diff --git a/kitty/simd-string-impl.h b/kitty/simd-string-impl.h
index badacd12b..20084d014 100644
--- a/kitty/simd-string-impl.h
+++ b/kitty/simd-string-impl.h
@@ -289,12 +289,11 @@ FUNC(zero_last_n_bytes)(integer_t vec, const integer_t index, char n) {
     return andnot_si(mask, vec);
 }
 
-#define check_chunk() { \
-    if (n > -1) { \
-        const uint8_t *ans = haystack + n; \
-        zero_upper(); \
-        return ans < limit ? ans : NULL; \
-    }}
+#define check_chunk() if (n > -1) { \
+    const uint8_t *ans = haystack + n; \
+    zero_upper(); \
+    return ans < limit ? ans : NULL; \
+}
 
 #define find_match(haystack, sz, get_test_vec) { \
     zero_upper(); \
diff --git a/kitty/simd-string.c b/kitty/simd-string.c
index e7d03cc9e..7d258508c 100644
--- a/kitty/simd-string.c
+++ b/kitty/simd-string.c
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ test_find_either_of_two_bytes(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args) {
             func = find_either_of_two_bytes_128; break;
         case 3:
             func = find_either_of_two_bytes_256; break;
+        case 0: break;
+        default:
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "Unknown which_function");
+            return NULL;
     }
     uint8_t *abuf;
     if (posix_memalign((void**)&abuf, 64, 256 + buf.len) != 0) {
diff --git a/kitty_tests/parser.py b/kitty_tests/parser.py
index b0473989a..51db5c7d7 100644
--- a/kitty_tests/parser.py
+++ b/kitty_tests/parser.py
@@ -293,11 +293,12 @@ class TestParser(BaseTest):
 
         def test(buf, a, b, align_offset=0):
             a, b = ord(a), ord(b)
-            sizes = [0]
+            sizes = []
             if has_sse4_2:
                 sizes.append(2)
             if has_avx2:
                 sizes.append(3)
+            sizes.append(0)
             expected = test_find_either_of_two_bytes(buf, a, b, 1)
 
             for sz in sizes: