diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 982689e6c..f9783e7da 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "JuliaBUGS"
 uuid = "ba9fb4c0-828e-4473-b6a1-cd2560fee5bf"
-version = "0.6.5"
+version = "0.7.0"
 
 [deps]
 AbstractMCMC = "80f14c24-f653-4e6a-9b94-39d6b0f70001"
diff --git a/src/parser/bugs_macro.jl b/src/parser/bugs_macro.jl
index b54287d00..d50982df5 100644
--- a/src/parser/bugs_macro.jl
+++ b/src/parser/bugs_macro.jl
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ function bugs_expression(expr, line_num)
         error(
             "Keyword argument syntax is not supported in BUGS, error at $line_num: $(expr)"
         )
+    elseif Meta.isexpr(expr, :.)
+        return expr
     else
         error("Invalid expression at $line_num: `$expr`")
     end
diff --git a/test/compile.jl b/test/compile.jl
index 067df5f70..a2af7942a 100644
--- a/test/compile.jl
+++ b/test/compile.jl
@@ -87,3 +87,11 @@ end
         @test AbstractPPL.get(model_init_1.evaluation_env, @varname(beta)) == 1
     end
 end
+
+@testset "dot call" begin
+    model_def = @bugs begin
+        x[1:2] ~ Distributions.product_distribution(fill(Distributions.Normal(0, 1), 2))
+    end
+    model = compile(model_def, (;))
+    @test model.evaluation_env.x isa Vector{Float64}
+end