diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7827d3af6..66138ebd7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ checksum = "96d30a06541fbafbc7f82ed10c06164cfbd2c401138f6addd8404629c4b16711"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bend-lang"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 dependencies = [
  "TSPL",
  "arrayvec",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 590e9b220..e6a72df10 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bend-lang"
 description = "A high-level, massively parallel programming language"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 edition = "2021"
 exclude = ["tests/snapshots/"]
 
diff --git a/src/fun/parser.rs b/src/fun/parser.rs
index 08eae4354..807220515 100644
--- a/src/fun/parser.rs
+++ b/src/fun/parser.rs
@@ -812,6 +812,9 @@ pub trait ParserCommons<'a>: Parser<'a> {
     if nam.contains("__") {
       let msg = "Top-level names are not allowed to contain \"__\".".to_string();
       self.with_ctx(Err(msg), ini_idx, end_idx)
+    } else if nam.starts_with("//") {
+      let msg = "Top-level names are not allowed to start with \"//\".".to_string();
+      self.with_ctx(Err(msg), ini_idx, end_idx)
     } else {
       Ok(nam)
     }
diff --git a/src/imp/parser.rs b/src/imp/parser.rs
index 6c31b6b7b..90cb797c7 100644
--- a/src/imp/parser.rs
+++ b/src/imp/parser.rs
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ impl<'a> PyParser<'a> {
     }
 
     self.skip_trivia_inline();
-    let name = self.parse_bend_name()?;
+    let name = self.parse_top_level_name()?;
     self.skip_trivia_inline();
     let params = if self.starts_with("(") {
       self.list_like(|p| p.parse_bend_name(), "(", ")", ",", true, 0)?
diff --git a/tests/golden_tests/compile_file/top_level_name_slashslash.bend b/tests/golden_tests/compile_file/top_level_name_slashslash.bend
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..221e9fa0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/golden_tests/compile_file/top_level_name_slashslash.bend
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+def random//constant():
+  return 3.14
+
+def //thisshouldfail():
+  return random//constant()
+
+def main:
+  return //thisshouldfail()
diff --git a/tests/snapshots/compile_file__top_level_name_slashslash.bend.snap b/tests/snapshots/compile_file__top_level_name_slashslash.bend.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..058840a03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/snapshots/compile_file__top_level_name_slashslash.bend.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+source: tests/golden_tests.rs
+input_file: tests/golden_tests/compile_file/top_level_name_slashslash.bend
+---
+Errors:
+In tests/golden_tests/compile_file/top_level_name_slashslash.bend :
+Top-level names are not allowed to start with "//".
+  4 | def //thisshouldfail():