diff --git a/src/Parser/Ast/ExpressionNode.php b/src/Parser/Ast/ExpressionNode.php
index aa26e8c0..d8437c1d 100644
--- a/src/Parser/Ast/ExpressionNode.php
+++ b/src/Parser/Ast/ExpressionNode.php
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ private function __construct(
 
     public static function fromString(string $expressionAsString): self
     {
+        $tokens = Tokenizer::fromSource(
+            Source::fromString($expressionAsString)
+        )->getIterator();
         return self::fromTokens(
-            Tokenizer::fromSource(
-                Source::fromString($expressionAsString)
-            )->getIterator()
+            $tokens
         );
     }
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ public static function fromString(string $expressionAsString): self
      * @param Precedence $precedence
      * @return self
      */
-    public static function fromTokens(\Iterator $tokens, Precedence $precedence = Precedence::SEQUENCE): self
+    public static function fromTokens(\Iterator &$tokens, Precedence $precedence = Precedence::SEQUENCE): self
     {
         Scanner::skipSpaceAndComments($tokens);
 
@@ -122,8 +123,14 @@ public static function fromTokens(\Iterator $tokens, Precedence $precedence = Pr
         }
 
         Scanner::skipSpaceAndComments($tokens);
+        if (Scanner::isEnd($tokens) || $precedence->mustStopAt(Scanner::type($tokens))) {
+            return new self(
+                root: $root
+            );
+        }
 
         while (!Scanner::isEnd($tokens) && !$precedence->mustStopAt(Scanner::type($tokens))) {
+            Scanner::skipSpaceAndComments($tokens);
             switch (Scanner::type($tokens)) {
                 case TokenType::OPERATOR_BOOLEAN_AND:
                 case TokenType::OPERATOR_BOOLEAN_OR:
diff --git a/src/Parser/Tokenizer/LookAhead.php b/src/Parser/Tokenizer/LookAhead.php
index 3b9f3176..6dfb7252 100644
--- a/src/Parser/Tokenizer/LookAhead.php
+++ b/src/Parser/Tokenizer/LookAhead.php
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ public function getIterator(): \Iterator
             yield $token;
         }
 
-        yield from $this->tokens;
+        if (!Scanner::isEnd($this->tokens)) {
+            yield from $this->tokens;
+        }
     }
 
     public function shift(): void
@@ -68,8 +70,11 @@ public function shift(): void
         Scanner::skipOne($this->tokens);
     }
 
-    public function type(): TokenType
+    public function type(): ?TokenType
     {
+        if (Scanner::isEnd($this->tokens)) {
+            return null;
+        }
         return Scanner::type($this->tokens);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Parser/Tokenizer/Scanner.php b/src/Parser/Tokenizer/Scanner.php
index c08b0c62..5aa89761 100644
--- a/src/Parser/Tokenizer/Scanner.php
+++ b/src/Parser/Tokenizer/Scanner.php
@@ -165,4 +165,26 @@ public static function isEnd(\Iterator $tokens): bool
     {
         return !$tokens->valid();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param \Iterator<mixed,Token> $tokens
+     */
+    public static function debugPrint(\Iterator &$tokens): string
+    {
+        $tokens = (function(): \Generator {
+            throw new \Exception('Once debugged, $tokens is empty.');
+            // @phpstan-ignore-next-line
+            yield;
+        })();
+
+        $tokensAsArray = [];
+        while ($tokens->valid()) {
+            $tokensAsArray[] = [
+                "type" => $tokens->current()->type,
+                "value" => $tokens->current()->value
+            ];
+            $tokens->next();
+        }
+        return json_encode($tokensAsArray, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Parser/Tokenizer/Tokenizer.php b/src/Parser/Tokenizer/Tokenizer.php
index fc532c80..346861b6 100644
--- a/src/Parser/Tokenizer/Tokenizer.php
+++ b/src/Parser/Tokenizer/Tokenizer.php
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ public static function fromSource(Source $source): Tokenizer
      */
     public function getIterator(): \Iterator
     {
-        yield from self::block($this->source->getIterator());
+        $fragments = $this->source->getIterator();
+        while ($fragments->valid()) {
+            yield from self::block($fragments);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/test/Unit/Target/Php/Transpiler/Identifier/IdentifierTranspilerTest.php b/test/Unit/Target/Php/Transpiler/Identifier/IdentifierTranspilerTest.php
index 25047efc..0fe2c9d7 100644
--- a/test/Unit/Target/Php/Transpiler/Identifier/IdentifierTranspilerTest.php
+++ b/test/Unit/Target/Php/Transpiler/Identifier/IdentifierTranspilerTest.php
@@ -24,10 +24,13 @@
 
