diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 23ca1947..f2aa9cd5 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "Accessors"
 uuid = "7d9f7c33-5ae7-4f3b-8dc6-eff91059b697"
 authors = ["Takafumi Arakaki <aka.tkf@gmail.com>", "Jan Weidner <jw3126@gmail.com> and contributors"]
-version = "0.1.37"
+version = "0.1.38"
 
 [deps]
 CompositionsBase = "a33af91c-f02d-484b-be07-31d278c5ca2b"
diff --git a/src/sugar.jl b/src/sugar.jl
index 640636b3..dca875e7 100644
--- a/src/sugar.jl
+++ b/src/sugar.jl
@@ -249,6 +249,14 @@ function parse_obj_optics(ex)
             optic = :(Base.Fix1($f, $(esc(args[1]))))
         end
     else
+        for bad_symbol in (:&&, :||)
+            if isexpr(ex, bad_symbol)
+                msg = """The $bad_symbol operator is not supported inside optics.
+                      See also https://github.com/JuliaObjects/Accessors.jl/issues/160."
+                      """
+                error(msg)
+            end
+        end
         obj = esc(ex)
         return obj, ()
     end
diff --git a/test/test_optics.jl b/test/test_optics.jl
index 57b5bd61..4813a0e3 100644
--- a/test/test_optics.jl
+++ b/test/test_optics.jl
@@ -121,4 +121,11 @@ end
     end
 end
 
+@testset "Cannot parse optic _ && true #160" begin
+    res = @test_throws Exception Accessors.opticmacro(identity, :(_ && true))
+    @test occursin("The && operator is not supported inside optics.", res.value.msg)
+    res = @test_throws Exception Accessors.opticmacro(identity, :(f(g(_) || a(x))))
+    @test occursin("The || operator is not supported inside optics.", res.value.msg)
+end
+
 end#module