diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9935fc44a8..09d2ba7480 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -611,3 +611,4 @@ jobs:
         ./v test-parser examples/fibonacci.v
         ./v test-parser examples/cli.v
         ./v test-parser examples/json.v
+        ./v test-parser examples/vmod.v
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
index a1c781e83c..e19b765ce0 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ pub fn (mut p Parser) name_expr() ast.Expr {
 		p.check(.dot)
 		p.expr_mod = mod
 	}
-	lit0_is_capital := if p.tok.kind != .eof { p.tok.lit[0].is_capital() } else { false }
+	lit0_is_capital := if p.tok.kind != .eof && p.tok.lit.len > 0 { p.tok.lit[0].is_capital() } else { false }
 	// use heuristics to detect `func<T>()` from `var < expr`
 	is_generic_call := !lit0_is_capital && p.peek_tok.kind == .lt && (match p.peek_tok2.kind {
 		.name {
diff --git a/vlib/v/scanner/scanner.v b/vlib/v/scanner/scanner.v
index f0608dc4cf..7406c51014 100644
--- a/vlib/v/scanner/scanner.v
+++ b/vlib/v/scanner/scanner.v
@@ -763,8 +763,11 @@ fn (mut s Scanner) text_scan() token.Token {
 				return s.new_token(.comma, '', 1)
 			}
 			`@` {
-				s.pos++
-				name := s.ident_name()
+				mut name := ''
+				if nextc != `\0` {
+					s.pos++
+					name = s.ident_name()
+				}
 				if s.is_fmt {
 					return s.new_token(.name, '@' + name, name.len + 1)
 				}