diff --git a/lib/asm/arm/arm_assembler.rb b/lib/asm/arm/arm_assembler.rb
index de6eb412..429e85a7 100644
--- a/lib/asm/arm/arm_assembler.rb
+++ b/lib/asm/arm/arm_assembler.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module Asm
          rfp sl fp ip sp lr pc
       ).each { |reg|
         define_method(reg) {
-          [:reg, reg]
+          Asm::RegisterNode.new(reg)
         }
       }
 
@@ -32,10 +32,8 @@ module Asm
         node.args = []
 
         args.each { |arg|
-          if (arg.is_a?(Array))
-            if (arg[0] == :reg)
-              node.args << Asm::RegisterNode.new(arg[1])
-            end
+          if (arg.is_a?(Asm::RegisterNode))
+            node.args << arg
           elsif (arg.is_a?(Integer))
             node.args << Asm::NumLiteralNode.new(arg)
           elsif (arg.is_a?(Symbol))
diff --git a/lib/asm/arm/stack_builder.rb b/lib/asm/arm/stack_builder.rb
index adcea129..ee409fa3 100644
--- a/lib/asm/arm/stack_builder.rb
+++ b/lib/asm/arm/stack_builder.rb
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ module Asm
       def build_operand(arg)
         if (arg.is_a?(Array))
           @operand = 0
-          arg.each do |sym , reg |
-            #allow an array of reg (strings), or the [:reg , name] produced by the instruction functions
-            reg = sym == :reg ? reg : sym
+          arg.each do |reg |
             reg = reg_ref(reg)
             @operand |= (1 << reg)
           end
diff --git a/lib/asm/assembler.rb b/lib/asm/assembler.rb
index bcbaff37..0ea1c2bb 100644
--- a/lib/asm/assembler.rb
+++ b/lib/asm/assembler.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module Asm
       @objects = []
       @position = -1 # marks not set
       @label_objects = []
-      @relocations = []
+      #@relocations = []
     end
     attr_reader :relocations, :objects , :position
 
diff --git a/lib/asm/nodes.rb b/lib/asm/nodes.rb
index b9a76d0d..46f93b9b 100644
--- a/lib/asm/nodes.rb
+++ b/lib/asm/nodes.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ module Asm
   class RegisterListNode < Node
     attr_accessor :registers
     def initialize regs
-      @registers = regs.collect{ |sym , reg| (sym == :reg) ? reg :  "not a reg #{sym} , #{reg}" }
+      @registers = regs
+      regs.each{ |reg| raise  "not a reg #{sym} , #{reg}" unless reg.is_a?(Asm::RegisterNode) }
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/test/test_crystal.rb b/test/test_crystal.rb
index 390ba77f..b3f7d474 100644
--- a/test/test_crystal.rb
+++ b/test/test_crystal.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class TestArmAsm < MiniTest::Test
     assert_code code , :add , [0x03,0x10,0x81,0xe0] #e0 81 10 03
   end
   def test_and # inst eval doesn't really work with and
-    code = @generator.and(	[:reg , 'r1'] , [:reg , 'r2'] , [:reg , 'r3']).first
+    code = @generator.and(	 @generator.r1 , @generator.r2 , @generator.r3).first
     assert_code code , :and , [0x03,0x10,0x02,0xe0] #e0 01 10 03
   end
   def test_b
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ class TestArmAsm < MiniTest::Test
     code = @generator.instance_eval { ldr r0, r0 }.first
     assert_code code, :ldr ,  [0x00,0x00,0x90,0xe5] #e5 90 00 00
   end
+  def test_ldr2
+    code = @generator.instance_eval { ldr r0, r0 + 4 }.first
+    assert_code code, :ldr ,  [0x00,0x00,0x90,0xe5] #e5 90 00 00
+  end
   def test_ldrb
     code = @generator.instance_eval { ldrb r0, r0 }.first
     assert_code code, :ldrb ,  [0x00,0x00,0xd0,0xe5] #e5 d0 00 00