diff --git a/runtime/index.js b/runtime/index.js
index 4a65bca..08bf95d 100644
--- a/runtime/index.js
+++ b/runtime/index.js
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ export function createRuntime(initialCode) {
   function observer(state) {
     return {
       pending() {
-        clear(state);
-        if (state.doc) echo(state, "Pending…", {quote: false});
+        // clear(state);
+        // if (state.doc) echo(state, "Pending…", {quote: false});
       },
       fulfilled() {
         // Before blocks are fulfilled, their position might be changed or
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ export function createRuntime(initialCode) {
       node.state = state;
       const v = main.variable(observer(state), {shadow: {}});
       if (inputs.includes("echo")) {
-        state.doc = true;
         let docVersion = -1;
         const vd = new v.constructor(2, v._module);
         vd.define(
diff --git a/test/js/index-tests.js b/test/js/index-tests.js
index a6fc531..c94126d 100644
--- a/test/js/index-tests.js
+++ b/test/js/index-tests.js
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ export {runtimeError} from "./runtime-error.js";
 export {syntaxError2} from "./syntax-error2.js";
 export {syntaxError3} from "./syntax-error3.js";
 export {syntaxError4} from "./syntax-error4.js";
+export {nonCallEcho} from "./non-call-echo.js";
diff --git a/test/js/index.js b/test/js/index.js
index 13fd5a6..00c21c3 100644
--- a/test/js/index.js
+++ b/test/js/index.js
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ export {jsDocString} from "./js-doc-string.js";
 export {commentLink} from "./comment-link.js";
 export {syntaxError3} from "./syntax-error3.js";
 export {syntaxError4} from "./syntax-error4.js";
+export {nonCallEcho} from "./non-call-echo.js";
diff --git a/test/js/non-call-echo.js b/test/js/non-call-echo.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e96dc27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/js/non-call-echo.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const nonCallEcho = `echo`;
diff --git a/test/output/nonCallEcho.js b/test/output/nonCallEcho.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dccbe8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/output/nonCallEcho.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+echo
\ No newline at end of file