diff --git a/compiler/parser.nim b/compiler/parser.nim
index dcd5401e8a..f135c540c0 100644
--- a/compiler/parser.nim
+++ b/compiler/parser.nim
@@ -215,24 +215,25 @@ proc getPrecedence(tok: TToken, strongSpaces: bool): int =
     if L > 1 and tok.ident.s[L-1] == '>': return considerStrongSpaces(1)
 
     template considerAsgn(value: expr) =
-      result = if tok.ident.s[L-1] == '=': 1 else: considerStrongSpaces(value)
+      result = if tok.ident.s[L-1] == '=': 1 else: value
 
     case relevantChar
     of '$', '^': considerAsgn(10)
     of '*', '%', '/', '\\': considerAsgn(9)
-    of '~': result = considerStrongSpaces(8)
+    of '~': result = 8
     of '+', '-', '|': considerAsgn(8)
     of '&': considerAsgn(7)
-    of '=', '<', '>', '!': result = considerStrongSpaces(5)
+    of '=', '<', '>', '!': result = 5
     of '.': considerAsgn(6)
-    of '?': result = considerStrongSpaces(2)
+    of '?': result = 2
     else: considerAsgn(2)
   of tkDiv, tkMod, tkShl, tkShr: result = 9
   of tkIn, tkNotin, tkIs, tkIsnot, tkNot, tkOf, tkAs: result = 5
-  of tkDotDot: result = considerStrongSpaces(6)
+  of tkDotDot: result = 6
   of tkAnd: result = 4
   of tkOr, tkXor, tkPtr, tkRef: result = 3
-  else: result = -10
+  else: return -10
+  result = considerStrongSpaces(result)
 
 proc isOperator(tok: TToken): bool =
   ## Determines if the given token is an operator type token.
diff --git a/tests/parser/tstrongspaces.nim b/tests/parser/tstrongspaces.nim
index 91506daf07..568abda4ca 100644
--- a/tests/parser/tstrongspaces.nim
+++ b/tests/parser/tstrongspaces.nim
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 discard """
   output: '''35
+true
+true
+4
+true
+1
+false
 77
 (Field0: 1, Field1: 2, Field2: 2)
 ha
@@ -14,6 +20,17 @@ all args
 
 echo 2+5 * 5
 
+# Keyword operators
+echo 1 + 16 shl 1 == 1 + (16 shl 1)
+echo 2 and 1  in  {0, 30}
+echo 2+2 * 2 shr 1
+echo false  or  2 and 1  in  {0, 30}
+
+proc `^`(a, b: int): int = a + b div 2
+echo 19 mod 16 ^ 4  +  2 and 1
+echo 18 mod 16 ^ 4 > 0
+
+# echo $foo gotcha
 let foo = 77
 echo $foo
 
@@ -27,7 +44,7 @@ when true:
   let b = 66
   let c = 90
   let bar = 8000
-  if foo+4 * 4 == 8 and b&c | 9  ++
+  if foo+4 * 4 == 8  and  b&c | 9  ++
       bar:
     echo "ho"
   else: