diff --git a/src/preserves/private/texts.nim b/src/preserves/private/texts.nim
index 5ddf908..ca97078 100644
--- a/src/preserves/private/texts.nim
+++ b/src/preserves/private/texts.nim
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ proc writeText*(stream: Stream; pr: Value; mode = textPreserves) =
         writeText(stream, value, mode)
     write(stream, '}')
   of pkEmbedded:
-    write(stream, "#!")
+    if not pr.embedded: write(stream, "#!")
     if pr.embeddedRef.isNil:
       write(stream, "<null>")
     else: