diff --git a/src/AlgAss/Elem.jl b/src/AlgAss/Elem.jl
index 6f7970a8a5..66b5438ea1 100644
--- a/src/AlgAss/Elem.jl
+++ b/src/AlgAss/Elem.jl
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ function show(io::IO, a::AbstractAssociativeAlgebraElem)
         for (i, ci) in a.coeffs_sparse
           push!(sum.args,
                 Expr(:call, :*, AbstractAlgebra.expressify(ci, context = io),
-                                AbstractAlgebra.expressify(parent(a).base_to_group[i], context = IOContext(io, :compact => true))))
+                                Expr(:call, :e, AbstractAlgebra.expressify(parent(a).base_to_group[i], context = IOContext(io, :compact => true)))))
         end
       end
       print(io, AbstractAlgebra.expr_to_string(AbstractAlgebra.canonicalize(sum)))