diff --git a/scripts/example.toy b/scripts/example.toy
index 7240219..3d83c13 100644
--- a/scripts/example.toy
+++ b/scripts/example.toy
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ print [:];
 print [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]];
 
 //not ready yet
-//var x = 31;
-//var y : int = 42;
-//var arr : [int] = [1, 2, 3, 42];
-//var dict : [string, int] = ["hello": 1, "world":2];
+var x = 31;
+var y : int = 42;
+var arr : [int] = [1, 2, 3, 42];
+var dict : [string, int] = ["hello": 1, "world":2];
 
 //print x;
 //print x + y;
diff --git a/source/compiler.c b/source/compiler.c
index b57c8d2..0e1c418 100644
--- a/source/compiler.c
+++ b/source/compiler.c
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ unsigned char* collateCompiler(Compiler* compiler, int* size) {
 				}
 
 				freeLiteralArray(ptr);
+				FREE(LiteralArray, ptr);
 			}
 			break;
 
@@ -486,6 +487,7 @@ unsigned char* collateCompiler(Compiler* compiler, int* size) {
 				}
 
 				freeLiteralArray(ptr);
+				FREE(LiteralArray, ptr);
 			}
 			break;
 
diff --git a/source/interpreter.c b/source/interpreter.c
index 413046b..ce4232a 100644
--- a/source/interpreter.c
+++ b/source/interpreter.c
@@ -33,8 +33,26 @@ void initInterpreter(Interpreter* interpreter, unsigned char* bytecode, int leng
 
 void freeInterpreter(Interpreter* interpreter) {
 	FREE_ARRAY(char, interpreter->bytecode, interpreter->length);
+
+	//since these are dynamically allocated, free them manually
+	for (int i = 0; i < interpreter->literalCache.count; i++) {
+		if (IS_ARRAY(interpreter->literalCache.literals[i]) || IS_DICTIONARY(interpreter->literalCache.literals[i]) || IS_TYPE(interpreter->literalCache.literals[i])) {
+
+			if (IS_TYPE(interpreter->literalCache.literals[i]) && AS_TYPE(interpreter->literalCache.literals[i]).capacity > 0) {
+				FREE_ARRAY(Literal, AS_TYPE(interpreter->literalCache.literals[i]).subtypes, AS_TYPE(interpreter->literalCache.literals[i]).capacity);
+			}
+
+			freeLiteral(interpreter->literalCache.literals[i]);
+
+			interpreter->literalCache.literals[i] = TO_NULL_LITERAL;
+		}
+	}
 	freeLiteralArray(&interpreter->literalCache);
-	interpreter->scope = popScope(interpreter->scope);
+
+	while (interpreter->scope) {
+		interpreter->scope = popScope(interpreter->scope);
+	}
+
 	freeLiteralArray(&interpreter->stack);
 }
 
diff --git a/source/literal.c b/source/literal.c
index 411c69a..f1fcfca 100644
--- a/source/literal.c
+++ b/source/literal.c
@@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ void freeLiteral(Literal literal) {
 		for (int i = 0; i < AS_TYPE(literal).count; i++) {
 			freeLiteral(((Literal*)(AS_TYPE(literal).subtypes))[i]);
 		}
-		FREE_ARRAY(Literal, AS_TYPE(literal).subtypes, AS_TYPE(literal).capacity);
 		return;
 	}
 }