diff --git a/src/I18N.jl b/src/I18N.jl
index 18d1a0c..566c246 100644
--- a/src/I18N.jl
+++ b/src/I18N.jl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ macro __str(phrase)
                        line = __source__.line,
                        strid = phrase))
     return esc(quote
-               get(get(i18n, I18N.language(), Dict()),
+               get(get(i18n, @language, Dict()),
                    $phrase, $phrase)
                end)
 end
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ macro translator(lang, name, email, copyright)
     end)
 end
 
-@inline language() = "en"
+macro language()
+    "en"
+end
 
 export @__str, @translations, @translate,
     @translator, @write_po_files, lang_expand
diff --git a/test/hello.jl b/test/hello.jl
index 31e646b..d6935e0 100644
--- a/test/hello.jl
+++ b/test/hello.jl
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-_"hello"
-_"hi"
-_"hola"
+function return_hellos(req)
+    (_"hello",
+     _"hi",
+     _"hola")
+end
diff --git a/test/numbers.jl b/test/numbers.jl
index af4991f..b6b0559 100644
--- a/test/numbers.jl
+++ b/test/numbers.jl
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-_"first"
-_"second"
-_"third"
+function print_numbers(req)
+    println.([_"first", _"second", _"third"])
+end
diff --git a/test/test.jl b/test/test.jl
index cac79b5..4c1df25 100644
--- a/test/test.jl
+++ b/test/test.jl
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 push!(LOAD_PATH, realpath(".."))
 
 using I18N
-@translations it en
-
+# Define it before expanding any _"string"
 # Custom function used to get the program language.
 # Must return a 2-char language code
-req = Dict(:params => Dict(:lang => "it"))
-@inline function I18N.language()
-    req[:params][:lang]
+macro language()
+    return esc(:(req[:params][:lang]))
 end
 
+@translations it en
+
 @translate "it" "first" "primo"
 @translate "it" "third" "terzo"
 
@@ -21,3 +21,10 @@ include("hello.jl")
 @translator "it" "Nicolò Balzarotti" "nicolo@nixo.xyz" "2020"
 
 @write_po_files "Test" "0.0.0-dev" ["Nicolò Balzarotti <nicolo@nixo.xyz>"] "2020"
+
+let req = Dict(:params => Dict(:lang => "it"))
+    _"third"
+end
+
+print_numbers(Dict(:params => Dict(:lang => "it")))
+return_hellos(Dict(:params => Dict(:lang => "it")))