diff --git a/etc/asma-test.sh b/etc/asma-test.sh
index 6d88124..ba04123 100755
--- a/etc/asma-test.sh
+++ b/etc/asma-test.sh
@@ -70,5 +70,14 @@ EOD
 expect_failure 'Recursion level too deep: include' <<'EOD'
 include asma-test/in.tal
 EOD
+expect_failure 'Label not found: ;blah' <<'EOD'
+|1000 ;blah
+EOD
+expect_failure 'Label not found: ,blah' <<'EOD'
+|1000 ,blah
+EOD
+expect_failure 'Label not found: .blah' <<'EOD'
+|1000 .blah
+EOD
 echo 'All OK'
 
diff --git a/projects/library/asma.tal b/projects/library/asma.tal
index 3d619cb..15a3b70 100644
--- a/projects/library/asma.tal
+++ b/projects/library/asma.tal
@@ -671,7 +671,11 @@ include projects/library/heap.tal
 	JMP2r
 
 	&not-zero-page
+	;asma/pass LDA #00 EQU
+		;asma/error LDA2 ORA
+		ORA ,&ignore-error JCN
 	;asma-msg-zero-page ;asma/error STA2
+	&ignore-error
 	JMP2r
 
 @asma-literal-rel-addr