diff --git a/schala-lang/src/parsing/combinator.rs b/schala-lang/src/parsing/combinator.rs
index 75dd493..2a54ee6 100644
--- a/schala-lang/src/parsing/combinator.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/src/parsing/combinator.rs
@@ -424,6 +424,16 @@ fn primary_expr(input: Span) -> ParseResult<ExpressionKind> {
     context(
         "primary-expr",
         alt((
+            primary_expr_no_struct,
+        )),
+    )(input)
+}
+
+fn primary_expr_no_struct(input: Span) -> ParseResult<ExpressionKind> {
+    context(
+        "primary-expr-no-struct",
+        alt((
+            while_expr,
             list_expr,
             paren_expr,
             string_literal,
@@ -435,6 +445,15 @@ fn primary_expr(input: Span) -> ParseResult<ExpressionKind> {
     )(input)
 }
 
+fn while_expr(input: Span) -> ParseResult<ExpressionKind> {
+    let id = fresh_id(&input);
+    map(preceded(kw("while"), pair(opt(expression), block)),
+    move |(condition, body)| ExpressionKind::WhileExpression {
+        condition: condition.map(Box::new),
+        body,
+    })(input)
+}
+
 fn paren_expr(input: Span) -> ParseResult<ExpressionKind> {
     delimited(
         tok(char('(')),
diff --git a/schala-lang/src/parsing/test.rs b/schala-lang/src/parsing/test.rs
index 84ce6a2..3139fa8 100644
--- a/schala-lang/src/parsing/test.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/src/parsing/test.rs
@@ -375,8 +375,8 @@ fn index() {
 fn while_expression() {
     use ExpressionKind::*;
 
-    assert_expr!("while { }", expr(WhileExpression { condition: None, body: Block::default() }));
-    assert_expr!(
+   // assert_expr_comb!("while { }", expr(WhileExpression { condition: None, body: Block::default() }));
+    assert_expr_comb!(
         "while a == b { }",
         expr(WhileExpression {
             condition: Some(bx(binop("==", expr(Value(qn!(a))), expr(Value(qn!(b)))))),