diff --git a/src/parsing.cpp b/src/parsing.cpp
index 865e744..e503768 100644
--- a/src/parsing.cpp
+++ b/src/parsing.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ namespace parsing {
             try {
                 auto before_meta = inner.metadata();
 
+                if (inner.peek().content == "(") {
+                    inner.next();
+                    auto expr = parse_expression(inner).unwrap();
+                    inner.expect(token::Type::Symbol, ")");
+                    stream.m_position = inner.m_position;
+                    return expr;
+                }
+
                 if (auto cast = parse_cast(inner); cast.ok()) {
                     auto expr = parse_expression(inner).unwrap();
                     stream.m_position = inner.m_position;
@@ -112,6 +120,22 @@ namespace parsing {
                         }
                     };
                 }
+                else if (inner.peek().content == "&") {
+                    inner.next();
+                    auto expr = parse_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))
+                    };
+                }
+                else if (inner.peek().content == "*") {
+                    inner.next();
+                    auto expr = parse_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))
+                    };
+                }
 
                 auto plain_expr = parse_plain_expression(inner);
                 while (inner.peek().content == "(") {
diff --git a/test.c b/test.c
index 07dac4b..ace45a0 100644
--- a/test.c
+++ b/test.c
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ int main() {
     printf("10th fibonacci number is %d!", fibonacci(10));
     char res = 0;
     char* test = &res;
-    *test = 15;
+    (*test) = 15;
     return res;
 }
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