diff --git a/nac3artiq/src/symbol_resolver.rs b/nac3artiq/src/symbol_resolver.rs
index 213c12d3..999f4f91 100644
--- a/nac3artiq/src/symbol_resolver.rs
+++ b/nac3artiq/src/symbol_resolver.rs
@@ -849,9 +849,7 @@ impl InnerResolver {
                         super::CompileError::new_err(format!("Error getting element {}: {}", i, e)))).collect();
             let val = val?.unwrap();
             let val = ctx.ctx.const_struct(&val, false);
-            let global = ctx.module.add_global(ty, Some(AddressSpace::Generic), &id_str);
-            global.set_initializer(&val);
-            Ok(Some(global.as_pointer_value().into()))
+            Ok(Some(val.into()))
         } else if ty_id == self.primitive_ids.option {
             if id == self.primitive_ids.none {
                 // for option type, just a null ptr, whose type needs to be casted in codegen
diff --git a/nac3core/src/codegen/expr.rs b/nac3core/src/codegen/expr.rs
index 6c3a09b9..9657dad0 100644
--- a/nac3core/src/codegen/expr.rs
+++ b/nac3core/src/codegen/expr.rs
@@ -957,28 +957,22 @@ pub fn gen_expr<'ctx, 'a, G: CodeGenerator>(
             None => {
                 let resolver = ctx.resolver.clone();
                 let val = resolver.get_symbol_value(*id, ctx).unwrap();
-                // if is tuple, need to deref it to handle tuple as value
                 // if is option, need to cast pointer to handle None
                 match (
                     &*ctx.unifier.get_ty(expr.custom.unwrap()),
-                    resolver
-                        .get_symbol_value(*id, ctx)
-                        .unwrap()
-                        .to_basic_value_enum(ctx, generator)?,
+                    val.to_basic_value_enum(ctx, generator)?
                 ) {
-                    (TypeEnum::TTuple { .. }, BasicValueEnum::PointerValue(ptr)) => {
-                        ctx.builder.build_load(ptr, "tup_val").into()
-                    }
                     (TypeEnum::TObj { obj_id, params, .. }, BasicValueEnum::PointerValue(ptr))
-                        if *obj_id == ctx.primitives.option.get_obj_id(&ctx.unifier) => {
-                            let actual_ptr_ty = ctx.get_llvm_type(
-                                generator,
-                                *params.iter().next().unwrap().1,
-                            )
-                            .ptr_type(AddressSpace::Generic);
-                            ctx.builder.build_bitcast(ptr, actual_ptr_ty, "option_ptr_cast").into()
-                        }
-                    _ => val,
+                        if *obj_id == ctx.primitives.option.get_obj_id(&ctx.unifier) =>
+                    {
+                        let actual_ptr_ty = ctx.get_llvm_type(
+                            generator,
+                            *params.iter().next().unwrap().1,
+                        )
+                        .ptr_type(AddressSpace::Generic);
+                        ctx.builder.build_bitcast(ptr, actual_ptr_ty, "option_ptr_cast").into()
+                    }
+                    val => val.1.into(),
                 }
             }
         },
@@ -1026,20 +1020,7 @@ pub fn gen_expr<'ctx, 'a, G: CodeGenerator>(
                         .map_or_else(Err, |v| v.unwrap().to_basic_value_enum(ctx, generator))
                 })
                 .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
-            let element_ty = element_val.iter().map(BasicValueEnum::get_type).collect_vec();
-            let tuple_ty = ctx.ctx.struct_type(&element_ty, false);
-            let tuple_ptr = ctx.builder.build_alloca(tuple_ty, "tuple");
-            for (i, v) in element_val.into_iter().enumerate() {
-                unsafe {
-                    let ptr = ctx.builder.build_in_bounds_gep(
-                        tuple_ptr,
-                        &[zero, int32.const_int(i as u64, false)],
-                        "ptr",
-                    );
-                    ctx.builder.build_store(ptr, v);
-                }
-            }
-            ctx.builder.build_load(tuple_ptr, "tup_val").into()
+            ctx.ctx.const_struct(&element_val, false).into()
         }
         ExprKind::Attribute { value, attr, .. } => {
             // note that we would handle class methods directly in calls
diff --git a/nac3core/src/symbol_resolver.rs b/nac3core/src/symbol_resolver.rs
index b8fc9f27..6f92ee47 100644
--- a/nac3core/src/symbol_resolver.rs
+++ b/nac3core/src/symbol_resolver.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use crate::{
         typedef::{Type, Unifier},
     },
 };
-use inkwell::values::{BasicValueEnum, FloatValue, IntValue, PointerValue};
+use inkwell::values::{BasicValueEnum, FloatValue, IntValue, PointerValue, StructValue};
 use itertools::{chain, izip};
 use nac3parser::ast::{Expr, Location, StrRef};
 use parking_lot::RwLock;
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ impl<'ctx> From<FloatValue<'ctx>> for ValueEnum<'ctx> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'ctx> From<StructValue<'ctx>> for ValueEnum<'ctx> {
+    fn from(v: StructValue<'ctx>) -> Self {
+        ValueEnum::Dynamic(v.into())
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'ctx> ValueEnum<'ctx> {
     pub fn to_basic_value_enum<'a>(
         self,