diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 4414a1c6..bdb880ff 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version = "0.12.1"
 
 [deps]
 FillArrays = "1a297f60-69ca-5386-bcde-b61e274b549b"
+GroundEffects = "d00d4687-65cd-4fba-8fd9-ecb45a036ebe"
 LinearAlgebra = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
 MacroTools = "1914dd2f-81c6-5fcd-8719-6d5c9610ff09"
 StaticArrays = "90137ffa-7385-5640-81b9-e52037218182"
diff --git a/src/lazymacro.jl b/src/lazymacro.jl
index b4f15bb0..23d7a336 100644
--- a/src/lazymacro.jl
+++ b/src/lazymacro.jl
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # and @chethega      https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/30939
 
 using MacroTools
+using GroundEffects
 
 lazy(::Any) = throw(ArgumentError("function `lazy` exists only for its effect on broadcasting, see the macro @~"))
 struct LazyCast{T}
@@ -13,12 +14,11 @@ Broadcast.broadcasted(::typeof(lazy), x) = LazyCast(x)
 Broadcast.materialize(x::LazyCast) = x.value
 
 
-is_call(ex::Expr) =
-    ex.head == :call && !startswith(String(ex.args[1]), ".")
+is_call(ex) = isexpr(ex, :call) && !is_dotcall(ex)
 
-is_dotcall(ex::Expr) =
-    (ex.head == :. && ex.args[2].head === :tuple) ||
-    (ex.head == :call && startswith(String(ex.args[1]), "."))
+is_dotcall(ex) =
+    (isexpr(ex, :.) && ex.args[2].head === :tuple) ||
+    (isexpr(ex, :call) && ex.args[1] isa Symbol && startswith(String(ex.args[1]), "."))
 # e.g., `f.(x, y, z)` or `x .+ y .+ z`
 
 lazy_expr(x) = x
@@ -105,5 +105,6 @@ julia> @~ A * B + C
 macro ~(ex)
     checkex(ex)
     # Expanding macro here to support, e.g., `@.`
-    esc(:($instantiate($(lazy_expr(macroexpand(__module__, ex))))))
+    lex = lazy_expr(GroundEffects.lower(macroexpand(__module__, ex)))
+    esc(:($instantiate($lex)))
 end