diff --git a/src/error.c b/src/error.c
index d64c938..7b02d3b 100644
--- a/src/error.c
+++ b/src/error.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ noom_uint_t noom_format_error(const noomP_Parser* parser, char* buffer, noom_uin
 	};
 
 	static const struct noom_error parser_errors[] = {
-		[NOOMP_ERROR_NONE] = {0, 0 },
+		[NOOMP_ERROR_NONE] = {0, 0},
 
 		[NOOMP_ERROR_OOM] = {"Whoops! Out of memory :(\n", 0},
 		[NOOMP_ERROR_EXPECTED_LCURLY] = {"expected '{'", 1},
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@ noom_uint_t noom_format_error(const noomP_Parser* parser, char* buffer, noom_uin
 		[NOOMP_ERROR_EXPECTED_UNTIL] = {"expected 'until' to close repeat expression", 1},
 		[NOOMP_ERROR_EXPECTED_IDENTIFIER_AFTER_GOTO] = {"expected identifier after goto\n", 0},
 		[NOOMP_ERROR_EXPECTED_COLONCOLON] = {"expected :: to end label identifier", 1},
-		[NOOMP_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_VALUE] = {"unexpected value", 1},
+		[NOOMP_ERROR_INVALID_STATEMENT] = {"expected statement, got", 2},
 		// I want someone smarter than me [tema5002] to give these a proper description
-		[NOOMP_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_SOMETHING1] = {"", 1},
-		[NOOMP_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_SOMETHING2] = {"", 1},
-		[NOOMP_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_SOMETHING3] = {"", 1},
-		[NOOMP_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_SOMETHING4] = {"", 1},
+		// ^ alrighty then
+		[NOOMP_ERROR_EXPECTED_ASSIGNABLE] = {"expected assignable expression after comma in assignment", 1},
+		[NOOMP_ERROR_NOT_ASSIGNABLE] = {"expression in assignment is not assignable", 1},
+		[NOOMP_ERROR_EXPECTED_COMMA_OR_EQUAL_IN_ASSIGNMENT] = {"expected a comma or equals after assignable in assignment", 1},
+		[NOOMP_ERROR_EXPRESSION_NOT_STATEMENT] = {"loose expression is not a valid statement", 1},
 		[NOOMP_ERROR_FAKEATTRIBUTE] = {"invalid attribute", 2},
 		[NOOMP_ERROR_RETURN_NOT_END] = {"'return' must be the last statement in a block\n", 0},
 		[NOOMP_ERROR_FOR_WRONG_AMOUNT] = {"'for' initializer must have 2 or 3 expressions\n", 0}
@@ -91,22 +92,29 @@ noom_uint_t noom_format_error(const noomP_Parser* parser, char* buffer, noom_uin
 
 	if (buffer == 0) {
 		noom_uint_t linedig = 0;
-		for (noom_uint_t eh = row; eh; eh /= 10, linedig++);
+		for (noom_uint_t n = row; n; n /= 10, linedig++);
 
-		return
+		noom_uint_t space = 0;
+
+		space = 
 			sizeof("noom: ") - 1 +
 			noom_strlen(parser->filename) +
 			sizeof(":") - 1 +
 			linedig +
 			sizeof(":") - 1 +
 			noom_strlen(err.s) +
-			+ 1 + // \0
-			(err.near ? (
+			+ 1; // \0;
+
+		if (err.near) {
+			space += (
 				(err.near == 1 ? sizeof(" near") - 1 : 0) +
 				sizeof(" '") - 1 +
 				parser->last_token_length +
 				sizeof("'\n") - 1
-			) : 0);
+			);
+		}
+
+		return space;
 	}
 
 	noom_safe_strcpy(buffer, &pos, buffer_size, "noom: ");
@@ -115,10 +123,10 @@ noom_uint_t noom_format_error(const noomP_Parser* parser, char* buffer, noom_uin
 
