diff --git a/example/src/main.nub b/example/src/main.nub
index 13707b6..1b0f580 100644
--- a/example/src/main.nub
+++ b/example/src/main.nub
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ struct Human
 
 func main(args: []cstring): i64
 {
-    let x: Human = struct {
-        name = struct {
+    let x: Human = {
+        name = {
             first = "bob"
             last = "the builder"
         }
diff --git a/src/compiler/NubLang/Parsing/Parser.cs b/src/compiler/NubLang/Parsing/Parser.cs
index ed3a464..079ed15 100644
--- a/src/compiler/NubLang/Parsing/Parser.cs
+++ b/src/compiler/NubLang/Parsing/Parser.cs
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ public sealed class Parser
                 Symbol.Minus => new UnaryExpressionSyntax(GetTokens(startIndex), UnaryOperatorSyntax.Negate, ParsePrimaryExpression()),
                 Symbol.Bang => new UnaryExpressionSyntax(GetTokens(startIndex), UnaryOperatorSyntax.Invert, ParsePrimaryExpression()),
                 Symbol.OpenBracket => ParseArrayInitializer(startIndex),
+                Symbol.OpenBrace => new StructInitializerSyntax(GetTokens(startIndex), Optional<TypeSyntax>.Empty(), ParseStructInitializerBody()),
                 Symbol.Struct => ParseStructInitializer(startIndex),
                 _ => throw new ParseException(Diagnostic
                     .Error($"Unexpected symbol '{symbolToken.Symbol}' in expression")
@@ -570,6 +571,13 @@ public sealed class Parser
             ExpectSymbol(Symbol.OpenBrace);
         }
 
+        var initializers = ParseStructInitializerBody();
+
+        return new StructInitializerSyntax(GetTokens(startIndex), type, initializers);
+    }
+
+    private Dictionary<string, ExpressionSyntax> ParseStructInitializerBody()
+    {
         Dictionary<string, ExpressionSyntax> initializers = [];
         while (!TryExpectSymbol(Symbol.CloseBrace))
         {
@@ -579,7 +587,7 @@ public sealed class Parser
             initializers.Add(name, value);
         }
 
-        return new StructInitializerSyntax(GetTokens(startIndex), type, initializers);
+        return initializers;
     }
 
     private BlockSyntax ParseBlock()