diff --git a/compiler/Generator.cs b/compiler/Generator.cs
index 372f258..fc4bc5b 100644
--- a/compiler/Generator.cs
+++ b/compiler/Generator.cs
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ public class Generator
 
                     static inline void string_rc_dec(struct nub_core_string *string)
                     {
+                        if (string == NULL)
+                            return;
+
                         if (string->flags & FLAG_STRING_LITERAL)
                             return;
 
@@ -362,10 +365,8 @@ public class Generator
         if (statement.Value != null)
         {
             var value = EmitExpression(statement.Value);
-            var variableName = TmpName();
-            writer.WriteLine($"{CType(statement.Value.Type, variableName)} = {value};");
             EmitCleanupAllScopes();
-            writer.WriteLine($"return {variableName};");
+            writer.WriteLine($"return {value};");
         }
         else
         {
@@ -481,7 +482,7 @@ public class Generator
 
     private string EmitExpression(TypedNodeExpression node)
     {
-        var value = node switch
+        return node switch
         {
             TypedNodeExpressionBinary expression => EmitExpressionBinary(expression),
             TypedNodeExpressionUnary expression => EmitExpressionUnary(expression),
@@ -498,10 +499,6 @@ public class Generator
             TypedNodeExpressionFuncCall expression => EmitExpressionFuncCall(expression),
             _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(node), node, null)
         };
-
-        var tmp = TmpName();
-        writer.WriteLine($"{CType(node.Type, tmp)} = {value};");
-        return tmp;
     }
 
     private string EmitExpressionBinary(TypedNodeExpressionBinary expression)
@@ -509,15 +506,16 @@ public class Generator
         var left = EmitExpression(expression.Left);
         var right = EmitExpression(expression.Right);
 
+        var name = Tmp();
+
         if (expression.Operation == TypedNodeExpressionBinary.Op.Add && expression.Left.Type is NubTypeString && expression.Right.Type is NubTypeString)
         {
-            var name = TmpName();
             scopes.Peek().DeconstructableNames.Add((name, expression.Type));
             writer.WriteLine($"{CType(NubTypeString.Instance, name)} = string_concat({left}, {right});");
             return name;
         }
 
-        return expression.Operation switch
+        var op =  expression.Operation switch
         {
             TypedNodeExpressionBinary.Op.Add => $"({left} + {right})",
             TypedNodeExpressionBinary.Op.Subtract => $"({left} - {right})",
@@ -536,30 +534,40 @@ public class Generator
             TypedNodeExpressionBinary.Op.LogicalOr => $"({left} || {right})",
             _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException()
         };
+
+        writer.WriteLine($"{CType(expression.Type, name)} = {op};");
+
+        return name;
     }
 
     private string EmitExpressionUnary(TypedNodeExpressionUnary expression)
     {
         var target = EmitExpression(expression.Target);
 
-        return expression.Operation switch
+        var name = Tmp();
+
+        var op = expression.Operation switch
         {
             TypedNodeExpressionUnary.Op.Negate => $"(-{target})",
             TypedNodeExpressionUnary.Op.Invert => $"(!{target})",
             _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException()
         };
+
+        writer.WriteLine($"{CType(expression.Type, name)} = {op};");
+
+        return name;
     }
 
     private string EmitExpressionStringLiteral(TypedNodeExpressionStringLiteral expression)
     {
-        var name = TmpName();
+        var name = Tmp();
         referencedStringLiterals.Add(name, expression.Value.Value);
         return $"&{name}";
     }
 
     private string EmitExpressionStructLiteral(TypedNodeExpressionStructLiteral expression)
     {
-        var name = TmpName();
+        var name = Tmp();
         scopes.Peek().DeconstructableNames.Add((name, expression.Type));
 
         var initializerValues = new Dictionary<string, string>();
@@ -580,7 +588,7 @@ public class Generator
 
     private string EmitExpressionEnumLiteral(TypedNodeExpressionEnumLiteral expression)
     {
-        var name = TmpName();
+        var name = Tmp();
         scopes.Peek().DeconstructableNames.Add((name, expression.Type));
 
         var enumVariantType = (NubTypeEnumVariant)expression.Type;
@@ -591,7 +599,7 @@ public class Generator
         var enumInfo = (Module.TypeInfoEnum)info;
         var tag = enumInfo.Variants.ToList().FindIndex(x => x.Name == enumVariantType.Variant);
 
-        string? value = null; 
+        string? value = null;
         if (expression.Value != null)
         {
             value = EmitExpression(expression.Value);
@@ -638,7 +646,10 @@ public class Generator
     {
         var name = EmitExpression(expression.Target);
         var parameterValues = expression.Parameters.Select(EmitExpression).ToList();
-        return $"{name}({string.Join(", ", parameterValues)})";
+
+        var tmp = Tmp();
+        writer.WriteLine($"{CType(expression.Type, tmp)} = {name}({string.Join(", ", parameterValues)});");
+        return tmp;
     }
 
     public string CType(NubType node, string? varName = null)
@@ -667,7 +678,7 @@ public class Generator
         return $"struct {NameMangler.Mangle("anonymous", "struct", type)}{(varName != null ? $" {varName}" : "")}";
     }
 
-    private string TmpName()
+    private string Tmp()
     {
         return $"_tmp{tmpNameIndex++}";
     }
diff --git a/examples/program/main.nub b/examples/program/main.nub
index f78f57c..0c14aee 100644
--- a/examples/program/main.nub
+++ b/examples/program/main.nub
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ func main(): i32 {
         {
             core::println("quit")
         }
-        Say message
+        Say msg
         {
-            core::println(message)
+            core::println(msg)
         }
     }