 	char num_buf[20];
 	noom_uint_t num_len = 0;
+	
 	if (row == 0) {
 		num_buf[num_len++] = '0';
-	}
-	else {
+	} else {
 		noom_uint_t temp = row;
 		noom_uint_t divisor = 1;
 		while (temp / divisor >= 10) divisor *= 10;
@@ -145,6 +153,7 @@ noom_uint_t noom_format_error(const noomP_Parser* parser, char* buffer, noom_uin
 		}
 		noom_safe_strcpy(buffer, &pos, buffer_size, "'\n");
 	}
+	
 	if (pos < buffer_size) buffer[pos] = '\0';
 	return pos;
 }
diff --git a/src/error.h b/src/error.h
index 81eef5e..5f0d3a8 100644
--- a/src/error.h
+++ b/src/error.h
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // js let me use include guards 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
+// ^ header guards r 4 noobz!
 #include "types.h"
 #include "parser.h"
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 8f0fb45..1840753 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ void print_node(noomP_Node *node, noom_uint_t depth) {
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	// uhh uhhh uhhhhh
-	const char *code = "local t <close> = {'a'; 2; 6 \"\\xgg\"";
+	const char *code = "a,(\"hi\") = 2";
 	noom_uint_t pos = 0;
 
 	printf("LEX OUTPUT:\n");
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	fputs("\x1b[48;2;10;10;10m", stdout);
 	while (1) {
 		noomL_Token token;
-		//noomL_lex(code, pos, &token, NOOM_VERSION_54);
+
 		noomL_ErrorType err = noomL_lex(code, pos, &token, NOOM_VERSION_54);
 		if (err) break;
 
diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index a83f041..5aa0999 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -1685,7 +1685,7 @@ noomP_Node* noomP_parseRawStatement(noomP_Parser* parser) {
 						
 						if (token.type != NOOML_TOKEN_IDENTIFIER && (token.type != NOOML_TOKEN_SYMBOL || !noom_streql(parser->code + token.offset, token.length, "(", 1))) {
 							// unexpected
-							parser->error_state = NOOMP_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_SOMETHING1;
+							parser->error_state = NOOMP_ERROR_EXPECTED_ASSIGNABLE;
 							return 0;
 						}
 						
@@ -1694,7 +1694,7 @@ noomP_Node* noomP_parseRawStatement(noomP_Parser* parser) {
 						if (item == 0) return 0;
 
 						if (item->type != NOOMP_NODE_INDEX && item->type != NOOMP_NODE_GETFIELD && item->type != NOOMP_NODE_VARIABLE) {
-							parser->error_state = NOOMP_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_SOMETHING2;
+							parser->error_state = NOOMP_ERROR_NOT_ASSIGNABLE;
 							return 0; // unexpected
 						}
 
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ noomP_Node* noomP_parseRawStatement(noomP_Parser* parser) {
 						break;
 					}
 				} else {
-					parser->error_state = NOOMP_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_SOMETHING3;
+					parser->error_state = NOOMP_ERROR_EXPECTED_COMMA_OR_EQUAL_IN_ASSIGNMENT;
 					return 0; // unexpected
 				}
 			}
@@ -1742,12 +1742,12 @@ noomP_Node* noomP_parseRawStatement(noomP_Parser* parser) {
 			// this expression is now a statement.
 			return base; // no need to eat any more.
 		} else {
-			parser->error_state = NOOMP_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_SOMETHING4;
+			parser->error_state = NOOMP_ERROR_EXPRESSION_NOT_STATEMENT;
 			return 0; // unexpected. e.g. random string or whatever
 		}
 	}
 
-	parser->error_state = NOOMP_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_VALUE;
+	parser->error_state = NOOMP_ERROR_INVALID_STATEMENT;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/parser.h b/src/parser.h
index 0d6f2a7..ed3a963 100644
--- a/src/parser.h
+++ b/src/parser.h
@@ -111,13 +111,12 @@ typedef enum noomP_Error {
 	NOOMP_ERROR_EXPECTED_IDENTIFIER_AFTER_GOTO,
 	NOOMP_ERROR_EXPECTED_COLONCOLON,
 
-	NOOMP_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_VALUE,
+	NOOMP_ERROR_INVALID_STATEMENT,
 
-	// i am sorry
-	NOOMP_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_SOMETHING1,
-	NOOMP_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_SOMETHING2,
-	NOOMP_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_SOMETHING3,
-	NOOMP_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_SOMETHING4,
+	NOOMP_ERROR_EXPECTED_ASSIGNABLE,
+	NOOMP_ERROR_NOT_ASSIGNABLE,
+	NOOMP_ERROR_EXPECTED_COMMA_OR_EQUAL_IN_ASSIGNMENT,
+	NOOMP_ERROR_EXPRESSION_NOT_STATEMENT,
 
 	NOOMP_ERROR_FAKEATTRIBUTE,
 	NOOMP_ERROR_RETURN_NOT_END,