diff --git a/nac3core/src/toplevel/composer.rs b/nac3core/src/toplevel/composer.rs
index 8676d887..b34d776a 100644
--- a/nac3core/src/toplevel/composer.rs
+++ b/nac3core/src/toplevel/composer.rs
@@ -1396,6 +1396,7 @@ impl TopLevelComposer {
                     }
                 }
                 ast::StmtKind::Pass => {}
+                ast::StmtKind::Expr { value: _ } => {} // typically a docstring; ignoring all expressions matches CPython behavior
                 _ => return Err("unsupported statement type in class definition body".into()),
             }
         }