diff --git a/src/ops/lispops.c b/src/ops/lispops.c
index fc91e9c..074566e 100644
--- a/src/ops/lispops.c
+++ b/src/ops/lispops.c
@@ -1639,7 +1639,6 @@ struct cons_pointer lisp_let( struct stack_frame *frame,
 
             bindings =
                 make_cons( make_cons( symbol, val ), bindings );
-
         } else {
             result =
                 throw_exception( c_string_to_lisp_string
@@ -1649,6 +1648,8 @@ struct cons_pointer lisp_let( struct stack_frame *frame,
         }
     }
 
+    debug_print( L"\nlet: bindings complete.\n", DEBUG_BIND);
+
     /* i.e., no exception yet */
     for ( int form = 1; !exceptionp( result ) && form < frame->args; form++ ) {
         result =
@@ -1656,10 +1657,11 @@ struct cons_pointer lisp_let( struct stack_frame *frame,
                        bindings );
     }
 
-    // release the local bindings as they go out of scope!
-    for (struct cons_pointer cursor = bindings; !eq( cursor, env); cursor = c_cdr(cursor)) {
-        dec_ref( cursor);
-    }
+    /* release the local bindings as they go out of scope! **BUT** 
+     * bindings were consed onto the front of env, so caution... */
+    // for (struct cons_pointer cursor = bindings; !eq( cursor, env); cursor = c_cdr(cursor)) {
+    //     dec_ref( cursor);
+    // }
 
     return result;
 
diff --git a/unit-tests/let.sh b/unit-tests/let.sh
index ad75185..037a96a 100755
--- a/unit-tests/let.sh
+++ b/unit-tests/let.sh
@@ -2,28 +2,28 @@
 
 result=0
 
-# echo -n "$0: let with two bindings, one form in body..."
-# expected='11'
-# actual=`echo "(let ((a . 5)(b . 6)) (+ a b))" | target/psse 2>/dev/null | tail -1`
+echo -n "$0: let with two bindings, one form in body..."
+expected='11'
+actual=`echo "(let ((a . 5)(b . 6)) (+ a b))" | target/psse 2>/dev/null | tail -1`
 
-# if [ "${expected}" = "${actual}" ]
-# then
-#     echo "OK"
-# else
-#     echo "Fail: expected '$expected', got '$actual'"
-#     result=`echo "${result} + 1" | bc`
-# fi
+if [ "${expected}" = "${actual}" ]
+then
+    echo "OK"
+else
+    echo "Fail: expected '$expected', got '$actual'"
+    result=`echo "${result} + 1" | bc`
+fi
 
-# echo -n "$0: let with two bindings, two forms in body..."
-# expected='1'
-# actual=`echo "(let ((a . 5)(b . 6)) (+ a b) (- b a))" | target/psse 2>/dev/null | tail -1`
+echo -n "$0: let with two bindings, two forms in body..."
+expected='1'
+actual=`echo "(let ((a . 5)(b . 6)) (+ a b) (- b a))" | target/psse 2>/dev/null | tail -1`
 
-# if [ "${expected}" = "${actual}" ]
-# then
-#     echo "OK"
-# else
-#     echo "Fail: expected '$expected', got '$actual'"
-#     result=`echo "${result} + 1" | bc`
-# fi
+if [ "${expected}" = "${actual}" ]
+then
+    echo "OK"
+else
+    echo "Fail: expected '$expected', got '$actual'"
+    result=`echo "${result} + 1" | bc`
+fi
 
 exit ${result}
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