diff --git a/extra/annotations/annotations-tests.factor b/extra/annotations/annotations-tests.factor
index 72fd0f8b74..d5a13e48d8 100644
--- a/extra/annotations/annotations-tests.factor
+++ b/extra/annotations/annotations-tests.factor
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-USING: annotations math sorting tools.test ;
+USING: accessors annotations combinators.short-circuit
+io.pathnames kernel math sequences sorting tools.test ;
 IN: annotations.tests
 
+!NOTE testing toplevel form 
+
 : three ( -- x )
-    !BROKEN find a dictionary
-    "threa" ;
+    !BROKEN english plz
+    "þrij" ;
 
 : four ( -- x )
     !BROKEN this code is broken
@@ -13,5 +16,12 @@ IN: annotations.tests
     !TODO return 5
     f ;
 
+[ t ] [
+    NOTEs {
+        [ length 1 = ]
+        [ first string>> file-name "annotations-tests.factor" = ]
+    } 1&&
+] unit-test
+
 [ { four three } ] [ BROKENs natural-sort ] unit-test
 [ { five } ] [ TODOs ] unit-test
diff --git a/extra/annotations/annotations.factor b/extra/annotations/annotations.factor
index 5102a36a71..c61250b89d 100644
--- a/extra/annotations/annotations.factor
+++ b/extra/annotations/annotations.factor
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ IN: annotations
 
 : (non-annotation-usage) ( word -- usages )
     smart-usage
-    [ { [ word? ] [ vocabulary>> "annotations" = not ] } 1&& ]
+    [ { [ word? ] [ vocabulary>> "annotations" = ] } 1&& not ]
     filter ;
 
 FUNCTOR: define-annotation ( NAME -- )