diff --git a/anonymous-function-test.ar b/anonymous-function-test.ar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f75fd48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/anonymous-function-test.ar
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+term.log(((x)=do
+  return x*x
+)(3545436543634634))
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diff --git a/src/translator/function/function.c b/src/translator/function/function.c
index 21fad94..6e0c5d7 100644
--- a/src/translator/function/function.c
+++ b/src/translator/function/function.c
@@ -14,17 +14,15 @@
 size_t translate_parsed_function(Translated *translated,
                                  ParsedFunction *parsedFunction, ArErr *err) {
   DArray main_bytecode = translated->bytecode;
-  DArray _temp_bytecode;
-  darray_init(&_temp_bytecode, sizeof(uint8_t));
+  darray_init(&translated->bytecode, sizeof(uint8_t));
   set_registers(translated, 1);
-  translated->bytecode = _temp_bytecode;
   translate_parsed(translated, parsedFunction->body, err);
   size_t function_bytecode_offset =
       arena_push(&translated->constants, translated->bytecode.data,
                  translated->bytecode.size*translated->bytecode.element_size);
   size_t function_bytecode_length = translated->bytecode.size;
+  darray_free(&translated->bytecode, NULL);
   translated->bytecode = main_bytecode;
-  darray_free(&_temp_bytecode, NULL);
   size_t start = push_instruction_byte(translated, OP_LOAD_FUNCTION);
   size_t offset = arena_push(&translated->constants, parsedFunction->name,
                              strlen(parsedFunction->name));
diff --git a/testing.ar b/testing.ar
index 936e48a..0b54559 100644
--- a/testing.ar
+++ b/testing.ar
@@ -22,16 +22,26 @@ let call(f) = do
 
 
 term.log(
-call(
-()=call(
-()=call(
-()=call(
-()=do
-    term.log("hello this is a test of anonymous functions. hopefully this works :)")
+    call(
+        ()=call(
+            ()=do
+                term.log('hello testing testing')
+                return call(
+                    ()=call(
+                        ()=do
+                            term.log("hello this is a test of anonymous functions. hopefully this works :)")
 
-    return say_hi("test")
-)
-)
-)
+                            return say_hi("test")
+                    )
+                )
+            )
+        )
 )
+call(()=do
+    term.log((
+            (x)=x*x*x*x*x*x*x*x*x*x*x*x
+        )(
+            10000675435574942378423458324823473205237523053278452368578032472390453275238558438905348905894035890348905349805345485843578934268954328902589607469328905490832678934728969834689057843267854736890256743928563256749016078596789416895657435690769013674516750941765438576867893726789543789345678576846715416789058903890549045839804538905389045890435890349580348905894035890435784785236523656237985678342523678
+        )
+    )
 )
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