diff --git a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/ParseTree.rsc b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/ParseTree.rsc
index 5b758a71401..7027f02cdb9 100644
--- a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/ParseTree.rsc
+++ b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/ParseTree.rsc
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ extend List;
 extend Set;
 
 import String;
-import IO;
 import Node;
 
 @synopsis{The Tree data type as produced by the parser.}
@@ -401,6 +400,7 @@ catch ParseError(loc l): {
 }
 ```
 }
+
 &T<:Tree parse(type[&T<:Tree] begin, str input, bool allowAmbiguity=false, bool allowRecovery=false, bool hasSideEffects=false, set[Tree(Tree)] filters={})
   = parser(begin, allowAmbiguity=allowAmbiguity, allowRecovery=allowRecovery, hasSideEffects=hasSideEffects, filters=filters)(input, |unknown:///|);
 
diff --git a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/Prelude.java b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/Prelude.java
index 855199dc21e..d53a449cbfa 100644
--- a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/Prelude.java
+++ b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/Prelude.java
@@ -2381,6 +2381,10 @@ public IFunction parser(IValue start,  IBool allowAmbiguity, IBool allowRecovery
 	    return rascalValues.parser(start, allowAmbiguity, allowRecovery, hasSideEffects, values.bool(false), filters);
 	}
 
+	public IFunction parser(IValue start,  IBool allowAmbiguity, IBool hasSideEffects, ISet filters) {
+	    return rascalValues.parser(start, allowAmbiguity, values.bool(false), hasSideEffects, values.bool(false), filters);
+	}
+
 	public IFunction firstAmbiguityFinder(IValue start, IBool allowRecovery, IBool hasSideEffects, ISet filters) {
 	    return rascalValues.parser(start, values.bool(true), allowRecovery, hasSideEffects, values.bool(true), filters);
 	}
diff --git a/src/org/rascalmpl/parser/gtd/SGTDBF.java b/src/org/rascalmpl/parser/gtd/SGTDBF.java
index ff10fdaf444..333eff83004 100755
--- a/src/org/rascalmpl/parser/gtd/SGTDBF.java
+++ b/src/org/rascalmpl/parser/gtd/SGTDBF.java
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ private void queueMatchableNode(AbstractStackNode<P> node, int length, AbstractN
 		terminalsTodo.push(node, result);
 	}
 
-	/**
+    /**
      * Inserts a recovery node into the todoList, and possibly
      * rewinds the parser to an earlier location in the input
      */
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ private boolean handleExpects(AbstractStackNode<P>[] expects, EdgesSet<P> cached
 				first = first.getCleanCopyWithResult(location, result);
 
 				queueMatchableNode(first, length, result);
-			}else{
+			} else {
 				first = first.getCleanCopy(location);
 				stacksToExpand.push(first);
 			}