diff --git a/implementations/racket/preserves/preserves-schema/reader.rkt b/implementations/racket/preserves/preserves-schema/reader.rkt
index a77f11f..7eb6653 100644
--- a/implementations/racket/preserves/preserves-schema/reader.rkt
+++ b/implementations/racket/preserves/preserves-schema/reader.rkt
@@ -200,7 +200,10 @@
   (findf symbol? (map peel-annotations (annotations input))))
 
 (define (port->schema src [p (current-input-port)])
-  (parse-schema-dsl (port->preserves p #:read-syntax? #t #:source src)
+  (parse-schema-dsl (port->preserves p
+                                     #:decode-embedded values
+                                     #:read-syntax? #t
+                                     #:source src)
                     #:source src
                     #:read-include (and src (lambda (src) (file->preserves src #:read-syntax? #t)))))