diff --git a/src/PlaywrightSharp.Tests/PageEvaluateTests.cs b/src/PlaywrightSharp.Tests/PageEvaluateTests.cs
index af0457d1ae..6606aad6d7 100644
--- a/src/PlaywrightSharp.Tests/PageEvaluateTests.cs
+++ b/src/PlaywrightSharp.Tests/PageEvaluateTests.cs
@@ -666,6 +666,14 @@ public async Task ShouldRoundtripDate()
             Assert.Equal(date, result);
         }
 
+        [Fact(Skip = "The driver doesn't support this yet")]
+        public async Task ShouldTreatEcma2020AsFunctions()
+             => Assert.Equal("dario", await Page.EvaluateAsync<string>(
+                 @"() => {
+                    const person = { name: 'dario' };
+                    return person?.name;
+                }"));
+
         [PlaywrightTest("page-evaluate.spec.ts", "should roundtrip regex")]
         [Fact(Skip = "Regex is not native as in javascript")]
         public void ShouldRoundtripRegex()
diff --git a/src/PlaywrightSharp/Helpers/StringExtensions.cs b/src/PlaywrightSharp/Helpers/StringExtensions.cs
index 8704767756..85c992efc3 100644
--- a/src/PlaywrightSharp/Helpers/StringExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/PlaywrightSharp/Helpers/StringExtensions.cs
@@ -651,8 +651,10 @@ public static Dictionary<string, string> ParseQueryString(this string query)
         /// Determine if the script is a javascript function and not an expression.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="script">Script to evaluate.</param>
+        /// <param name="retry">Whether it should retry by wrapping the code in parenthesis.</param>
+        /// <param name="checkExpression">Checks whether the function could be a function expression.</param>
         /// <returns>Whether the script is a function or not.</returns>
-        public static bool IsJavascriptFunction(this string script)
+        public static bool IsJavascriptFunction(this string script, bool retry = true, bool checkExpression = false)
         {
             try
             {
@@ -662,7 +664,9 @@ public static bool IsJavascriptFunction(this string script)
                 if (program.Body.Count > 0)
                 {
                     return
-                        (program.Body[0] is ExpressionStatement expression && expression.Expression.Type == Nodes.ArrowFunctionExpression) ||
+                        (program.Body[0] is ExpressionStatement expression && (
+                            expression.Expression.Type == Nodes.ArrowFunctionExpression ||
+                           (checkExpression && expression.Expression.Type == Nodes.FunctionExpression))) ||
                         program.Body[0] is FunctionDeclaration;
                 }
 
@@ -670,19 +674,12 @@ public static bool IsJavascriptFunction(this string script)
             }
             catch (ParserException)
             {
-                // Retry using parenthesis
-                var parser = new JavaScriptParser($"({script})");
-                var program = parser.ParseScript();
-
-                if (program.Body.Count > 0)
+                if (retry)
                 {
-                    return
-                        program.Body.Count > 0 &&
-                        program.Body[0] is ExpressionStatement expression &&
-                        expression.Expression.Type == Nodes.FunctionExpression;
+                    return IsJavascriptFunction($"({script})", false, true);
                 }
 
-                return false;
+                return true;
             }
         }