diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jexl3/internal/Engine.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jexl3/internal/Engine.java
index 2aeed16ce..6b78ad4b9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jexl3/internal/Engine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jexl3/internal/Engine.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.jexl3.parser.ASTStringLiteral;
 import org.apache.commons.jexl3.parser.JexlNode;
 import org.apache.commons.jexl3.parser.Parser;
+import org.apache.commons.jexl3.parser.StringProvider;
 
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ private UberspectHolder() {}
      * The {@link Parser}; when parsing expressions, this engine uses the parser if it
      * is not already in use otherwise it will create a new temporary one.
      */
-    protected final Parser parser = new Parser(";"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+    protected final Parser parser = new Parser(new StringProvider(";")); //$NON-NLS-1$
     /**
      * The expression max length to hit the cache.
      */
@@ -872,7 +873,7 @@ protected ASTJexlScript parse(final JexlInfo info, final JexlFeatures parsingf,
             }
         } else {
             // ...otherwise parser was in use, create a new temporary one
-            final Parser lparser = new Parser(";");
+            final Parser lparser = new Parser(new StringProvider(";"));
             script = lparser.parse(ninfo, features, src, scope);
         }
         if (source != null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jexl3/parser/Parser.jjt b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jexl3/parser/Parser.jjt
index 8621fba1d..301447212 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jexl3/parser/Parser.jjt
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jexl3/parser/Parser.jjt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 options
 {
    MULTI=true;
-   //STATIC=false;
+   STATIC=false;
    JAVA_TEMPLATE_TYPE="modern";
    VISITOR=true;
    NODE_SCOPE_HOOK=true;
@@ -454,16 +454,22 @@ Object pragmaValue() #void :
 {
 Token v;
 LinkedList<String> lstr = new LinkedList<String>();
+Object result;
 }
 {
-      LOOKAHEAD(1) v=<INTEGER_LITERAL> { return NumberParser.parseInteger(v.image); }
-    | LOOKAHEAD(1) v=<FLOAT_LITERAL> { return NumberParser.parseDouble(v.image); }
-    | LOOKAHEAD(1) v=<STRING_LITERAL> { return Parser.buildString(v.image, true); }
-    | LOOKAHEAD(1)  pragmaKey(lstr) { return stringify(lstr); }
-    | LOOKAHEAD(1) <TRUE> { return true; }
-    | LOOKAHEAD(1) <FALSE> { return false; }
-    | LOOKAHEAD(1) <NULL> { return null; }
-    | LOOKAHEAD(1) <NAN_LITERAL> { return Double.NaN; }
+  (
+      LOOKAHEAD(1) v=<INTEGER_LITERAL> { result = NumberParser.parseInteger(v.image); }
+    | LOOKAHEAD(1) v=<FLOAT_LITERAL> { result = NumberParser.parseDouble(v.image); }
+    | LOOKAHEAD(1) v=<STRING_LITERAL> { result = Parser.buildString(v.image, true); }
+    | LOOKAHEAD(1)  pragmaKey(lstr) { result = stringify(lstr); }
+    | LOOKAHEAD(1) <TRUE> { result = true; }
+    | LOOKAHEAD(1) <FALSE> { result = false; }
+    | LOOKAHEAD(1) <NULL> { result = null; }
+    | LOOKAHEAD(1) <NAN_LITERAL> { result = Double.NaN; }
+  )
+  {
+    return result;
+  }
 }