diff --git a/hblang/src/codegen.rs b/hblang/src/codegen.rs
index 0f6e7f2..2419826 100644
--- a/hblang/src/codegen.rs
+++ b/hblang/src/codegen.rs
@@ -1545,6 +1545,10 @@ impl Codegen {
                 self.ci.file = prev_file;
                 self.ci.ret = prev_ret;
 
+                for var in self.ci.vars.drain(scope..).collect::<Vec<_>>() {
+                    self.ci.free_loc(var.value.loc);
+                }
+
                 if let Some(last_ret) = self.ci.ret_relocs.last()
                     && last_ret.offset as usize + self.ci.snap.code == self.output.code.len() - 5
                 {
diff --git a/hblang/tests/codegen_tests_directives.txt b/hblang/tests/codegen_tests_directives.txt
index 871c629..02f8530 100644
--- a/hblang/tests/codegen_tests_directives.txt
+++ b/hblang/tests/codegen_tests_directives.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ev: Ecall
-code size: 239
+code size: 234
 ret: 0
 status: Ok(())
diff --git a/hblang/tests/codegen_tests_inline.txt b/hblang/tests/codegen_tests_inline.txt
index 4e788d6..deb087b 100644
--- a/hblang/tests/codegen_tests_inline.txt
+++ b/hblang/tests/codegen_tests_inline.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-code size: 124
+code size: 116
 ret: 0
 status: Ok(())
diff --git a/hblang/tests/codegen_tests_inline_test.txt b/hblang/tests/codegen_tests_inline_test.txt
index e69de29..9c8be48 100644
--- a/hblang/tests/codegen_tests_inline_test.txt
+++ b/hblang/tests/codegen_tests_inline_test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+code size: 1043
+ret: 0
+status: Ok(())