diff --git a/ast.cpp b/ast.cpp
index 41a99ec..bfa7e17 100644
--- a/ast.cpp
+++ b/ast.cpp
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ struct Ast_Decl: Ast{
   Ast_Decl_State state;
   Intern_String name;
 
+  void *bytecode_data_position;
+
   Ast_Scope *scope;
   Ast_Expr *typespec;
   union{
diff --git a/bytecode_codegen.cpp b/bytecode_codegen.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7270f90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bytecode_codegen.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+
+function void
+bc_emit_expr(Bc *b, Ast *ast){
+  if(!ast) return;
+  if(!is_flag_set(ast->flags, AST_EXPR))
+    compiler_error(ast->pos, "Internal compiler error: Trying to emit expression but it doesn't have appropriate flag");
+  switch(ast->kind){
+    CASE(BINARY, Binary){
+
+      BREAK();
+    }
+    default:{}
+  }
+}
+
+function void
+compile_to_bc(){
+  Bc bc = create_bytecode_interp();
+  Bc *b = &bc;
+  For_Named(pctx->ordered_decls, ast){
+    switch(ast->kind){
+      CASE(LAMBDA, Decl){
+        unused(node);
+        BREAK();
+      }
+      CASE(VAR, Decl){
+        node->bytecode_data_position = exp_alloc(&b->memory, node->type->size, AF_ZeroMemory);
+        bc_emit_assign(b, node);
+        BREAK();
+      }
+      default: {}
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/bytecode_interpreter.cpp b/bytecode_interpreter.cpp
index 2e7bdfc..9014c95 100644
--- a/bytecode_interpreter.cpp
+++ b/bytecode_interpreter.cpp
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ struct Bc{
   U64 dis; // @debug_id
   U8 *stack_bottom;
   Register registers[256];
+  Arena memory;
   Arena instructions;
   Arena stack; // We reserve 4 gibs and allocate only 4 kibs to make sure we know when we
                // accidently overshoot the stack by 2 gigabytes woo yeee
@@ -180,7 +181,6 @@ create_bytecode_interp(){
   Bc b = {};
   {
     arena_init(&b.instructions, "Bytecode instructions"_s);
-    b.instructions.alignment = 1;
 
     // Commit
     arena_push_size(&b.instructions, 16);
@@ -190,16 +190,24 @@ create_bytecode_interp(){
 
   {
     arena_init(&b.stack, "Bytecode stack"_s);
-    b.stack.alignment = 8;
 
     // Setup a 4 kilobyte stack
     arena_push_size(&b.stack, kib(4));
     b.registers[REG_STACK_POINTER].pointer = b.stack_bottom = b.stack.memory.data;
   }
 
+  arena_init(&b.memory, "Bytecode memory"_s);
+
+
   return b;
 }
 
+function void
+destroy_bytecode_interp(Bc *b){
+  arena_release(&b->instructions);
+  arena_release(&b->stack);
+}
+
 function void
 emit_load_constant_f64(Bc *b, U8 dst, F64 constant){
   auto i = exp_alloc_type(&b->instructions, Instruction_Constant);
@@ -287,6 +295,7 @@ run_bytecode_interp(Bc *b){
     b->registers[REG_INS_POINTER].pointer += sizeof(Instruction);
 
     switch(instr->operation){
+      default:{}
       case BC_LOAD_FROM_MEMORY64:{
         U64 *load_address = b->registers[instr->src].pointer64;
         b->registers[instr->dst].u64 = *load_address;
@@ -722,4 +731,5 @@ test_interpreter(){
   emit_pop(&b, 5);
   emit_end(&b);
   run_bytecode_interp(&b);
+  destroy_bytecode_interp(&b);
 }
diff --git a/ccodegen.cpp b/c_codegen.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from ccodegen.cpp
rename to c_codegen.cpp
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index e54b2c5..efc39c7 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -161,8 +161,10 @@ want to export all the symbols, we can namespace them optionally.
 #include "parsing.cpp"
 #include "typechecking.h"
 #include "typechecking.cpp"
-#include "ccodegen.cpp"
+#include "c_codegen.cpp"
+
 #include "bytecode_interpreter.cpp"
+#include "bytecode_codegen.cpp"
 
 int main(int argument_count, char **arguments){
 
@@ -176,11 +178,9 @@ int main(int argument_count, char **arguments){
   test_intern_table();
 
   test_interpreter();
-  __debugbreak();
-  exit(0);
 
   emit_line_directives = true;
-  String program_name = "main.kl"_s;
+  String program_name = "vm.kl"_s;
   if(argument_count > 1){
     program_name = string_from_cstring(arguments[1]);
   }
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ int main(int argument_count, char **arguments){
 
 
   arena_clear(&pctx->stage_arena);
+  compile_to_bc();
+  __debugbreak();
   String result = get_compilation_result();
   assert(os_write_file("program.c"_s, result));
   {
diff --git a/programs/vm.kl b/programs/vm.kl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e848aba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/vm.kl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+global_variable := 10 + 29
+
+main :: ()
+  pass // a := 10 + 20
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