diff --git a/janet/parser.janet b/janet/parser.janet
index 80b5a56..40bf443 100644
--- a/janet/parser.janet
+++ b/janet/parser.janet
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@
       (def value (word-only parser))
       (def key (keyword (value :data)))
       (def kw-ast {:type :keyword :data key :token origin})
-      (array/push data {:type :pair :data [key value] :token origin})) 
+      (array/push data {:type :pair :data [kw-ast value] :token origin})) 
      (panic parser "expected pkg term"))
     (separators parser))
    (advance parser)