diff --git a/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs b/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs
index 1601d4a..963e209 100644
--- a/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ impl Nac3 {
                         }
                     })
                 }
+                StmtKind::AnnAssign { .. } => true,
                 _ => false,
             };
 
@@ -544,6 +545,12 @@ impl Nac3 {
                     pyid_to_ty.insert(id, ty);
                 }
             }
+            if let StmtKind::AnnAssign { target, .. } = &stmt.node {
+                let ExprKind::Name { id: name, .. } = target.node else { unreachable!() };
+                global_value_ids
+                    .write()
+                    .insert(id, py_module.getattr(name.to_string().as_str()).unwrap().into());
+            }
         }
 
         let id_fun = PyModule::import(py, "builtins")?.getattr("id")?;
diff --git a/nac3artiq/src/symbol_resolver.rs b/nac3artiq/src/symbol_resolver.rs
index 1e99ac2..e385e55 100644
--- a/nac3artiq/src/symbol_resolver.rs
+++ b/nac3artiq/src/symbol_resolver.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use nac3core::{
     inkwell::{
         module::Linkage,
         types::{BasicType, BasicTypeEnum},
-        values::BasicValueEnum,
+        values::{BasicValue, BasicValueEnum},
         AddressSpace,
     },
     nac3parser::ast::{self, StrRef},
@@ -1555,9 +1555,39 @@ impl SymbolResolver for Resolver {
     fn get_symbol_value<'ctx>(
         &self,
         id: StrRef,
-        _: &mut CodeGenContext<'ctx, '_>,
-        _: &mut dyn CodeGenerator,
+        ctx: &mut CodeGenContext<'ctx, '_>,
+        generator: &mut dyn CodeGenerator,
     ) -> Option<ValueEnum<'ctx>> {
+        if let Some(global_value) = self
+            .0
+            .name_to_pyid
+            .get(&id)
+            .and_then(|pyid| self.0.global_value_ids.read().get(pyid).cloned())
+        {
+            let val = ctx.module.get_global(id.to_string().as_str()).unwrap_or_else(|| {
+                let v = Python::with_gil(|py| -> PyResult<SymbolValue> {
+                    Ok(self
+                        .0
+                        .get_default_param_obj_value(py, global_value.as_ref(py))
+                        .unwrap()
+                        .unwrap())
+                })
+                .unwrap();
+
+                let ty = v.get_type(&ctx.primitives, &mut ctx.unifier);
+
+                let init_val = ctx.gen_symbol_val(generator, &v, ty);
+                let llvm_ty = init_val.get_type();
+
+                let global = ctx.module.add_global(llvm_ty, None, &id.to_string());
+                global.set_linkage(Linkage::LinkOnceAny);
+                global.set_initializer(&init_val);
+
+                global
+            });
+            return Some(val.as_basic_value_enum().into());
+        }
+
         let sym_value = {
             let id_to_val = self.0.id_to_pyval.read();
             id_to_val.get(&id).cloned()