diff --git a/include/global.h b/include/global.h
index e0ff9f0c23..9d73afabb0 100644
--- a/include/global.h
+++ b/include/global.h
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 /// IDE support
 #if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__INTELLISENSE__)
 // We define these when using certain IDEs to fool preproc
-#define _(x)        (x)
-#define __(x)       (x)
+#define _(x)        {x}
+#define __(x)       {x}
 #define INCBIN(...) {0}
 #define INCBIN_U8   INCBIN
 #define INCBIN_U16  INCBIN