diff --git a/lang/src/codegen.rs b/lang/src/codegen.rs
index 3dde448..5a1183e 100644
--- a/lang/src/codegen.rs
+++ b/lang/src/codegen.rs
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ impl Codegen {
         use {Expr as E, TokenKind as T};
         let value = match *expr {
             E::Mod { id, .. } => Some(Value::ty(ty::Kind::Module(id).compress())),
-            E::Embed { id, .. } => Some(Value::ty(ty::Kind::Global(id).compress())),
+            E::Embed { id, .. } => self.handle_global(id),
             E::Struct { captured, packed, fields, pos, .. } => {
                 if captured.is_empty() {
                     Some(Value::ty(