diff --git a/lang/src/ast.asm b/lang/src/ast.asm
index f14f7a4..30db7ed 100644
--- a/lang/src/ast.asm
+++ b/lang/src/ast.asm
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ parse_args:
     mov rdx, 0                  ; drop = None
     mov rcx, 16                 ; capacity
     call vec_init_with
+    nop
 
 .loop:
     mov dil, TOKEN_RPARENS
@@ -554,8 +555,11 @@ parse_statement:
     jnz .let
     mov dil, TOKEN_LBRACE
     call peek_expect_token      ; parse_block expects lbrace to still be there
+    test rax, rax
     jnz .block
-    jmp .panic
+    mov rdi, [rsp]              ; Ast
+    call parse_expr
+    jmp .epilogue
 
 .block:
     mov rdi, [rsp]              ; Ast
@@ -750,6 +754,11 @@ parse_prefix_expr:
     mov rdi, [rsp]              ; Ast
     call parse_prefix_expr
 
+    mov rdi, [rsp]              ; Ast
+    mov rsi, rax                ; expr
+    ; mov rdx, rdx              ; placeness
+    call ast_place_to_value
+
     mov qword [rsp + 8], AST_DEREF ; AstNode.kind
     mov [rsp + 16], rax            ; AstNode.data
     mov qword [rsp + 24], 0        ; AstNode.extra