diff --git a/lang/README.md b/lang/README.md
index c0f7724..3a90e58 100644
--- a/lang/README.md
+++ b/lang/README.md
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ drop := fn(a: uint): void {
 
 #### nullable_types
 ```hb
-main := fn(): int {
+main := fn(): uint {
 	a := &1
 
 	b := @as(?^uint, null)
@@ -174,13 +174,21 @@ main := fn(): int {
 	if c != null return 42
 
 	d := @as(?u16, null)
-	if decide() d = 0
+	if decide() d = 1
 
 	if d == null return 69
 
-	return d
+	f := @as(?Foo, null)
+
+	if decide() f = .(a, 1)
+
+	if f == null return 34
+
+	return d - *f.a
 }
 
+Foo := struct {a: ^uint, b: uint}
+
 decide := fn(): bool return true
 ```
 
diff --git a/lang/src/son.rs b/lang/src/son.rs
index ec81663..d4a4542 100644
--- a/lang/src/son.rs
+++ b/lang/src/son.rs
@@ -2471,6 +2471,7 @@ impl<'a> Codegen<'a> {
             Expr::Field { target, name, pos } => {
                 let mut vtarget = self.raw_expr(target)?;
                 self.strip_var(&mut vtarget);
+                self.unwrap_opt(pos, &mut vtarget);
                 let tty = vtarget.ty;
 
                 if let ty::Kind::Module(m) = tty.expand() {
@@ -2632,6 +2633,7 @@ impl<'a> Codegen<'a> {
             {
                 let mut lhs = self.raw_expr_ctx(left, ctx)?;
                 self.strip_var(&mut lhs);
+                self.unwrap_opt(left.pos(), &mut lhs);
 
                 match lhs.ty.expand() {
                     _ if lhs.ty.is_pointer()
@@ -2645,6 +2647,7 @@ impl<'a> Codegen<'a> {
                         self.ci.nodes.unlock(lhs.id);
                         let mut rhs = rhs?;
                         self.strip_var(&mut rhs);
+                        self.unwrap_opt(right.pos(), &mut rhs);
                         let (ty, aclass, mem) = self.binop_ty(pos, &mut lhs, &mut rhs, op);
                         let inps = [VOID, lhs.id, rhs.id];
                         let bop =
@@ -3113,7 +3116,9 @@ impl<'a> Codegen<'a> {
                 })
             }
             Expr::Tupl { pos, ty, fields, .. } => {
-                ctx.ty = ty.map(|ty| self.ty(ty)).or(ctx.ty);
+                ctx.ty = ty
+                    .map(|ty| self.ty(ty))
+                    .or(ctx.ty.map(|ty| self.tys.inner_of(ty).unwrap_or(ty)));
                 inference!(sty, ctx, self, pos, "struct or slice", "<struct_ty>.(...)");
 
                 match sty.expand() {
@@ -3204,7 +3209,9 @@ impl<'a> Codegen<'a> {
                 Some(self.ci.nodes.new_const_lit(ty::Id::TYPE, value))
             }
             Expr::Ctor { pos, ty, fields, .. } => {
-                ctx.ty = ty.map(|ty| self.ty(ty)).or(ctx.ty);
+                ctx.ty = ty
+                    .map(|ty| self.ty(ty))
+                    .or(ctx.ty.map(|ty| self.tys.inner_of(ty).unwrap_or(ty)));
                 inference!(sty, ctx, self, pos, "struct", "<struct_ty>.{...}");
 
                 let ty::Kind::Struct(s) = sty.expand() else {
@@ -4061,7 +4068,7 @@ impl<'a> Codegen<'a> {
                 cmped.id = self.offset(cmped.id, flag_offset);
                 cmped.ty = flag_ty;
                 self.strip_ptr(&mut cmped);
-                let inps = [VOID, cmped.id, self.ci.nodes.new_const(ty, 0)];
+                let inps = [VOID, cmped.id, self.ci.nodes.new_const(flag_ty, 0)];
                 self.ci.nodes.new_node(ty::Id::BOOL, Kind::BinOp { op }, inps)
             }
         }
diff --git a/lang/src/son/hbvm.rs b/lang/src/son/hbvm.rs
index 248f80a..7a4d904 100644
--- a/lang/src/son/hbvm.rs
+++ b/lang/src/son/hbvm.rs
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ impl ItemCtx {
 
