diff --git a/src/parser/parser.c b/src/parser/parser.c
index 454bbfb..2d88f0b 100644
--- a/src/parser/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser/parser.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ParsedValue *parse_token(char *file, DArray *parsed, DArray *tokens,
   case TOKEN_ASSIGN_SLASH:
   case TOKEN_ASSIGN_STAR:
     if (parsed->size == 0) {
-      fprintf(stderr, "%s:%u:%u error: assigning to nothing\n", file, token->line,
+      fprintf(stderr, "%s:%u:%u error: syntax error\n", file, token->line,
             token->column);
       exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
diff --git a/test.ar b/test.ar
index 2d7a86c..edf2d86 100644
--- a/test.ar
+++ b/test.ar
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-"hello world"
-"hello world"="hello world"
\ No newline at end of file
+x="hello world"
\ No newline at end of file