","ROUND","(","RND","(","1",")",")","*","45",")",";",")"];
@@ -740,10 +752,14 @@ let states7 = ["lit","paren","lit","paren","num","op","lit","paren","lit","paren
 let tokens8 = ["PRINT","4","+","5","*","9"];
 let states8 = ["lit","num","op","num","op","num"];
 
+// NEXT
+let tokens9 = ["NEXT"];
+let states9 = ["lit"];
+
 try  {
     let trees = bF._parseTokens(lnum,
-        tokens8,
-        states8
+        tokens6,
+        states6
     );
     trees.forEach((t,i) => {
         serial.println("\nParsed Statement #"+(i+1));
diff --git a/assets/tbas/syntax.txt b/assets/tbas/syntax.txt
index a283a06..7dccee3 100644
--- a/assets/tbas/syntax.txt
+++ b/assets/tbas/syntax.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stmt =
     | "DEFUN" , [ident] , "(" , [ident , {" , " , ident}] , ")" , "=" , expr
     | "ON" , expr_sans_asgn , ("GOTO" | "GOSUB") , expr_sans_asgn , {"," , expr_sans_asgn}
     | "(" , stmt , ")"
-    | expr ;
+    | expr ; (* if the statement contains only one word, treat it as function_call e.g. NEXT for FOR loop *)
     
 expr = (* this basically blocks some funny attemps such as using DEFUN as anon function because everything is global in BASIC *)
       lit