diff --git a/M2/Macaulay2/d/convertr.d b/M2/Macaulay2/d/convertr.d
index 42c594de80..eb93cc9492 100644
--- a/M2/Macaulay2/d/convertr.d
+++ b/M2/Macaulay2/d/convertr.d
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ combinePositionR(L:Position, R:Position):Position := Position(
 combinePositionC(L:Position, R:Position, C:Position):Position := Position(
     L.filename, L.lineL, L.columnL, R.lineR, R.columnR, C.lineF, C.columnF, L.loadDepth);
 
--- combine two positions belonging to adjacent tokens (focus is on endpoint of the first one)
-combinePositionAdjacent(L:Position, R:Position):Position := Position(
-    L.filename, L.lineL, L.columnL, R.lineR, R.columnR, L.lineR, L.columnR, L.loadDepth);
-
 convert0(e:ParseTree):Code;
 convert(e:ParseTree):Code;
 unseq(c:Code):Code;
@@ -217,7 +213,7 @@ export convert0(e:ParseTree):Code := (
 	       else Code(localMemoryReferenceCode(nestingDepth(var.frameID,token.dictionary),var.frameindex,token.position))
 	       )
 	  )
-    is a:Adjacent do Code(adjacentCode(unseq(c:=convert0(a.lhs)), unseq(cc:=convert0(a.rhs)), combinePositionAdjacent(codePosition(c), codePosition(cc))))
+    is a:Adjacent do Code(adjacentCode(convert(a.lhs), convert(a.rhs), treePosition(e)))
     is p:EmptyParentheses do (
 	pp := combinePositionL(p.left.position, p.right.position);
 	  if p.left.word == leftparen then Code(sequenceCode(CodeSequence(),pp))
diff --git a/M2/Macaulay2/d/parser.d b/M2/Macaulay2/d/parser.d
index de7a926093..c1db9ffe45 100644
--- a/M2/Macaulay2/d/parser.d
+++ b/M2/Macaulay2/d/parser.d
@@ -514,7 +514,11 @@ export unarynew(newToken:Token, file:TokenFile, prec:int, obeylines:bool):ParseT
 
 export treePosition(e:ParseTree):Position := (
     when e
-    is a:Adjacent         do treePosition(a.lhs)
+    is a:Adjacent do (
+	L := treePosition(a.lhs);
+	R := treePosition(a.rhs);
+	-- combine the two positions with focus on endpoint of lhs
+	Position(L.filename, L.lineL, L.columnL, R.lineR, R.columnR, L.lineR, L.columnR, L.loadDepth))
     is p:Parentheses      do p.left.position
     is p:EmptyParentheses do p.left.position
     is o:Arrow            do o.Operator.position
diff --git a/M2/Macaulay2/tests/normal/locate.m2 b/M2/Macaulay2/tests/normal/locate.m2
index e8e899e3ed..77c102163e 100644
--- a/M2/Macaulay2/tests/normal/locate.m2
+++ b/M2/Macaulay2/tests/normal/locate.m2
@@ -9,6 +9,26 @@ assert( (drop(toSequence locate C,   1)) === (1,10,1,54,1,43) );
 assert( (drop(toSequence locate C_0, 1)) === (1,15,1,19,1,15) );
 assert( (drop(toSequence locate C_1, 1)) === (1,29,1,35,1,29) );
 assert( (drop(toSequence locate C_2, 1)) === (1,45,1,52,1,45) );
+f = () -> A B C D
+assert( ((C = pseudocode functionBody f;)) === null );
+assert( (drop(toSequence locate f, 1)) === (1,4,1,17,1,7) );
+assert( (drop(toSequence locate C, 1)) === (1,10,1,17,1,11) );
+assert( (drop(toSequence locate C_0, 1)) === (1,10,1,11,1,10) );
+assert( (drop(toSequence locate C_1, 1)) === (1,12,1,17,1,13) );
+assert( (drop(toSequence locate C_1_0, 1)) === (1,12,1,13,1,12) );
+assert( (drop(toSequence locate C_1_1, 1)) === (1,14,1,17,1,15) );
+assert( (drop(toSequence locate C_1_1_0, 1)) === (1,14,1,15,1,14) );
+assert( (drop(toSequence locate C_1_1_1, 1)) === (1,16,1,17,1,16) );
+f = () -> ((A B) C) D
+assert( ((C = pseudocode functionBody f;)) === null );
+assert( (drop(toSequence locate f, 1)) === (1,4,1,21,1,7) );
+assert( (drop(toSequence locate C, 1)) === (1,10,1,21,1,11) );
+assert( (drop(toSequence locate C_0, 1)) === (1,11,1,18,1,12) );
+assert( (drop(toSequence locate C_1, 1)) === (1,20,1,21,1,20) );
+assert( (drop(toSequence locate C_0_0, 1)) === (1,12,1,15,1,13) );
+assert( (drop(toSequence locate C_0_1, 1)) === (1,17,1,18,1,17) );
+assert( (drop(toSequence locate C_0_0_0, 1)) === (1,12,1,13,1,12) );
+assert( (drop(toSequence locate C_0_0_1, 1)) === (1,14,1,15,1,14) );
 end--
 -*
 -- to update this file simply run these lines:
@@ -30,4 +50,26 @@ drop(toSequence locate C_0, 1)
 drop(toSequence locate C_1, 1)
 drop(toSequence locate C_2, 1)
 
+-- Adjacent
+--        1 1 1
+--  4  7  0 2 4
+f = () -> A B C
+(C = pseudocode functionBody f;)
+drop(toSequence locate f, 1)
+drop(toSequence locate C, 1)
+drop(toSequence locate C_0, 1)
+drop(toSequence locate C_1, 1)
+drop(toSequence locate C_1_0, 1)
+drop(toSequence locate C_1_1, 1)
+--        1  1  1
+--  4  7  0  3  5
+f = () -> (A B) C
+(C = pseudocode functionBody f;)
+drop(toSequence locate f, 1)
+drop(toSequence locate C, 1)
+drop(toSequence locate C_0, 1)
+drop(toSequence locate C_1, 1)
+drop(toSequence locate C_0_0, 1)
+drop(toSequence locate C_0_1, 1)
+
 -- TODO: add tests for other kinds of code as well