diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_eval.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_eval.hpp
index 76706ff4..bc80b79b 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_eval.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_eval.hpp
@@ -1311,11 +1311,8 @@ namespace chaiscript
           try {
             retval = this->children[0]->eval(t_ss);
           }
-          catch (exception::eval_error &) {
-            if (this->children.back()->identifier == AST_Node_Type::Finally) {
-              this->children.back()->children[0]->eval(t_ss);
-            }
-            throw;
+          catch (const exception::eval_error &e) {
+            retval = handle_exception(t_ss, Boxed_Value(std::ref(e)));
           }
           catch (const std::runtime_error &e) {
             retval = handle_exception(t_ss, Boxed_Value(std::ref(e)));
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
index 7c694efb..3859c29b 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
@@ -1735,12 +1735,16 @@ namespace chaiscript
       }
 
       /// Reads a class block from input
-      bool Class() {
+      bool Class(const bool t_class_allowed) {
         bool retval = false;
 
         size_t prev_stack_top = m_match_stack.size();
 
         if (Keyword("class")) {
+          if (!t_class_allowed) {
+            throw exception::eval_error("Class definitions only allowed at top scope", File_Position(m_position.line, m_position.col), *m_filename);
+          }
+
           retval = true;
 
           if (!Id(true)) {
@@ -2421,7 +2425,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
       }
 
       /// Top level parser, starts parsing of all known parses
-      bool Statements() {
+      bool Statements(const bool t_class_allowed = false) {
         bool retval = false;
 
         bool has_more = true;
@@ -2429,7 +2433,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
 
         while (has_more) {
           const auto start = m_position;
-          if (Def() || Try() || If() || While() || Class() || For() || Switch()) {
+          if (Def() || Try() || If() || While() || Class(t_class_allowed) || For() || Switch()) {
             if (!saw_eol) {
               throw exception::eval_error("Two function definitions missing line separator", File_Position(start.line, start.col), *m_filename);
             }
@@ -2492,7 +2496,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
           /// \todo respect // -*- coding: utf-8 -*- on line 1 or 2 see: http://evanjones.ca/python-utf8.html)
         }
 
-        if (Statements()) {
+        if (Statements(true)) {
           if (m_position.has_more()) {
             throw exception::eval_error("Unparsed input", File_Position(m_position.line, m_position.col), t_fname);
           } else {
diff --git a/unittests/class_inside_scope.chai b/unittests/class_inside_scope.chai
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..27fe8060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/class_inside_scope.chai
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+
+try {
+  parse("{  class C {    var data;    def C() {}  } }")
+  assert_false(true)
+} catch  (e) {
+  assert_true(true)
+}