diff --git a/t/03_syntax_check.t b/t/03_syntax_check.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf27689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/03_syntax_check.t
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+# Basics: are there semantic errors which are easy to spot?
+
+use strict;
+use Test::More;
+
+my $tests = 0;
+my $prg="testssl.sh";
+my $os="$^O";
+
+if ( $os eq "darwin" ){
+     plan skip_all => 'No checks on MacOS';
+}
+
+#1
+printf "\n%s\n", "Testing for missing vars at left hand side in double square brackets ...";
+
+# I know this isn't nice but perl doesn't seem for this so great either
+my @matches = `grep -n '\\[\\[ [[:alpha:]]' $prg`;
+is(scalar(@matches), 0, "Checking bad '[[ LHS' patterns")
+    or diag(@matches);
+$tests++;
+
+# The following works only on GNU grep
+
+#2
+printf "\n%s\n", "Testing for backticks ...";
+
+my @matches = qx(grep -nP '`[^`]*`' $prg);
+is(scalar(@matches), 0, "Checking bad backtick patterns")
+or diag(@matches);
+$tests++;
+
+#3
+printf "\n%s\n", "Sourcing without checking the file exists #1 ...";
+
+my @matches = qx(grep -nP '^\s*\.\s+\$' $prg);
+is(scalar(@matches), 0, "Checking bad sourcing pattern #1")
+or diag(@matches);
+$tests++;
+
+#4
+printf "\n%s\n", "Sourcing without checking the file exists #2 ...";
+
+my @matches = qx(grep -nP '^\s*source\s+\$' $prg);
+is(scalar(@matches), 0, "Checking bad sourcing pattern #2")
+or diag(@matches);
+$tests++;
+
+
+# We have three eval already, a) re-analyse + exempt them
+#my @matches = qx(grep -nP '\beval\b' $prg);
+
+
+# more would go here
+
+printf "\n";
+done_testing($tests);
+
+
+#  vim:ts=5:sw=5:expandtab
+
diff --git a/testssl.sh b/testssl.sh
index 0ffb4ea..47f290a 100755
--- a/testssl.sh
+++ b/testssl.sh
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ KEY_EXCH_SCORE=100                      # Keeps track of the score for category
 CIPH_STR_BEST=0                         # Keeps track of the best bit size for category 3 "Cipher Strength"
 CIPH_STR_WORST=100000                   # Keeps track of the worst bit size for category 3 "Cipher Strength"
                                         # Intentionally set very high, so it can be set to 0, if necessary
-TRUSTED1ST=""                           # Contains the `-trusted_first` flag, if this version of openssl supports it
+TRUSTED1ST=""                           # Contains the "-trusted_first" flag, if this version of openssl supports it
 
 ########### Global variables for parallel mass testing
 #
@@ -17801,7 +17801,7 @@ run_renego() {
                tmp_result=2
                rm -f $TEMPDIR/was_killed
           fi
-          if [[ $tmp_result -eq 1 ]] && [[ loop_reneg -eq 1 ]]; then
+          if [[ $tmp_result -eq 1 ]] && [[ $loop_reneg -eq 1 ]]; then
                tmp_result=3
           fi
           if [[ $SERVICE != HTTP ]]; then
@@ -19023,7 +19023,7 @@ run_drown() {
      if [[ $(has_server_protocol ssl2) -ne 1 ]]; then
           sslv2_sockets
      else
-          [[ aaa == bbb ]]    # provoke return code=1
+          false
      fi
 
      case $? in