diff --git a/repl/krill-parser.js b/repl/krill-parser.js
index 568fc08b..56fc1820 100644
--- a/repl/krill-parser.js
+++ b/repl/krill-parser.js
@@ -1936,6 +1936,7 @@ function peg$parse(input, options) {
       this.type_ = "element";
       this.source_ = source;
       this.options_ = options;
+      this.location_ = location();
     }
 
     var CommandStub = function(name, options)
diff --git a/repl/krill.pegjs b/repl/krill.pegjs
index 132a82d7..84e7e8df 100644
--- a/repl/krill.pegjs
+++ b/repl/krill.pegjs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     this.type_ = "element";
     this.source_ = source;
     this.options_ = options;
+    this.location_ = location();
   }
 
   var CommandStub = function(name, options)
diff --git a/repl/src/parse.ts b/repl/src/parse.ts
index e1904cad..c1ff3a9f 100644
--- a/repl/src/parse.ts
+++ b/repl/src/parse.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as krill from '../krill-parser';
 import * as strudel from '../../strudel.mjs';
 import { Scale, Note, Interval } from '@tonaljs/tonal';
+import { addMiniLocations } from './shapeshifter';
 
 const { pure, Pattern, Fraction, stack, slowcat, sequence, timeCat, silence } = strudel;
 
@@ -91,7 +92,18 @@ export function patternifyAST(ast: any): any {
         return silence;
       }
       if (typeof ast.source_ !== 'object') {
-        return ast.source_;
+        if (!addMiniLocations) {
+          return ast.source_;
+        }
+        if (!ast.location_) {
+          console.warn('no location for', ast);
+          return ast.source_;
+        }
+        const { start, end } = ast.location_;
+        // return ast.source_;
+        // the following line expects the shapeshifter to wrap this in withLocationOffset
+        // because location_ is only relative to the mini string, but we need it relative to whole code
+        return pure(ast.source_).withLocation({ start, end });
       }
       return patternifyAST(ast.source_);
     case 'stretch':
diff --git a/repl/src/shapeshifter.js b/repl/src/shapeshifter.js
index 789645c1..4e4d3dbf 100644
--- a/repl/src/shapeshifter.js
+++ b/repl/src/shapeshifter.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const { Pattern } = strudel;
 const isNote = (name) => /^[a-gC-G][bs]?[0-9]$/.test(name);
 
 const addLocations = true;
+export const addMiniLocations = false;
 
 export default (code) => {
   const ast = parseScriptWithLocation(code);
@@ -44,6 +45,25 @@ export default (code) => {
         // console.log('add', node);
         return addPureWithLocation(node.value, node, ast.locations, nodesWithLocation);
       }
+      if (!addMiniLocations) {
+        return node;
+      }
+      // mini notation location handling
+      const miniFunctions = ['mini', 'm'];
+      const isAlreadyWrapped = parent?.type === 'CallExpression' && parent.callee.name === 'withLocationOffset';
+      if (node.type === 'CallExpression' && miniFunctions.includes(node.callee.name) && !isAlreadyWrapped) {
+        // mini('c3')
+        if (node.arguments.length > 1) {
+          // TODO: transform mini(...args) to cat(...args.map(mini)) ?
+          console.warn('multi arg mini locations not supported yet...');
+          return node;
+        }
+        return wrapLocationOffset(node, node.arguments, ast.locations, nodesWithLocation);
+      }
+      if (node.type === 'StaticMemberExpression' && miniFunctions.includes(node.property) && !isAlreadyWrapped) {
+        // 'c3'.mini or 'c3'.m
+        return wrapLocationOffset(node, node.object, ast.locations, nodesWithLocation);
+      }
       return node;
     },
     leave() {
@@ -53,6 +73,22 @@ export default (code) => {
   return codegen(shifted);
 };
 
+// turn node into withLocationOffset(node, location)
+function wrapLocationOffset(node, stringNode, locations, nodesWithLocation) {
+  // console.log('wrapppp', stringNode);
+  const expression = {
+    type: 'CallExpression',
+    callee: {
+      type: 'IdentifierExpression',
+      name: 'withLocationOffset',
+    },
+    arguments: [node, getLocationObject(stringNode, locations)],
+  };
+  nodesWithLocation.push(expression);
+  // console.log('wrapped', codegen(expression));
+  return expression;
+}
+
 // turns node in pure(value).withLocation(location), where location is the node's location in the source code
 // with this, the pure pattern can pass its location to the event, to know where to highlight when it's active
 function addPureWithLocation(value, node, locations, nodesWithLocation) {
diff --git a/strudel.mjs b/strudel.mjs
index f07faa39..6c6825a8 100644
--- a/strudel.mjs
+++ b/strudel.mjs
@@ -872,10 +872,33 @@ Pattern.prototype.bootstrap = () => {
   return bootstrapped;
 }
 
+// this is wrapped around mini patterns to offset krill parser location into the global js code space
+function withLocationOffset(pat, offset) {
+  // console.log('with offfset',pat,offset);
+  return pat.fmap((value) => {
+    value = typeof value === 'object' && !Array.isArray(value) ? value : { value };
+    const locations = (value.locations || []).map(({ start, end }) => ({
+      start: {
+        ...start,
+        line: start.line - 1 + (offset.start.line - 1) + 1,
+        column: start.column - 1 + offset.start.column,
+      },
+      end: {
+        ...end,
+        line: end.line - 1 + (offset.start.line - 1) + 1,
+        column: end.column - 1 + offset.start.column,
+      },
+    }));
+    // console.log(value.value, 'location', locations[0]);
+    return {...value, locations }
+  });
+}
+
 export {Fraction, TimeSpan, Hap, Pattern, 
     pure, stack, slowcat, fastcat, cat, timeCat, sequence, polymeter, pm, polyrhythm, pr, reify, silence,
     fast, slow, early, late, rev,
     add, sub, mul, div, union, every, when, off, jux, append, superimpose, 
-    struct, mask, invert, inv
+    struct, mask, invert, inv,
+    withLocationOffset
 }