diff --git a/web-view-components-compiler/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/web/transpile/DefaultValueNodeTranspiler.java b/web-view-components-compiler/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/web/transpile/DefaultValueNodeTranspiler.java
index a1fedf4..c7eaeb8 100644
--- a/web-view-components-compiler/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/web/transpile/DefaultValueNodeTranspiler.java
+++ b/web-view-components-compiler/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/web/transpile/DefaultValueNodeTranspiler.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.*;
 import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.BlockStatement;
 import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.EmptyStatement;
 import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.ExpressionStatement;
-import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.Statement;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import static groowt.view.component.web.transpile.TranspilerUtil.getStringLiteral;
@@ -33,8 +32,9 @@ public class DefaultValueNodeTranspiler implements ValueNodeTranspiler {
         );
         convertedClosure.visit(positionVisitor);
 
-        final Statement closureCode = convertedClosure.getCode();
-        if (closureCode instanceof ExpressionStatement expressionStatement) {
+        final BlockStatement closureCode = (BlockStatement) convertedClosure.getCode();
+        if (!closureCode.isEmpty()
+                && closureCode.getStatements().getFirst() instanceof ExpressionStatement expressionStatement) {
             final Expression expression = expressionStatement.getExpression();
             return switch (expression) {
                 case ConstantExpression ignored -> expression;
diff --git a/web-view-components/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/component/web/BaseWebViewComponentTests.groovy b/web-view-components/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/component/web/BaseWebViewComponentTests.groovy
index 4fb841f..de8b921 100644
--- a/web-view-components/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/component/web/BaseWebViewComponentTests.groovy
+++ b/web-view-components/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/component/web/BaseWebViewComponentTests.groovy
@@ -45,4 +45,15 @@ class BaseWebViewComponentTests extends AbstractWebViewComponentTests {
         this.doTest('<BaseWebViewComponentTests.UsingGreeter />', 'Hello, World!', context)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void closureValueAttrReducedToExpr() {
+        def context = this.context {
+            configureRootScope(WebViewComponentScope) {
+                addWithAttr(Greeter)
+                addWithNoArgConstructor(UsingGreeter)
+            }
+        }
+        this.doTest('<BaseWebViewComponentTests.Greeter target={"World"} />', 'Hello, World!', context)
+    }
+
 }