diff --git a/main.leg b/main.leg
index a941e56..c057ad4 100644
--- a/main.leg
+++ b/main.leg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # main.leg -- C parser + interpreter
 #
-# Last edited: 2025-01-22 21:08:24 by piumarta on zora
+# Last edited: 2025-01-22 23:32:08 by piumarta on zora
 
 %{
 ;
@@ -1922,6 +1922,11 @@ oop eval(oop exp, oop env)
 	    oop lhs = get(exp, Assign,lhs);
 	    oop rhs = eval(get(exp, Assign,rhs), nil);
 	    switch (getType(lhs)) {
+		case Symbol: {
+		    lhs = Scope_lookup(lhs);
+		    if (Variable != getType(lhs)) break;
+		    return set(lhs, Variable,value, rhs);
+		}
 		case Dereference: {
 		    lhs = eval(get(lhs, Dereference,rhs), nil);
 		    switch (getType(lhs)) {
diff --git a/test.txt b/test.txt
index bf1c7d7..3a94aa7 100755
--- a/test.txt
+++ b/test.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     printf("x is %d p is %p\n", *p, p);
     *p = 666;
     printf("x is %d %d\n", x, *p);
+    x = 123;
+    printf("x is %d %d\n", x, *p);
     return 0;
 }