diff --git a/src/parsing.cpp b/src/parsing.cpp
index e503768..ed8c723 100644
--- a/src/parsing.cpp
+++ b/src/parsing.cpp
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ namespace parsing {
                 }
                 else if (inner.peek().content == "&") {
                     inner.next();
-                    auto expr = parse_expression(inner).unwrap();
+                    auto expr = parse_primary_expression(inner).unwrap();
                     stream.m_position = inner.m_position;
                     return std::unique_ptr<AST::Expression> {
                         new AST::RefExpression(before_meta + inner.metadata(), std::move(expr))
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ namespace parsing {
                 }
                 else if (inner.peek().content == "*") {
                     inner.next();
-                    auto expr = parse_expression(inner).unwrap();
+                    auto expr = parse_primary_expression(inner).unwrap();
                     stream.m_position = inner.m_position;
                     return std::unique_ptr<AST::Expression> {
                         new AST::DerefExpression(before_meta + inner.metadata(), std::move(expr))
diff --git a/test.c b/test.c
index 55eb5e0..8ad90e2 100644
--- a/test.c
+++ b/test.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ int fibonacci(int n) {
 }
 
 void modifyvalue(char* otus) {
-    (*otus) = 20;
+    *otus = 20;
 }
 
 int main() {