diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 6796e42..1e94381 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ Language: en-GB
 LazyData: true
 Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
 RoxygenNote: 7.1.1
+Config/testthat/edition: 3
diff --git a/R/text-parsing-fns.R b/R/text-parsing-fns.R
index ae861f0..8cf633c 100644
--- a/R/text-parsing-fns.R
+++ b/R/text-parsing-fns.R
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ bracket_sequences <- function (x, open_sym, close_sym, both_sym) {
                 start_multi_line_quote <- TRUE
             } else if (is.na (qstart_1) && !is.na (qend_1)) {
                 multi_line_quote <- FALSE
-            } 
+            }
 
             if (!multi_line_quote || (multi_line_quote && start_multi_line_quote)) {
 
@@ -419,7 +419,6 @@ parse_expressions <- function (x) {
                 xfirst <- x [1:(br_open [i] - 1)]
             if (br_closed [i] < length (x))
                 xlast <- x [(br_closed [i] + 1):length (x)]
-
             x <- c (xfirst, xmid, xlast)
         }
     }
diff --git a/autotest.Rproj b/autotest.Rproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5feaf97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autotest.Rproj
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Version: 1.0
+
+RestoreWorkspace: Default
+SaveWorkspace: Default
+AlwaysSaveHistory: Default
+
+EnableCodeIndexing: Yes
+UseSpacesForTab: Yes
+NumSpacesForTab: 4
+Encoding: UTF-8
+
+RnwWeave: Sweave
+LaTeX: XeLaTeX
+
+AutoAppendNewline: Yes
+StripTrailingWhitespace: Yes
+
+BuildType: Package
+PackageUseDevtools: Yes
+PackageInstallArgs: --no-multiarch --with-keep.source
diff --git a/tests/testthat.R b/tests/testthat.R
index c98000d..411cae0 100644
--- a/tests/testthat.R
+++ b/tests/testthat.R
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# This file is part of the standard setup for testthat.
+# It is recommended that you do not modify it.
+#
+# Where should you do additional test configuration?
+# Learn more about the roles of various files in:
+# * https://r-pkgs.org/testing-design.html#sec-tests-files-overview
+# * https://testthat.r-lib.org/articles/special-files.html
+
 library(testthat)
 library(autotest)
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/text-parsing.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/text-parsing.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2acee4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/text-parsing.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# parse_expressions with two curly brace pairs
+
+    Code
+      parse_expressions(ex)
+    Error <simpleError>
+      missing value where TRUE/FALSE needed
+
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-text-parsing.R b/tests/testthat/test-text-parsing.R
index d4a37ad..2379283 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-text-parsing.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-text-parsing.R
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ test_that ("parse_expressions", {
                expect_silent (eval (parse (text = res2)))
 })
 
+test_that("parse_expressions with two curly brace pairs", {
+    ex <- c("if (TRUE) {", "    message(\"blop\")",
+"} else {", "    message(\"bla\"", "    ))", "}")
+    expect_snapshot(parse_expressions(ex), error = TRUE)
+})
+
 test_that ("strip_if_cond", {
                x <- "if(x==1)y<-0"
                res <- strip_if_cond (x)