diff --git a/src/compiler/Generation/QBE/QBEGenerator.cs b/src/compiler/Generation/QBE/QBEGenerator.cs
index 64b7b1a..1f22683 100644
--- a/src/compiler/Generation/QBE/QBEGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/compiler/Generation/QBE/QBEGenerator.cs
@@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ public static class QBEGenerator
                 EmitStructInitializer(structInitializer, destinationPointer);
                 return true;
             }
+            case BoundLiteralNode { Kind: LiteralKind.String } literal:
+            {
+                EmitStore(source.Type, EmitUnwrap(EmitLiteral(literal)), destinationPointer);
+                return true;
+            }
         }
 
         return false;