diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6168e38..bf44d57 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env;
 use std::fs;
 use std::iter::Peekable;
+use std::process::Command;
+use std::process::Stdio;
 use std::process::exit;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
@@ -106,12 +108,14 @@ fn main()
 	}
 	let mut debug = false;
 	let mut interpret = false;
+	let mut run = false;
 	for arg in &args[3..]
 	{
 		match arg.as_str()
 		{
 			"-d" | "--debug" => debug = true,
 			"-i" | "--interpret" => interpret = true,
+			"-r" | "--run" => run = true,
 			_ => panic!("Unknown option {}", arg),
 		}
 	}
@@ -125,7 +129,7 @@ fn main()
 				let f = f.unwrap();
 				let file_content = fs::read_to_string(f.path()).unwrap().replace("\r\n", "\n");
 				println!("========NOW TESTING {:?}========", f.path());
-				match compile(&file_content, &intrinsics, interpret, debug)
+				match compile(&file_content, &intrinsics, interpret, run, debug)
 				{
 					Ok(maybe_msg) =>
 					{
@@ -182,7 +186,7 @@ fn main()
 		"-c" | "--compile" =>
 		{
 			let file_content = fs::read_to_string(&args[2]).expect("Could not read the source file");
-			match compile(&file_content, &intrinsics, interpret, debug)
+			match compile(&file_content, &intrinsics, interpret, run, debug)
 			{
 				Ok(maybe_msg) =>
 				{
@@ -198,7 +202,7 @@ fn main()
 	}
 }
 
-fn compile(file_content: &String, intrinsics: &HashMap<&str, (Vec<Datatype>, Vec<Datatype>)>, interpret: bool, debug: bool) -> Result<Option<String>, String>
+fn compile(file_content: &String, intrinsics: &HashMap<&str, (Vec<Datatype>, Vec<Datatype>)>, interpret: bool, run: bool, debug: bool) -> Result<Option<String>, String>
 {
 	let mut tokens: Vec<Token> = tokenize(&file_content)?;
 	println!("---Done tokenizing, got {} tokens---", tokens.len());
@@ -223,11 +227,57 @@ fn compile(file_content: &String, intrinsics: &HashMap<&str, (Vec<Datatype>, Vec
 	};
 	if !interpret
 	{
-		match generate_assembly_linux_x64(&operations, &functions, &intrinsics, &arrays, debug)
+		if let Err(err) = generate_assembly_linux_x64(&operations, &functions, &intrinsics, &arrays, debug)
 		{
-			Ok(()) => return Ok(None),
-			Err(error) => return Err(error.to_string()),
+			return Err(err.to_string());
 		}
+		let mut fasm_process = match Command::new("fasm").arg("out.asm").spawn()
+		{
+			Ok(process) => process,
+			Err(err) => return Err(err.to_string()),
+		};
+		match fasm_process.wait()
+		{
+			Ok(status) =>
+			{
+				if !status.success()
+				{
+					return Err(format!("fasm exited with an error: {}", status));
+				}
+			}
+			Err(err) => return Err(err.to_string()),
+		}
+	}
+	if run
+	{
+		let process = match Command::new("./out").stdout(Stdio::piped()).stderr(Stdio::piped()).spawn()
+		{
+			Ok(process) => process,
+			Err(err) => return Err(err.to_string()),
+		};
+		return match process.wait_with_output()
+		{
+			Ok(output) =>
+			{
+				match String::from_utf8(output.stdout)
+				{
+					Ok(stdout) =>
+					{
+						match String::from_utf8(output.stderr)
+						{
+							Ok(stderr) =>
+							{
+								println!("{:?}", stdout.as_bytes());
+								Ok(Some(format!("{}{}", stdout, stderr)))
+							}
+							Err(err) => Err(err.to_string()),
+						}
+					}
+					Err(err) => Err(err.to_string()),
+				}
+			}
+			Err(err) => Err(err.to_string()),
+		};
 	}
 	return Ok(output);
 }
@@ -346,7 +396,17 @@ fn generate_assembly_linux_x64_block(operations: &Vec<Operation>, functions: &Ve
 					}
 					Datatype::String =>
 					{
-						data.strings += format!("\tstr_{}_{}: dq {}, \"{}\", 0\n", line, col, value.len(), value).as_str();
+						data.strings += format!("\tstr_{}_{}: db {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, \"{}\", 0\n", 
+							line, col,
+							value.len() % 256,
+							(value.len() >> 8) % 256,
+							(value.len() >> 16) % 256,
+							(value.len() >> 24) % 256,
+							(value.len() >> 32) % 256,
+							(value.len() >> 40) % 256,
+							(value.len() >> 48) % 256,
+							(value.len() >> 56) % 256,
+							value).as_str();
 						data.code += format!("\tlea rax, [str_{}_{}]\n", line, col).as_str();
 						data.code += "\tmov [queue+8*r13], rax\n";
 					}
@@ -431,7 +491,7 @@ fn generate_assembly_linux_x64_block(operations: &Vec<Operation>, functions: &Ve
 						// data
 						data.code += "\tlea rsi, [rsi+8]\n";
 						// incorporate the null byte
-						data.code += "\tinc rdx\n";
+						//data.code += "\tinc rdx\n";
 						data.code += "\tsyscall\n";
 						// TODO: factor this out
 						data.code += "\tinc r12\n";
@@ -449,7 +509,7 @@ fn generate_assembly_linux_x64_block(operations: &Vec<Operation>, functions: &Ve
 						// data
 						data.code += "\tlea rsi, [rsi+8]\n";
 						// incorporate the null byte
-						data.code += "\tinc rdx\n";
+						//data.code += "\tinc rdx\n";
 						data.code += "\tsyscall\n";
 						// TODO: factor this out
 						data.code += "\tinc r12\n";
diff --git a/tests/comparisons.qbl b/tests/comparisons.qbl
index ebcd278..8d4474e 100644
--- a/tests/comparisons.qbl
+++ b/tests/comparisons.qbl
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 //true
 //false
 //false
+//
 //false
+//false
+//true
 //true
 //true
 //:END:
diff --git a/tests/test.qbl b/tests/test.qbl
index 281254d..3864e14 100644
--- a/tests/test.qbl
+++ b/tests/test.qbl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //valid,Hello, World!
 //4242test2Falsetesttesttest:END:
 
-"Hello, World!\n" print 43 foo foo deq
+"Hello, World!" println 43 foo foo deq
 
 
 // Dequeues, enqueues 42 and 17, prints the head
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ function int => whileFunction
 	deq
 }
 
-3 whileFunction
\ No newline at end of file
+3 whileFunction