diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index db26c661..7e9bb8b2 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Bug fixes
 
 * `Engine::compile_expression`, `Engine::eval_expression` etc. no longer parse anonymous functions and closures.
 * Imported modules now work inside closures.
+* Closures that capture now work under `no_object`.
 
 
 Version 0.18.2
diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index 01be7715..eaaf559d 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -3167,6 +3167,8 @@ fn make_curry_from_externals(
     let num_externals = externals.len();
     let mut args: StaticVec<_> = Default::default();
 
+    args.push(fn_expr);
+
     #[cfg(not(feature = "no_closure"))]
     externals.iter().for_each(|(var_name, pos)| {
         args.push(Expr::Variable(Box::new((
@@ -3182,9 +3184,9 @@ fn make_curry_from_externals(
         args.push(Expr::Variable(Box::new(((var_name, pos), None, 0, None))));
     });
 
-    let hash = calc_fn_hash(empty(), KEYWORD_FN_PTR_CURRY, num_externals, empty());
+    let hash = calc_fn_hash(empty(), KEYWORD_FN_PTR_CURRY, num_externals + 1, empty());
 
-    let fn_call = Expr::FnCall(Box::new((
+    let expr = Expr::FnCall(Box::new((
         (KEYWORD_FN_PTR_CURRY.into(), false, false, pos),
         None,
         hash,
@@ -3192,8 +3194,6 @@ fn make_curry_from_externals(
         None,
     )));
 
-    let expr = Expr::Dot(Box::new((fn_expr, fn_call, pos)));
-
     // If there are captured variables, convert the entire expression into a statement block,
     // then insert the relevant `Share` statements.
     #[cfg(not(feature = "no_closure"))]