diff --git a/pkg/mods/epm/epm.elv b/pkg/mods/epm/epm.elv
index d90750866..8d2391923 100644
--- a/pkg/mods/epm/epm.elv
+++ b/pkg/mods/epm/epm.elv
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ set -method-handler = [
       -info "Updating "$pkg
       try {
         git -C $dest pull
-      } except _ {
+      } catch _ {
           -error "Something failed, please check error above and retry."
       }
     }
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ fn install {|&silent-if-installed=$false @pkgs|
         # place)
         try {
           install $@deps
-        } except e {
+        } catch e {
           -error "Dependency installation failed. Uninstalling "$pkg", please check the errors above and try again."
           -uninstall-package $pkg
         }
diff --git a/pkg/mods/readlinebinding/readline-binding.elv b/pkg/mods/readlinebinding/readline-binding.elv
index d6b252eb6..fc93eed9b 100644
--- a/pkg/mods/readlinebinding/readline-binding.elv
+++ b/pkg/mods/readlinebinding/readline-binding.elv
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 set edit:global-binding[Ctrl-G] = $edit:close-mode~
 
-b={|k f| set edit:insert:binding[$k] = $f } {
+{
+    var b = {|k f| set edit:insert:binding[$k] = $f }
     $b Ctrl-A $edit:move-dot-sol~
     $b Ctrl-B $edit:move-dot-left~
     $b Ctrl-D {
@@ -31,14 +32,16 @@ b={|k f| set edit:insert:binding[$k] = $f } {
     $b Alt-t $edit:transpose-word~
 }
 
-b={|k f| set edit:completion:binding[$k] = $f } {
+{
+    var b = {|k f| set edit:completion:binding[$k] = $f }
     $b Ctrl-B $edit:completion:left~
     $b Ctrl-F $edit:completion:right~
     $b Ctrl-N $edit:completion:down~
     $b Ctrl-P $edit:completion:up~
 }
 
-b={|k f| set edit:navigation:binding[$k] = $f } {
+{
+    var b = {|k f| set edit:navigation:binding[$k] = $f }
     $b Ctrl-B $edit:navigation:left~
     $b Ctrl-F $edit:navigation:right~
     $b Ctrl-N $edit:navigation:down~
@@ -46,18 +49,21 @@ b={|k f| set edit:navigation:binding[$k] = $f } {
     $b Alt-f  $edit:navigation:trigger-filter~
 }
 
-b={|k f| set edit:history:binding[$k] = $f } {
+{
+    var b = {|k f| set edit:history:binding[$k] = $f }
     $b Ctrl-N $edit:history:down-or-quit~
     $b Ctrl-P $edit:history:up~
 }
 
-b={|k f| set edit:listing:binding[$k] = $f } {
+{
+    var b = {|k f| set edit:listing:binding[$k] = $f }
     $b Ctrl-N $edit:listing:down~
     $b Ctrl-P $edit:listing:up~
     $b Ctrl-V $edit:listing:page-down~
     $b Alt-v  $edit:listing:page-up~
 }
 
-b={|k f| set edit:histlist:binding[$k] = $f } {
+{
+    var b = {|k f| set edit:histlist:binding[$k] = $f }
     $b Alt-d $edit:histlist:toggle-dedup~
 }