diff --git a/main.leg b/main.leg
index dbca0fd..1f65bb5 100644
--- a/main.leg
+++ b/main.leg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # main.leg -- C parser + interpreter
 #
-# Last edited: 2025-02-01 10:15:19 by piumarta on xubuntu
+# Last edited: 2025-02-01 10:24:25 by piumarta on xubuntu
 
 %{
 ;
@@ -3438,6 +3438,12 @@ void initialiseVariable(oop var, int local)
 		    set(var, Variable,value, value);
 		    break;
 		}
+		case String: {
+		    if (type != t_pchar) fatal("cannot initialise '%s' with string literal", toString(type));
+		    value = newPointer(type, value, 0);
+		    set(var, Variable,value, value);
+		    break;
+		}
 		case Pointer: {
 		    oop vtype = get(value, Pointer,type);
 		    if (type != vtype) {