diff --git a/inc/parser.hpp b/inc/parser.hpp
index f7a8ec9..4e946da 100644
--- a/inc/parser.hpp
+++ b/inc/parser.hpp
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ std::vector<Expression::Token> tokenize_input(const char * const input_string);
 int assert_same(const std::vector<Expression::Token>& a, const std::vector<Expression::Token>& b);
 void print_token_vector(const std::vector<Expression::Token>& tv);
 void print_math_vector(const std::vector<Expression::Token>& tv);
+void print_math_vector(const std::vector<Expression::Token>& tv, const std::vector<int>& highlight_locations);
 
 }
diff --git a/src/parser.cpp b/src/parser.cpp
index 7ec7573..e5bbd5e 100644
--- a/src/parser.cpp
+++ b/src/parser.cpp
@@ -397,4 +397,33 @@ void print_math_vector(const std::vector<Expression::Token>& tv)
 	}
 }
 
+void print_math_vector(const std::vector<Expression::Token>& tv, const std::vector<int>& highlight_locations)
+{
+	int i, l, h, hl;
+	for (i = 0, l = tv.size() - 1, h = 0, hl = highlight_locations.size(); i < l; i++)
+	{
+		if (h < hl && highlight_locations[h] == i)
+		{
+			std::cout << "\033[31m" << *tv[i].to_math_str() << "\033[0m";
+			h++;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			std::cout << *tv[i].to_math_str();;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (tv.size())
+	{
+		if (highlight_locations[highlight_locations.size()-1] == tv.size() - 1)
+		{
+			std::cout << "\033[31m" << *tv[tv.size() - 1].to_math_str() << "\033[0m\n";
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			std::cout << *tv[tv.size() - 1].to_math_str() << "\n";
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/syntaxer.cpp b/src/syntaxer.cpp
index adfc197..95ffa70 100644
--- a/src/syntaxer.cpp
+++ b/src/syntaxer.cpp
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static void write_operation(
 	mp.erase(mp.begin() + position, mp.begin() + position + 1);
 }
 
-static void add_bracket_to(std::vector<Expression::Token>& tv, const int location, const int direction)
+static int add_bracket_to(std::vector<Expression::Token>& tv, const int location, const int direction)
 {
 	int i = location + direction, l = tv.size(), lv = 0;
 
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ static void add_bracket_to(std::vector<Expression::Token>& tv, const int locatio
 				if (!lv)
 				{
 					tv.insert(tv.begin() + i + 1, Expression::Token(Expression::Token::OPA));
-					return;
+					return i + 1;
 				}
 
 				if (tv[i].v.o == Expression::Token::OPA)
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ static void add_bracket_to(std::vector<Expression::Token>& tv, const int locatio
 		}
 
 		tv.insert(tv.begin(), Expression::Token(Expression::Token::OPA));
+		return 0;
 	}
 	else if (direction == 1)
 	{
@@ -464,7 +465,7 @@ static void add_bracket_to(std::vector<Expression::Token>& tv, const int locatio
 				if (!lv)
 				{
 					tv.insert(tv.begin() + i, Expression::Token(Expression::Token::CPA));
-					return;
+					return i;
 				}
 
 				if (tv[i].v.o == Expression::Token::CPA)
@@ -475,6 +476,12 @@ static void add_bracket_to(std::vector<Expression::Token>& tv, const int locatio
 		}
 
 		tv.emplace_back(Expression::Token::CPA);
+		return i;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		pr_warn("Invalid direction given, this is a big bug!");
+		return -1;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -699,8 +706,10 @@ void apply_corrections(std::vector<Expression::Token>& tv)
 							}
 
 							// inverse order to keep location valid between calls
-							add_bracket_to(tv, i,  1);
-							add_bracket_to(tv, i, -1);
+							std::vector<int> highlight_locations;
+							highlight_locations.emplace_back(i+1);
+							highlight_locations.emplace_back(add_bracket_to(tv, i,  1) + 1);
+							highlight_locations.emplace(highlight_locations.begin(), add_bracket_to(tv, i, -1));
 
 							// advance one step to compensate for inserted left bracket
 							i++;
@@ -709,7 +718,7 @@ void apply_corrections(std::vector<Expression::Token>& tv)
 							relative_level++;
 
 							pr_debug("Updated vector:");
-							Parser::print_math_vector(tv);
+							Parser::print_math_vector(tv, highlight_locations);
 						}
 					}
 				}