diff --git a/src/main/java/org/math/R/AbstractR2jsSession.java b/src/main/java/org/math/R/AbstractR2jsSession.java
index a49d56f..fee50c0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/math/R/AbstractR2jsSession.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/math/R/AbstractR2jsSession.java
@@ -1237,19 +1237,7 @@ private static String addIfElseBrackets(String expr) {
                 if(addIfBrackets) ifSb.append("}");
                 ifSb.append(" else ");
 
-                // If this is a "else if", "else" stop when the next "if" stop
-                // Otherwise "else" stop at the next "}"
                 int stopElseStatement = getNextExpressionLastIndex(result, elseIndex, "}");
-                int elseIfIdx = result.indexOf("else if", elseIndex);
-                if(elseIndex == elseIfIdx) {
-                    int nextIdOpenBracket = result.indexOf("{", elseIndex);
-                    int nextCloseBracket = result.indexOf("}", elseIndex);
-                    if(nextCloseBracket<nextIdOpenBracket) {
-                        stopElseStatement = nextCloseBracket;
-                    } else {
-                        stopElseStatement = getNextExpressionLastIndex(result, nextIdOpenBracket + 1, "}");
-                    }
-                }
                 String elseStatement = result.substring(elseIndex + 4, stopElseStatement+1).trim();
                 boolean addElseBrackets = !elseStatement.startsWith("{");
                 if(addElseBrackets) ifSb.append("{");
@@ -1259,6 +1247,13 @@ private static String addIfElseBrackets(String expr) {
             } else {
                 int stopIdx = getNextExpressionLastIndex(result, endIndex, "}")+1;
                 String ifStatement = result.substring(endIndex + 1, stopIdx).trim();
+                if(!ifStatement.startsWith("{")) {
+                    int endOfLine = getNextExpressionLastIndex(result, endIndex, "\n")+1;
+                    if(endOfLine<stopIdx) {
+                        stopIdx = endOfLine;
+                        ifStatement = result.substring(endIndex + 1, stopIdx).trim();
+                    }
+                }
                 boolean addIfBrackets = !ifStatement.startsWith("{");
                 if(addIfBrackets) ifSb.append("{");
                 ifSb.append(ifStatement);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/math/R/R2jsSessionTest.java b/src/test/java/org/math/R/R2jsSessionTest.java
index 16e14b9..038c1e9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/math/R/R2jsSessionTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/math/R/R2jsSessionTest.java
@@ -1395,6 +1395,7 @@ public void testSetWDFunctions() throws RException {
     @Test
     public void testIfFunction() throws RException, ScriptException {
         engine.debug_js = true;
+
         engine.voidEval("f1 <- function() { return 4}");
         assertEquals((Double) engine.eval("if(f1() == 2) f1() else f1()+1"), 5, epsilon);
         assertEquals((Double) engine.eval("if(f1() >2) { 3 } else { 4 }"), 3, epsilon);
@@ -1418,6 +1419,13 @@ public void testIfFunction() throws RException, ScriptException {
 
         engine.eval("f8 <- function() {if(TRUE) if(FALSE) 34 else if(TRUE) 1 else 2}");
         assertEquals(1,(Double) engine.eval( "f8()"), epsilon);
+
+        engine.eval("f9 <- function() {if(FALSE) 12 else if(FALSE) 13 else if(TRUE) 14}");
+        assertEquals(14,(Double) engine.eval( "f9()"), epsilon);
+
+        engine.eval("f10 <- function() {if(FALSE) { 12 } else if(FALSE) { 13 } else if(TRUE) { 14 }}");
+        assertEquals(14,(Double) engine.eval( "f10()"), epsilon);
+
     }
 
     @Test