diff --git a/ast/base/Value.cpp b/ast/base/Value.cpp
index 26df8bc03..24f851861 100644
--- a/ast/base/Value.cpp
+++ b/ast/base/Value.cpp
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ bool Value::requires_memcpy_ref_struct(BaseType* known_type) {
     const auto chain = as_access_chain_unsafe();
     const auto id = as_identifier_unsafe();
     if(kind == ValueKind::Identifier || (kind == ValueKind::AccessChain && chain->values.back()->as_func_call() == nullptr)) {
-        auto linked = known_type->get_direct_linked_node();
+        auto linked = known_type->get_ref_or_linked_node(known_type->kind());
         if (linked) {
             auto k = linked->kind();
             if(k == ASTNodeKind::UnnamedStruct || k == ASTNodeKind::UnnamedUnion) {
diff --git a/ast/statements/VarInit.cpp b/ast/statements/VarInit.cpp
index 3b9efd379..f5a6e8f6b 100644
--- a/ast/statements/VarInit.cpp
+++ b/ast/statements/VarInit.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void VarInitStatement::code_gen(Codegen &gen) {
                 if(!dyn_obj_impl) {
                     auto llvmType = llvm_type(gen);
                     // is referencing another struct, that is non movable and must be mem copied into the pointer
-                    llvm_ptr = gen.memcpy_ref_struct(known_type(), value, nullptr, llvmType);
+                    llvm_ptr = gen.memcpy_ref_struct(create_value_type(gen.allocator), value, nullptr, llvmType);
                     if (llvm_ptr) {
                         return;
                     }
diff --git a/compiler/backend/LLVM.cpp b/compiler/backend/LLVM.cpp
index 3dd6cfc14..9862c39c2 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/LLVM.cpp
+++ b/compiler/backend/LLVM.cpp
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ bool Codegen::requires_memcpy_ref_struct(BaseType* known_type, Value* value) {
 
 llvm::Value* Codegen::memcpy_ref_struct(BaseType* known_type, Value* value, llvm::Value* llvm_ptr, llvm::Type* type) {
 //    const auto pure = known_type->pure_type();
-    if(requires_memcpy_ref_struct(known_type, value)) {
+    if(requires_memcpy_ref_struct(known_type->pure_type(allocator), value)) {
         if(!llvm_ptr) {
             llvm_ptr = builder->CreateAlloca(type, nullptr);
         }
diff --git a/lang/libs/std/unordered_map.ch b/lang/libs/std/unordered_map.ch
index 6ecf543ba..53b4982b2 100644
--- a/lang/libs/std/unordered_map.ch
+++ b/lang/libs/std/unordered_map.ch
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct unordered_map<Key, Value> {
         }
 
         // Insert the new node at the front of the chain
-        var newNode = malloc(sizeof(unordered_map_node<Key, Value>)) as *mut unordered_map_node<Key, Value>;
+        const newNode = malloc(sizeof(unordered_map_node<Key, Value>)) as *mut unordered_map_node<Key, Value>;
         newNode.key = key;
         newNode.value = value;
         newNode.next = table[index];