diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index b2f536a..7effa5a 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ namespace AST {
             builder.builder->CreateStore(value.value, ptr, false);
         }
 
-        scope.values[this->m_name] = codegen::StackValue{ ptr, this->m_type };
+        auto ptr_ty = std::shared_ptr<types::Type>{ new types::PointerType{ this->m_type } };
+
+        scope.values[this->m_name] = codegen::StackValue{ ptr, ptr_ty };
     }
 
     void IfStatement::codegen(codegen::Builder& builder, codegen::Scope& scope) {
diff --git a/src/parsing.cpp b/src/parsing.cpp
index 4a6f59b..865e744 100644
--- a/src/parsing.cpp
+++ b/src/parsing.cpp
@@ -80,10 +80,39 @@ namespace parsing {
             }
         }
 
+        Result<std::shared_ptr<types::Type>, std::string> parse_cast(token::TokenStream& stream) {
+            token::TokenStream inner{ stream };
+            try {
+                inner.expect(token::Type::Symbol, "(");
+                auto ty = parse_type(inner).unwrap();
+                inner.expect(token::Type::Symbol, ")");
+
+                stream.m_position = inner.m_position;
+
+                return ty;
+            }
+            catch (std::runtime_error& error) {
+                return std::string{ error.what() };
+            }
+        }
+
         Result<std::unique_ptr<AST::Expression>, std::string> parse_primary_expression(token::TokenStream& stream) {
             token::TokenStream inner{ stream };
             try {
                 auto before_meta = inner.metadata();
+
+                if (auto cast = parse_cast(inner); cast.ok()) {
+                    auto expr = parse_expression(inner).unwrap();
+                    stream.m_position = inner.m_position;
+                    return std::unique_ptr<AST::Expression>{
+                        new AST::CastExpression{
+                            before_meta + inner.metadata(),
+                            cast.unwrap(),
+                            std::move(expr)
+                        }
+                    };
+                }
+
                 auto plain_expr = parse_plain_expression(inner);
                 while (inner.peek().content == "(") {
                     inner.next();