diff --git a/scheme/eval.sld b/scheme/eval.sld
index 5e0de3e8..5933247c 100644
--- a/scheme/eval.sld
+++ b/scheme/eval.sld
@@ -950,9 +950,14 @@
         (let ((val (let ((local (assoc (car exp) local-env)))
                      (if local
                          (cdr local)
-                         (env:lookup (car exp) env #f)))))
+                         (let ((v (env:lookup (car exp) env #f)))
+                           v ;; TODO: below was for looking up a renamed macro. may want to consider using it
+                             ;; in the symbol condition below...
+                           #;(if v
+                               v
+                               (env:lookup (car exp) rename-env #f)))))))
 ;;(display "/* ")
-;;(write `(app DEBUG ,(car exp) ,val))
+;;(write `(app DEBUG ,(car exp) ,val ,local-env ,rename-env ,(env:lookup (car exp) env #f)))
 ;;(display "*/ ")
 ;;(newline)
           (cond
@@ -968,6 +973,21 @@
               env 
               rename-env 
               local-env))
+;; TODO: if we are doing this, only want to do so if the original variable is a macro.
+;;       this is starting to get overly complicated though.
+;; if nothing else should encapsulate the above lookup into a function and call that
+;; in both places (above and here) to simplify things
+;; 
+;;           ((and (symbol? val) 
+;;                 (not (eq? val (car exp))))
+;;            ;; Original macro symbol was renamed. So try again with the orignal symbol
+;;(display "/* ")
+;;(write `(app DEBUG-syms ,(car exp) ,val ,local-env ,(cdr exp)))
+;;(display "*/ ")
+;;(newline)
+;;            (_expand 
+;;              (cons val (cdr exp))
+;;              env rename-env local-env))
            (else
             (map
               (lambda (expr) (_expand expr env rename-env local-env))
diff --git a/tests/let-syntax.scm b/tests/let-syntax.scm
index e9ec041c..bf2fef38 100644
--- a/tests/let-syntax.scm
+++ b/tests/let-syntax.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 (import (scheme base) (scheme write) (scheme cyclone pretty-print))
 
+;; Just testing, may want to remove this one once the recursive macro expansion works
+  (define-syntax my-or2 (syntax-rules ()
+            ((my-or2) #f)
+            ((my-or2 e) e)
+            ((my-or2 e1 e2 ...)
+             (let ((temp e1)) (if temp temp (my-or2 e2 ...))))))
+(write (my-or2 #t))
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+
 (let-syntax
   ((my-or (syntax-rules ()
             ((my-or) #f)