diff --git a/examples/buildless/tidal.html b/examples/buildless/tidal.html
index 459ad0eda..16416b566 100644
--- a/examples/buildless/tidal.html
+++ b/examples/buildless/tidal.html
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
   <body style="margin: 0; padding: 0">
     <textarea id="code" style="width: 100%; height: 200px"></textarea>
     <pre id="result"></pre>
-    <script src="https://unpkg.com/hs2js@latest"></script>
-    <script src="https://unpkg.com/@strudel/web@latest"></script>
+    <script src="https://unpkg.com/hs2js@0.0.8"></script>
+    <script src="https://unpkg.com/@strudel/web@1.0.3"></script>
     <script>
       const { initStrudel } = strudel;
-      const { run, parse, setBase } = hs2js;
+      const { run, parse, setBase, loadParser } = hs2js;
       setBase('https://unpkg.com/hs2js@0.0.4/dist/');
+      const ready = loadParser();
       initStrudel({
         prebake: () => samples('github:tidalcycles/dirt-samples'),
       });
@@ -63,8 +64,9 @@
 
       async function update() {
         let result, tree;
+        await ready;
         try {
-          tree = await parse(textarea.value);
+          tree = parse(textarea.value);
         } catch (err) {
           console.warn('parse error');
           console.error(err);
diff --git a/examples/tidal-repl/main.js b/examples/tidal-repl/main.js
index 9e572ea8c..3ce301db6 100644
--- a/examples/tidal-repl/main.js
+++ b/examples/tidal-repl/main.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import { run, parse } from 'hs2js';
+import { run, parse, loadParser } from 'hs2js';
 import { initStrudel, reify, late, samples, stack } from '@strudel/web';
 
 initStrudel({
   prebake: () => samples('github:tidalcycles/dirt-samples'),
 });
 
+const ready = loadParser();
+
 const textarea = document.getElementById('code');
 if (window.location.hash) {
   textarea.value = atob(window.location.hash.slice(1));
@@ -50,8 +52,9 @@ const ops = getInfixOperators();
 
 async function update() {
   let result, tree;
+  await ready;
   try {
-    tree = await parse(textarea.value);
+    tree = parse(textarea.value);
   } catch (err) {
     console.warn('parse error');
     console.error(err);
