diff --git a/inkcpp/runner_impl.cpp b/inkcpp/runner_impl.cpp
index ff983bbd..b4b6d1b3 100644
--- a/inkcpp/runner_impl.cpp
+++ b/inkcpp/runner_impl.cpp
@@ -246,18 +246,18 @@ namespace ink::runtime::internal
 		bool allEnteredAtStart = true;
 		ip_t child_position = dest;
 		if(record_visits) {
-			const ContainerData* iter = nullptr;
+			const ContainerData* iData = nullptr;
 			size_t level = _container.size();
-			while(_container.iter(iter) &&
-				(level > comm_end || _story->container_flag(iter->offset) & CommandFlag::CONTAINER_MARKER_ONLY_FIRST )) 
+			while(_container.iter(iData) &&
+				(level > comm_end || _story->container_flag(iData->offset) & CommandFlag::CONTAINER_MARKER_ONLY_FIRST )) 
 			{
-				auto offset = iter->offset;
-				inkAssert(child_position >= offset, "Container stack order is broken");
+				auto parrent_offset = iData->offset;
+				inkAssert(child_position >= parrent_offset, "Container stack order is broken");
 				// 6 == len of START_CONTAINER_SIGNAL, if its 6 bytes behind the container it is a unnnamed subcontainers first child
 				// check if child_positino is the first child of current container
-				allEnteredAtStart = allEnteredAtStart && ((child_position - offset) <= 6);
-				child_position = offset;
-				_globals->visit(iter->id, allEnteredAtStart);
+				allEnteredAtStart = allEnteredAtStart && ((child_position - parrent_offset) <= 6);
+				child_position = parrent_offset;
+				_globals->visit(iData->id, allEnteredAtStart);
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/inkcpp/story_impl.cpp b/inkcpp/story_impl.cpp
index 9d96c1e8..7c4689ac 100644
--- a/inkcpp/story_impl.cpp
+++ b/inkcpp/story_impl.cpp
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ namespace ink::runtime::internal
 
 	
 	CommandFlag story_impl::container_flag(ip_t offset) const {
-		inkAssert(static_cast<Command>(offset[0]) == Command::START_CONTAINER_MARKER ||
-			static_cast<Command>(offset[0]) == Command::END_CONTAINER_MARKER);
+		inkAssert((static_cast<Command>(offset[0]) == Command::START_CONTAINER_MARKER ||
+			static_cast<Command>(offset[0]) == Command::END_CONTAINER_MARKER), "Tried to fetch container flag from non container command!");
 		return static_cast<CommandFlag>(offset[1]);
 	}
 	CommandFlag story_impl::container_flag(container_t id) const {
@@ -166,11 +166,12 @@ namespace ink::runtime::internal
 		container_t c_id;
 		while(iterate_containers(iter, c_id, offset)) {
 			if (c_id == id) {
-				inkAssert(static_cast<Command>(offset[0]) == Command::START_CONTAINER_MARKER);
+				inkAssert(static_cast<Command>(offset[0]) == Command::START_CONTAINER_MARKER, "Container list pointer is invalid!");
 				return static_cast<CommandFlag>(offset[1]);
 			}
 		}
-		inkAssert("Container not found -> can't fetch flag");
+		inkFail("Container not found -> can't fetch flag");
+		return CommandFlag::NO_FLAGS;
 	}
 
 	ip_t story_impl::find_offset_for(hash_t path) const
diff --git a/inkcpp/value.cpp b/inkcpp/value.cpp
index 30962872..ec2fc0c0 100644
--- a/inkcpp/value.cpp
+++ b/inkcpp/value.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ namespace ink::runtime::internal
 
 	template<>
 	bool truthy_impl<value_type::OP_END>(const value& v, const list_table& lists) {
-		inkAssert("Type was not found in operational types or it has no conversion to boolean");
+		inkFail("Type was not found in operational types or it has no conversion to boolean");
+		return false;
 	}
 	
 	template<>
@@ -87,7 +88,8 @@ namespace ink::runtime::internal
 	template<>
 	bool truthy_impl<value_type::divert>(const value& v, const list_table& lists) {
 		if (v.type() == value_type::divert) {
-			inkAssert("Divert can not be evaluated to boolean");
+			inkFail("Divert can not be evaluated to boolean");
+			return false;
 		} else {
 			return truthy_impl<value_type::divert + 1>(v, lists);
 		}