diff --git a/src/squint/compiler.cljc b/src/squint/compiler.cljc
index 5dc31544..278bee34 100644
--- a/src/squint/compiler.cljc
+++ b/src/squint/compiler.cljc
@@ -424,13 +424,7 @@
            (let [next-t (-> (transpile-form next-form env)
                             not-empty)
                  next-js
-                 (if (re-matches #"^(/\*|//|\"|\').*" (str next-t))
-                   (let [js (str next-t "\n")]
-                     (if-let [p (:pragmas env)]
-                       (do (swap! p str js)
-                           nil)
-                       js))
-                   (statement next-t))]
+                 (cc/save-pragma env next-t)]
              (recur (str transpiled next-js)))))))))
 
 (defn compile-string*
@@ -447,7 +441,8 @@
                cc/*target* :squint
                *jsx* false
                cc/*repl* (:repl opts cc/*repl*)]
-       (let [opts (merge {:ns-state (atom {})} opts)
+       (let [opts (merge {:ns-state (atom {})
+                          :top-level true} opts)
              imported-vars (atom {})
              public-vars (atom #{})
              aliases (atom (merge aliases {core-alias cc/*core-package*}))
diff --git a/src/squint/compiler_common.cljc b/src/squint/compiler_common.cljc
index 98d87975..10ec5bfd 100644
--- a/src/squint/compiler_common.cljc
+++ b/src/squint/compiler_common.cljc
@@ -282,13 +282,23 @@
    (cond-> (format "(%sfunction () {\n %s\n})()" (if *async* "async " "") s)
      *async* (wrap-await return?))))
 
+(defn save-pragma [env next-t]
+  (if (and (:top-level env)
+           (re-matches #"^(/\*|//|\"|\').*" (str next-t)))
+    (let [js (str next-t "\n")]
+      (if-let [p (:pragmas env)]
+        (do (swap! p str js)
+            nil)
+        js))
+    (statement next-t)))
+
 (defn emit-do [env exprs]
   (let [bl (butlast exprs)
         l (last exprs)
         ctx (:context env)
         statement-env (assoc env :context :statement)
         iife? (and (seq bl) (= :expr ctx))
-        s (cond-> (str (str/join "" (map #(statement (emit % statement-env)) bl))
+        s (cond-> (str (str/join "" (map #(save-pragma env (emit % statement-env)) bl))
                        (emit l (assoc env :context
                                       (if iife? :return
                                           ctx))))
diff --git a/test/squint/compiler_test.cljs b/test/squint/compiler_test.cljs
index 2fa87261..f525498e 100644
--- a/test/squint/compiler_test.cljs
+++ b/test/squint/compiler_test.cljs
@@ -2131,15 +2131,16 @@ new Foo();")
   (is (eq [1 2 3 4 5 6] (jsv! '(into [] cat [[1 2 3] [4 5 6]])))))
 
 (deftest pragmas-test
-  (let [{:keys [pragmas javascript]} (compiler/compile-string* "
-\"use client\"
+  (let [code "\"use client\"
 (js* \"// ts-check\")
-(defn foo [] (merge nil nil))")]
-    (is (str/includes? pragmas "use client"))
-    (is (str/includes? pragmas "// ts-check"))
-    (is (not (str/includes? pragmas ";")))
-    (is (< (str/index-of javascript "use client") (str/index-of javascript "ts-check")))
-    (is (< (str/index-of javascript "ts-check") (str/index-of javascript "import")))))
+(defn foo [] (merge nil nil))"]
+    (doseq [code [code (str/replace "(do %s)" "%s" code)]]
+      (let [{:keys [pragmas javascript]} (compiler/compile-string* code)]
+        (is (str/includes? pragmas "use client"))
+        (is (str/includes? pragmas "// ts-check"))
+        (is (not (str/includes? pragmas ";")))
+        (is (< (str/index-of javascript "use client") (str/index-of javascript "ts-check")))
+        (is (< (str/index-of javascript "ts-check") (str/index-of javascript "import")))))))
 
 (defn init []
   (t/run-tests 'squint.compiler-test 'squint.jsx-test 'squint.string-test))