diff --git a/src/macro/Expressions.hh b/src/macro/Expressions.hh
index d77599a9..a570f48d 100644
--- a/src/macro/Expressions.hh
+++ b/src/macro/Expressions.hh
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ namespace macro
   {
   private:
     const string name;
-    ArrayPtr indices; // for strings/arrays
+    const ArrayPtr indices; // for indexing strings/arrays
   public:
     Variable(string name_arg,
              Environment &env_arg, Tokenizer::location location_arg) :
@@ -458,10 +458,6 @@ namespace macro
     Variable(string name_arg, ArrayPtr indices_arg,
              Environment &env_arg, Tokenizer::location location_arg) :
       Expression(env_arg, move(location_arg)), name{move(name_arg)}, indices{move(indices_arg)} { }
-    inline void addIndexing(const vector<ExpressionPtr> indices_arg)
-    {
-      indices = make_shared<Array>(indices_arg, env);
-    }
     inline string to_string() const noexcept override { return name; }
     inline void print(ostream &output, bool matlab_output = false) const noexcept override { output << name; }
     BaseTypePtr eval() override;
diff --git a/src/macro/Parser.yy b/src/macro/Parser.yy
index 13244b40..5618b658 100644
--- a/src/macro/Parser.yy
+++ b/src/macro/Parser.yy
@@ -300,6 +300,11 @@ primary_expr : LPAREN expr RPAREN
                { $$ = $2; }
              | symbol
                { $$ = $1; } // Explicit rule needed for type conversion
+             | NAME LBRACKET comma_expr RBRACKET
+               {
+                 $$ = make_shared<Variable>($1, make_shared<Array>($3, driver.env, @3),
+                                            driver.env, @$);
+               }
              | NAME LPAREN comma_expr RPAREN
                { $$ = make_shared<Function>($1, $3, driver.env, @$); }
              | TRUE
@@ -312,8 +317,6 @@ primary_expr : LPAREN expr RPAREN
                { $$ = make_shared<String>($1, driver.env, @$); }
              | LBRACKET comma_expr RBRACKET
                { $$ = make_shared<Array>($2, driver.env, @$); }
-             | symbol LBRACKET comma_expr RBRACKET
-               { $1->addIndexing($3); $$ = $1; }
              | LPAREN tuple_comma_expr RPAREN
                { $$ = make_shared<Tuple>($2, driver.env, @$); }
              | LBRACKET expr IN expr WHEN expr RBRACKET