diff --git a/scripts/cond.toy b/scripts/cond.toy
index 712350e..1c83e6e 100644
--- a/scripts/cond.toy
+++ b/scripts/cond.toy
@@ -1,10 +1,44 @@
 
-
+//literals
 if (true) {
 	print "Success";
 }
-
 else {
 	print "Failed";
 }
 
+//false literals
+if (false) {
+	print "Failed";
+}
+else {
+	print "Success";
+}
+
+//conditionals
+if (1 < 2) {
+	print "Success";
+}
+if (1 > 2) {
+	print "Failure";
+}
+
+
+//variables
+var a = 42;
+
+if (a) {
+	print "Success";
+}
+else {
+	print "Failure";
+}
+
+
+if (a == 42) {
+	print "Success";
+}
+else {
+	print "Failure";
+}
+
diff --git a/scripts/gdb_init b/scripts/gdb_init
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6d1223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gdb_init
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+set breakpoint pending on
+
+break toy_vm.c:547
+
+command 1
+	print opcode
+	continue
+end
+
+break toy_vm.c:373
+
+command 2
+	printf "JUMP %d %d %d\n", type, cond, param
+	continue
+end
+
+break toy_vm.c:375
+
+
diff --git a/source/toy_routine.c b/source/toy_routine.c
index 52ad707..9036ee9 100644
--- a/source/toy_routine.c
+++ b/source/toy_routine.c
@@ -332,18 +332,18 @@ static unsigned int writeInstructionIfThenElse(Toy_Routine** rt, Toy_AstIfThenEl
 		unsigned int elseEndAddr = SKIP_INT(rt, code); //parameter to be written later
 
 		//specify the starting position for the else branch
-		OVERWRITE_INT(rt, code, thenEndAddr, CURRENT_ADDRESS(rt, code) - thenEndAddr);
+		OVERWRITE_INT(rt, code, thenEndAddr, CURRENT_ADDRESS(rt, code) - (thenEndAddr + 4));
 
 		//emit the else branch
 		writeRoutineCode(rt, ast.elseBranch);
 
 		//specify the ending position for the else branch
-		OVERWRITE_INT(rt, code, elseEndAddr, CURRENT_ADDRESS(rt, code) - elseEndAddr);
+		OVERWRITE_INT(rt, code, elseEndAddr, CURRENT_ADDRESS(rt, code) - (elseEndAddr + 4));
 	}
 
 	else {
 		//without an else branch, set the jump destination and move on
-		OVERWRITE_INT(rt, code, thenEndAddr, CURRENT_ADDRESS(rt, code) - thenEndAddr);
+		OVERWRITE_INT(rt, code, thenEndAddr, CURRENT_ADDRESS(rt, code) - (thenEndAddr + 4));
 	}
 
 	return 0;