diff --git a/src/pebblisp.c b/src/pebblisp.c
index 29ea9dd..5f9d220 100644
--- a/src/pebblisp.c
+++ b/src/pebblisp.c
@@ -618,10 +618,16 @@ void repl(struct Environment* env)
             free(oldBuf);
         }
         Object o = parseEval(buf, env);
+        if (isError(o, DID_NOT_FIND_SYMBOL)) {
+            cleanObject(&o);
+            system(buf);
+            free(buf);
+            continue;
+        }
         free(buf);
 
         size_t length;
-        char *output = stringObj(&o, &length);
+        char* output = stringObj(&o, &length);
         cleanObject(&o);
         printColored(output);
         free(output);