diff --git a/source/toy_compiler.c b/source/toy_compiler.c
index 47893fd..9dce1b8 100644
--- a/source/toy_compiler.c
+++ b/source/toy_compiler.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static int writeNodeCompoundToCache(Toy_Compiler* compiler, Toy_ASTNode* node) {
 		}
 
 		//push the store to the cache, with instructions about how pack it
-		Toy_Literal literal = TOY_TO_DICTIONARY_LITERAL(store);
+		Toy_Literal literal = TOY_TO_DICTIONARY_LITERAL((Toy_LiteralDictionary*)store); //cast from array to dict, because it's intermediate
 		literal.type = TOY_LITERAL_DICTIONARY_INTERMEDIATE; //god damn it - nested in a dictionary
 		index = Toy_pushLiteralArray(&compiler->literalCache, literal);
 		Toy_freeLiteral(literal);
diff --git a/source/toy_interpreter.c b/source/toy_interpreter.c
index 67b1e14..826258c 100644
--- a/source/toy_interpreter.c
+++ b/source/toy_interpreter.c
@@ -1862,6 +1862,9 @@ static bool execIndexAssign(Toy_Interpreter* interpreter) {
 
 		Toy_freeLiteral(op);
 		Toy_freeLiteralArray(&arguments);
+
+		//if we loop, then we need to be assigning
+		opStr = "=";
 	}
 
 	//BUGFIX: make sure the compound name can be assigned
diff --git a/source/toy_literal.h b/source/toy_literal.h
index 64df483..c617201 100644
--- a/source/toy_literal.h
+++ b/source/toy_literal.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 struct Toy_Literal;
 struct Toy_Interpreter;
 struct Toy_LiteralArray;
+struct Toy_LiteralDictionary;
 struct Toy_Scope;
 typedef int (*Toy_NativeFn)(struct Toy_Interpreter* interpreter, struct Toy_LiteralArray* arguments);
 typedef int (*Toy_HookFn)(struct Toy_Interpreter* interpreter, struct Toy_Literal identifier, struct Toy_Literal alias);
@@ -49,8 +50,8 @@ typedef struct Toy_Literal {
 			//string hash?
 		} string; //8
 
-		void* array; //8
-		void* dictionary; //8
+		struct Toy_LiteralArray* array; //8
+		struct Toy_LiteralDictionary* dictionary; //8
 
 		struct {
 			union {
@@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ typedef struct Toy_Literal {
         } identifier; //16
 
 		struct {
-			void* subtypes; //8
+			
+			struct Toy_Literal* subtypes; //8
 			Toy_LiteralType typeOf;  //4
 			unsigned char capacity; //1
 			unsigned char count; //1