diff --git a/engine/runtime-parser/src/main/java/org/enso/compiler/core/TreeToIr.java b/engine/runtime-parser/src/main/java/org/enso/compiler/core/TreeToIr.java
index f2d4f40b45ac..74eb9f34bc8c 100644
--- a/engine/runtime-parser/src/main/java/org/enso/compiler/core/TreeToIr.java
+++ b/engine/runtime-parser/src/main/java/org/enso/compiler/core/TreeToIr.java
@@ -605,11 +605,16 @@ private Expression translateCall(Tree ast, boolean isMethod) {
             if (self == null || !invoke) {
               return null;
             }
-            var expr = translateExpression(l.getExpression().getExpression(), true);
-            if (expr instanceof Application.Prefix pref) {
-              var arg = new CallArgument.Specified(Option.empty(), self, self.location(), meta(), diag());
-              expr = new Application.Prefix(pref.function(), join(arg, pref.arguments()), false, expr.location(), meta(), diag());
-            }
+            var expr = switch (translateExpression(l.getExpression().getExpression(), true)) {
+              case Application.Prefix pref -> {
+                var arg = new CallArgument.Specified(Option.empty(), self, self.location(), meta(), diag());
+                yield new Application.Prefix(pref.function(), join(arg, pref.arguments()), false, pref.location(), meta(), diag());
+              }
+              case Expression any -> {
+                var arg = new CallArgument.Specified(Option.empty(), self, self.location(), meta(), diag());
+                yield new Application.Prefix(any, join(arg, nil()), false, any.location(), meta(), diag());
+              }
+            };
             var loc = getIdentifiedLocation(l.getExpression().getExpression());
             args.add(at, new CallArgument.Specified(Option.empty(), expr, loc, meta(), diag()));
             self = expr;
diff --git a/engine/runtime-parser/src/test/java/org/enso/compiler/core/EnsoParserTest.java b/engine/runtime-parser/src/test/java/org/enso/compiler/core/EnsoParserTest.java
index e90ea7cb46cb..254577a45410 100644
--- a/engine/runtime-parser/src/test/java/org/enso/compiler/core/EnsoParserTest.java
+++ b/engine/runtime-parser/src/test/java/org/enso/compiler/core/EnsoParserTest.java
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 package org.enso.compiler.core;
 
-import com.oracle.truffle.api.source.Source;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.Function;
+
 import org.enso.compiler.core.ir.Module;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -1280,6 +1279,28 @@ public void testBlockSyntaxOperators2() throws Exception {
     """);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testBlockSyntaxOperators3() throws Exception {
+    equivalenceTest("""
+    v = (rect1 . width) . center
+    """, """
+    v = rect1
+        . width
+        . center
+    """);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testBlockSyntaxOperators4() throws Exception {
+    equivalenceTest("""
+    v = (rect1 . width 4) . center 3 2
+    """, """
+    v = rect1
+        . width 4
+        . center 3 2
+    """);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testPrivateModules() throws Exception {
     List<String> moduleCodes = List.of(
@@ -1338,8 +1359,7 @@ private static Module compile(String code) {
   }
 
   public static Module compile(EnsoParser c, String code) {
-    var src = Source.newBuilder("enso", code, "test-" + Integer.toHexString(code.hashCode()) + ".enso").build();
-    var ir = c.compile(src.getCharacters());
+    var ir = c.compile(code);
     assertNotNull("IR was generated", ir);
     return ir;
   }