diff --git a/examples/ir_test.psl b/examples/ir_test.psl
index 95af5b4..0780ec9 100644
--- a/examples/ir_test.psl
+++ b/examples/ir_test.psl
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-func test(x: f32) -> f32:
-	foreign func sin(x: f32) -> f32
-	let pi = 3.1415926535
-	return sin(pi * x)
+func print(c: u8):
+	foreign func putchar(c: i32) -> i32
+	putchar(c as i32)
 
-let myfunc = test
-let x = myfunc(7.5)
+mut a = 10ub
+let b = a
+a = 11ub
+print(b)
diff --git a/libs/ir/include/pslang/ir/node.hpp b/libs/ir/include/pslang/ir/node.hpp
index 0ab7071..ec999cb 100644
--- a/libs/ir/include/pslang/ir/node.hpp
+++ b/libs/ir/include/pslang/ir/node.hpp
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ namespace pslang::ir
 		ast::literal value;
 	};
 
+	struct copy
+	{
+		node_ref source;
+	};
+
 	struct unary_operation
 	{
 		ast::unary_operation_type type;
@@ -94,6 +99,7 @@ namespace pslang::ir
 	using instruction = std::variant<
 		nop,
 		literal,
+		copy,
 		unary_operation,
 		binary_operation,
 		cast_operation,
diff --git a/libs/ir/source/compiler.cpp b/libs/ir/source/compiler.cpp
index 0660438..04f92cc 100644
--- a/libs/ir/source/compiler.cpp
+++ b/libs/ir/source/compiler.cpp
@@ -225,8 +225,7 @@ namespace pslang::ir
 
 			node_ref apply(ast::expression_ptr const & node)
 			{
-				apply(*node);
-				return last();
+				return apply(*node);
 			}
 
 			node_ref apply(ast::assignment const & node)
@@ -239,9 +238,18 @@ namespace pslang::ir
 
 			node_ref apply(ast::variable_declaration const & node)
 			{
-				apply(*node.initializer);
-				lcontext.scopes.back().variables[node.name] = last();
-				return last();
+				auto before = last();
+				auto result = apply(*node.initializer);
+				if (result == before)
+				{
+					// Evaluating variable initializer didn't produce any nodes
+					// It must have been just a reference to another variable or smth like that
+					// Introduce a copy node to prevent accidental variable coalescing
+					mcontext.nodes.emplace_back(copy{result});
+					result = last();
+				}
+				lcontext.scopes.back().variables[node.name] = result;
+				return result;
 			}
 
 			node_ref apply(ast::if_chain const & node)
diff --git a/libs/ir/source/print.cpp b/libs/ir/source/print.cpp
index c338303..665febc 100644
--- a/libs/ir/source/print.cpp
+++ b/libs/ir/source/print.cpp
@@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ namespace pslang::ir
 				std::visit(print_literal_visitor{out}, instruction.value);
 			}
 
+			void operator()(copy const & instruction)
+			{
+				out << "copy $" << get_index(instruction.source);
+			}
+
 			void operator()(unary_operation const & instruction)
 			{
 				print(out, instruction.type);