                 let mut extend = |base: ty::Id, dest: ty::Id, from: usize, to: usize| {
                     let (bsize, dsize) = (tys.size_of(base), tys.size_of(dest));
-                    debug_assert!(bsize <= 8);
-                    debug_assert!(dsize <= 8);
+                    debug_assert!(bsize <= 8, "{}", ty::Display::new(tys, files, base));
+                    debug_assert!(dsize <= 8, "{}", ty::Display::new(tys, files, dest));
                     if bsize == dsize {
                         return Default::default();
                     }
diff --git a/lang/tests/son_tests_nullable_types.txt b/lang/tests/son_tests_nullable_types.txt
index c2fe65f..01334e5 100644
--- a/lang/tests/son_tests_nullable_types.txt
+++ b/lang/tests/son_tests_nullable_types.txt
@@ -2,50 +2,68 @@ decide:
     LI8 r1, 1b
     JALA r0, r31, 0a
 main:
-    ADDI64 r254, r254, -40d
-    ST r31, r254, 24a, 16h
+    ADDI64 r254, r254, -72d
+    ST r31, r254, 40a, 32h
     JAL r31, r0, :decide
-    LI64 r3, 0d
+    LI64 r4, 0d
+    ADDI64 r32, r254, 32d
     ANDI r1, r1, 255d
     JNE r1, r0, :0
-    CP r32, r3
+    CP r33, r4
     JMP :1
- 0: ADDI64 r32, r254, 16d
- 1: JNE r32, r3, :2
+ 0: CP r33, r32
+ 1: JNE r33, r4, :2
     LI64 r1, 9001d
     JMP :3
  2: JAL r31, r0, :decide
+    LI8 r8, 0b
     ANDI r1, r1, 255d
     JNE r1, r0, :4
-    LI8 r6, 1b
-    ST r6, r254, 0a, 1h
-    LD r7, r32, 0a, 8h
-    ST r7, r254, 8a, 8h
+    LI8 r9, 1b
+    ST r9, r254, 16a, 1h
+    LD r9, r33, 0a, 8h
+    ST r9, r254, 24a, 8h
     JMP :5
- 4: LI8 r1, 0b
-    ST r1, r254, 0a, 1h
- 5: LI64 r6, 0d
-    LD r7, r254, 0a, 1h
-    ANDI r7, r7, 255d
-    JEQ r7, r6, :6
+ 4: ST r8, r254, 16a, 1h
+ 5: LD r6, r254, 16a, 1h
+    ANDI r6, r6, 255d
+    ANDI r8, r8, 255d
+    JEQ r6, r8, :6
     LI64 r1, 42d
     JMP :3
  6: JAL r31, r0, :decide
     LI32 r2, 0w
     ANDI r1, r1, 255d
     JNE r1, r0, :7
-    CP r8, r2
+    CP r34, r2
     JMP :8
- 7: LI32 r8, 8388608w
- 8: ANDI r8, r8, 4294967295d
+ 7: LI32 r34, 8388609w
+ 8: ANDI r34, r34, 4294967295d
     ANDI r2, r2, 4294967295d
-    JNE r8, r2, :9
+    JNE r34, r2, :9
     LI64 r1, 69d
     JMP :3
- 9: ANDI r1, r8, 65535d
- 3: LD r31, r254, 24a, 16h
-    ADDI64 r254, r254, 40d
+ 9: JAL r31, r0, :decide
+    LI64 r3, 0d
+    ANDI r1, r1, 255d
+    JNE r1, r0, :10
+    ST r3, r254, 0a, 8h
+    JMP :11
+10: ST r32, r254, 0a, 8h
+    LI64 r4, 1d
+    ST r4, r254, 8a, 8h
+    ST r4, r254, 32a, 8h
+11: LD r2, r254, 0a, 8h
+    JNE r2, r3, :12
+    LI64 r1, 34d
+    JMP :3
+12: LD r8, r254, 0a, 8h
+    LD r10, r8, 0a, 8h
+    ANDI r12, r34, 65535d
+    SUB64 r1, r12, r10
+ 3: LD r31, r254, 40a, 32h
+    ADDI64 r254, r254, 72d
     JALA r0, r31, 0a
-code size: 389
+code size: 556
 ret: 0
 status: Ok(())