diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index d7a9efd..c1e033b 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -255,6 +255,18 @@ namespace HighGround {
                         code.push_back(codeBlock);
                         break;
                     }
+                    case HGNodeType::Identifier: {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    case HGNodeType::Set: {
+                        HGGroundCodeBlock codeBlock;
+                        GroundInstruction setInstruction = groundCreateInstruction(SET);
+                        groundAddReferenceToInstruction(&setInstruction, groundCreateReference(DIRREF, children[0].outputId.data()));
+                        groundAddReferenceToInstruction(&setInstruction, groundCreateReference(VALREF, children[1].outputId.data()));
+                        codeBlock.code.push_back(setInstruction);
+                        code.push_back(codeBlock);
+                        break;
+                    }
                     default: {}
                 }
                 return code;
@@ -349,6 +361,9 @@ namespace HighGround {
                 if (in == "+") {
                     return HGNodeType::Add;
                 }
+                if (in == "=") {
+                    return HGNodeType::Set;
+                }
                 if (in == "==") {
                     return HGNodeType::Equal;
                 }
@@ -367,7 +382,7 @@ namespace HighGround {
                 if (in == "}") {
                     return HGNodeType::CodeBlockEnd;
                 }
-                return HGNodeType::None;
+                return HGNodeType::Identifier;
             }
 
             public:
@@ -563,6 +578,28 @@ namespace HighGround {
                             rootNode.addNode(codeBlockNode);
                             break;
                         }
+                        case HGNodeType::Identifier: {
+                            HGNode idNode(HGNodeType::Identifier);
+                            idNode.outputId = token;
+                            rootNode.addNode(idNode);
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        case HGNodeType::Set: {
+                            HGNode setNode(HGNodeType::Set);
+                            setNode.addNode(rootNode.children.back());
+                            rootNode.children.pop_back();
+                            std::vector<std::string> tokens;
+                            while (auto tokenopt = consume()) {
+                                if (tokenopt.value() == "\n") {
+                                    break;
+                                }
+                                tokens.push_back(tokenopt.value());
+                            }
+                            auto children = Parser(tokens).parse();
+                            setNode.addNode(children.children[0]);
+                            rootNode.addNode(setNode);
+                            break;
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 return rootNode;
diff --git a/tests/set.hg b/tests/set.hg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9327f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/set.hg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+x = 5
+puts x