diff --git a/src/codegen.zig b/src/codegen.zig
index b0d652a..5ca193b 100644
--- a/src/codegen.zig
+++ b/src/codegen.zig
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ fn sliceify(non_slice: ?[*]const u8) []const u8 {
     return non_slice.?[0..std.mem.len(u8, non_slice.?)];
 }
 
+pub const CompileError = error{LLVMError};
+
 pub const Codegen = struct {
     allocator: *std.mem.Allocator,
 
@@ -14,6 +16,43 @@ pub const Codegen = struct {
         return Codegen{ .allocator = allocator };
     }
 
+    fn genExpr(self: *Codegen, builder: var, expr: *const ast.Expr) !llvm.LLVMValueRef {
+        // TODO if expr is Variable, we should do a variable lookup
+        // in a symbol table, going up in scope, etc.
+
+        // TODO VarDecl add things to the symbol table
+        // TODO Assign modify symbol table
+
+        // TODO Calls fetch symbol table, check arity of it at codegen level
+        switch (expr.*) {
+
+            // TODO handle all literals, construct llvm values for them
+            .Literal => |literal| {},
+            .Binary => |binary| {
+                var left = try self.genExpr(builder, binary.left);
+                var right = try self.genExpr(builder, binary.right);
+
+                return switch (binary.op.lexeme[0]) {
+                    // TODO other operators
+                    '+' => llvm.LLVMBuildAdd(builder, left, right, c"addtmp"),
+
+                    // TODO codegen errors
+                    else => @panic("invalid binary operator"),
+                };
+            },
+
+            // TODO codegen errors
+            else => @panic("invalid expr"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn genFuncStmt(self: *Codegen, builder: var, stmt: *const ast.Stmt) !void {
+        switch (stmt.*) {
+            .Expr => |expr| try self.genExpr(builder, expr),
+            else => unreachable,
+        }
+    }
+
     fn genNode(
         self: *Codegen,
         mod: llvm.LLVMModuleRef,
@@ -48,6 +87,11 @@ pub const Codegen = struct {
                 var builder = llvm.LLVMCreateBuilder();
                 llvm.LLVMPositionBuilderAtEnd(builder, entry);
 
+                for (decl.body.toSlice()) |stmt| {
+                    // TODO custom function context for us
+                    try self.genFuncStmt(builder, stmt);
+                }
+
                 // TODO codegen decl.body
                 var tmp = llvm.LLVMBuildAdd(
                     builder,
@@ -89,23 +133,19 @@ pub const Codegen = struct {
 
         if (llvm.LLVMWriteBitcodeToFile(mod, c"awoo.bc") != 0) {
             std.debug.warn("error writing bitcode to file: {}\n", sliceify(err));
-
-            // TODO return error value
-            @panic("compile error");
+            return CompileError.LLVMError;
         }
 
-        //llvm.InitializeAllTargetInfos();
-        //llvm.InitializeAllTargets();
-        //llvm.InitializeAllTargetMCs();
-        //llvm.InitializeAllAsmParsers();
-        //llvm.InitializeAllAsmPrinters();
+        llvm.LLVMInitializeAllTargetInfos();
+        llvm.LLVMInitializeAllTargets();
+        llvm.LLVMInitializeAllTargetMCs();
+        llvm.LLVMInitializeAllAsmParsers();
+        llvm.LLVMInitializeAllAsmPrinters();
 
         var engine: llvm.LLVMExecutionEngineRef = undefined;
         if (llvm.LLVMCreateExecutionEngineForModule(&engine, mod, &err) != 0) {
             std.debug.warn("failed to create execution engine: {}\n", sliceify(err));
-
-            // TODO return error value
-            @panic("compile error");
+            return CompileError.LLVMError;
         }
 
         var machine = llvm.LLVMGetExecutionEngineTargetMachine(engine);
@@ -119,6 +159,9 @@ pub const Codegen = struct {
         var outpath = try std.mem.dupe(self.allocator, u8, "output.o");
         var outpath_cstr = try std.cstr.addNullByte(self.allocator, outpath);
 
+        //var asmpath = try std.mem.dupe(self.allocator, u8, "output.S");
+        //var asmpath_cstr = try std.cstr.addNullByte(self.allocator, asmpath);
+
         var desc = llvm.LLVMGetTargetDescription(target);
         var features = llvm.LLVMGetTargetMachineFeatureString(machine);
         var triple = llvm.LLVMGetTargetMachineTriple(machine);
@@ -127,6 +170,17 @@ pub const Codegen = struct {
         std.debug.warn("triple: {}\n", sliceify(triple));
         std.debug.warn("features: {}\n", sliceify(features));
 
+        //if (llvm.LLVMTargetMachineEmitToFile(
+        //    machine,
+        //    mod,
+        //    asmpath_cstr.ptr,
+        //    llvm.LLVMCodeGenFileType.LLVMAssemblyFile,
+        //    &err,
+        //) != 0) {
+        //    std.debug.warn("failed to emit to assembly file: {}\n", sliceify(err));
+        //    return CompileError.LLVMError;
+        //}
+
         if (llvm.LLVMTargetMachineEmitToFile(
             machine,
             mod,
@@ -135,9 +189,7 @@ pub const Codegen = struct {
             &err,
         ) != 0) {
             std.debug.warn("failed to emit to file: {}\n", sliceify(err));
-
-            // TODO return error value
-            @panic("compile error");
+            return CompileError.LLVMError;
         }
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index ea05a3b..1000164 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ pub fn run(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, slice: []const u8) !Result {
     std.debug.warn("parse tree\n");
     printer.printNode(root.?, 0);
 
+    // TODO type pass
+    // TODO variable pass
+
     var cgen = codegen.Codegen.init(allocator);
     try cgen.gen(root.?);