 use PackageFactory\ComponentEngine\Module\ModuleId;
 use PackageFactory\ComponentEngine\Parser\Ast\EnumDeclarationNode;
+use PackageFactory\ComponentEngine\Parser\Ast\ExpressionNode;
 use PackageFactory\ComponentEngine\Parser\Ast\IdentifierNode;
+use PackageFactory\ComponentEngine\Target\Php\Transpiler\Expression\ExpressionTranspiler;
 use PackageFactory\ComponentEngine\Test\Unit\TypeSystem\Scope\Fixtures\DummyScope;
 use PackageFactory\ComponentEngine\Target\Php\Transpiler\Identifier\IdentifierTranspiler;
 use PackageFactory\ComponentEngine\TypeSystem\Type\EnumType\EnumStaticType;
+use PackageFactory\ComponentEngine\TypeSystem\Type\StringType\StringType;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
 final class IdentifierTranspilerTest extends TestCase
@@ -82,4 +85,36 @@ public function transpilesIdentifierNodesReferringToEnums(): void
             $actualTranspilationResult
         );
     }
+
+    public static function identifierInParenthesisExamples(): mixed
+    {
+        // @todo find a better place for these tests, as we actually test the ExpressionNode
+        return [
+            '(foo)' => ['(foo)', '$this->foo'],
+            '((foo))' => ['((foo))', '$this->foo'],
+            '(((foo)))' => ['(((foo)))', '$this->foo']
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider identifierInParenthesisExamples
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function identifierInParenthesis(string $expression, string $expectedTranspilationResult): void
+    {
+        $expressionTranspiler = new ExpressionTranspiler(
+            scope: new DummyScope([
+                "foo" => StringType::get()
+            ])
+        );
+
+        $actualTranspilationResult = $expressionTranspiler->transpile(
+            ExpressionNode::fromString($expression)
+        );
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            $expectedTranspilationResult,
+            $actualTranspilationResult
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/Unit/Target/Php/Transpiler/TernaryOperation/TernaryOperationTranspilerTest.php b/test/Unit/Target/Php/Transpiler/TernaryOperation/TernaryOperationTranspilerTest.php
index b8bb72b8..242739ea 100644
--- a/test/Unit/Target/Php/Transpiler/TernaryOperation/TernaryOperationTranspilerTest.php
+++ b/test/Unit/Target/Php/Transpiler/TernaryOperation/TernaryOperationTranspilerTest.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public static function ternaryOperationExamples(): array
     {
         return [
             'true ? 42 : "foo"' => ['true ? 42 : "foo"', '(true ? 42 : \'foo\')'],
+            '(true) ? 42 : "foo"' => ['(true) ? 42 : "foo"', '(true ? 42 : \'foo\')'],
             'a ? 42 : "foo"' => ['a ? 42 : "foo"', '($this->a ? 42 : \'foo\')'],
             'true ? b : "foo"' => ['true ? b : "foo"', '(true ? $this->b : \'foo\')'],
             'true ? 42 : c' => ['true ? 42 : c', '(true ? 42 : $this->c)'],