diff --git a/snippets/snippets.json b/snippets/snippets.json
index 74f9b8d..9da850b 100644
--- a/snippets/snippets.json
+++ b/snippets/snippets.json
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
     "lua": {
       "print_hello": "print('hello')",
       "print_stderr": "io.stderr:write('error\\n')",
-      "simple_expr": "return 1 + 1",
+      "simple_expr": "1 + 1",
       "simple_expr_result": "2",
       "incomplete_code": "function foo(",
       "complete_code": "x = 1",