diff --git a/src/lib66/parse/parse_get_section.c b/src/lib66/parse/parse_get_section.c
index 683f9ade4fa0e598f6ca4a8a836649f055a29aa9..ed18efe63d7fdb3fee7b3d051b16265a7eb94aa2 100644
--- a/src/lib66/parse/parse_get_section.c
+++ b/src/lib66/parse/parse_get_section.c
@@ -37,12 +37,9 @@ int parse_get_section(lexer_config *acfg, unsigned int *ncfg, char const *str, s
         cfg.pos = pos ;
         stack_reset(&stk) ;
 
-        if (!lexer(&stk, &cfg))
+        if (!lexer(&stk, &cfg) || !stack_close(&stk))
             return 0 ;
 
-        if (!stack_close(&stk))
-            log_warnu_return(LOG_EXIT_ZERO, "stack overflow") ;
-
         if (cfg.found) {
 
             ssize_t id = get_enum_by_key(stk.s) ;
diff --git a/src/lib66/parse/parse_key.c b/src/lib66/parse/parse_key.c
index 27b240cbe424d10e819d7777e619e24d97eac30d..45de9386c664cc1e6e9505c799f3093d083281d9 100644
--- a/src/lib66/parse/parse_key.c
+++ b/src/lib66/parse/parse_key.c
@@ -24,12 +24,9 @@ int parse_key(stack *key, lexer_config *cfg)
 {
     int kid = -1, next = -1 ;
 
-    if (!lexer(key, cfg))
+    if (!lexer(key, cfg) || !stack_close(key))
         return -1 ;
 
-    if (!stack_close(key))
-        log_warnu_return(LOG_EXIT_LESSONE, "stack overflow") ;
-
     if (cfg->found) {
 
         kid = get_enum_by_key(key->s) ;
diff --git a/src/lib66/parse/parse_list.c b/src/lib66/parse/parse_list.c
index 7fdd9dda4b16d333653149efeb67d02b7172ecd3..3e73151083edf1d104c1b6bfdaa40d294776b1b6 100644
--- a/src/lib66/parse/parse_list.c
+++ b/src/lib66/parse/parse_list.c
@@ -28,19 +28,9 @@ int parse_list(stack *stk)
     if (!stack_copy_stack(&tmp, stk))
         return 0 ;
 
-    cfg.str = tmp.s ; cfg.slen = tmp.len ;
-    stk->len = 0 ; stk->count = 0 ;
+    stack_reset(stk) ;
 
-    while (cfg.pos < cfg.slen) {
-
-        lexer_reset(&cfg) ;
-        cfg.opos = 0 ;
-        cfg.cpos = 0 ;
-        if (!lexer(stk, &cfg))
-            return 0 ;
-    }
-
-    if (!stack_close(stk))
+    if (!lexer_trim_with_g(stk, tmp.s, &cfg))
         return 0 ;
 
     return 1 ;