diff --git a/src/fennel-ls/compiler.fnl b/src/fennel-ls/compiler.fnl
index bfe141c..4908047 100644
--- a/src/fennel-ls/compiler.fnl
+++ b/src/fennel-ls/compiler.fnl
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ identifiers are declared / referenced in which places."
 
     (λ symbol-to-expression [ast scope ?reference?]
       (assert (sym? ast) "symbols only")
+      (tset scopes ast scope)
       (reference ast scope (if ?reference?
                              :read
                              (not (multisym? ast))
diff --git a/src/fennel-ls/completion.fnl b/src/fennel-ls/completion.fnl
index 68579bc..8523a69 100644
--- a/src/fennel-ls/completion.fnl
+++ b/src/fennel-ls/completion.fnl
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ is set to true and we report that we support completionItem/resolve."
                                            &until ?find]
                                 (= (. ast 1) symbol)))
         ;; find the first parent that contains a scope
-        scope (or (accumulate [?find nil _ parent (ipairs parents) &until ?find]
+        scope (or (. file.scopes symbol)
+                  (accumulate [?find nil _ parent (ipairs parents) &until ?find]
                     (. file.scopes parent))
                   file.scope)
         range (case (message.ast->range server file symbol)
@@ -157,7 +158,8 @@ is set to true and we report that we support completionItem/resolve."
   (let [{: uri : byte} completion-item.data
         file (files.get-by-uri server uri)
         (_symbol parents) (analyzer.find-symbol file.ast byte)
-        scope (or (accumulate [?find nil _ parent (ipairs parents) &until ?find]
+        scope (or (. file.scopes _symbol)
+                  (accumulate [?find nil _ parent (ipairs parents) &until ?find]
                     (. file.scopes parent))
                   file.scope)
         result (analyzer.search-name-and-scope server file completion-item.label scope)]
diff --git a/test/completion.fnl b/test/completion.fnl
index 125f804..58fa148 100644
--- a/test/completion.fnl
+++ b/test/completion.fnl
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@
      {:kind #(= nil $)}
      {:label #(= nil $)}])
 
+  (check "(case {}
+            identifier |"
+         [:identifier]
+         []) ; TODO [{:documentation #(= nil $)}])
+
   (each [_ mode (ipairs [true false])]
     (check "(fn x [a b c]
             \"docstring\"