diff --git a/lib/rubyx/rubyx_compiler.rb b/lib/rubyx/rubyx_compiler.rb
index f938dc6d..1c7e6a5a 100644
--- a/lib/rubyx/rubyx_compiler.rb
+++ b/lib/rubyx/rubyx_compiler.rb
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ module RubyX
         @vool = ruby_tree.to_vool
         return @vool
       end
+      # TODO: should check if this works with reopening classes
+      # or whether we need to unify the vool for a class
       unless(@vool.is_a?(Vool::ScopeStatement))
         @vool = Vool::ScopeStatement.new([@vool])
       end
diff --git a/lib/vool/statements.rb b/lib/vool/statements.rb
index 60484f74..358bda4d 100644
--- a/lib/vool/statements.rb
+++ b/lib/vool/statements.rb
@@ -31,15 +31,19 @@ module Vool
       @statements = [o] + @statements
     end
 
-    # create mom instructions
+    # to_mom all the statements. Append subsequent ones to the first, and return the
+    # first.
+    #
+    # For ClassStatements this creates and returns a MomCompiler
+    #
     def to_mom( compiler )
       raise "Empty list ? #{statements.length}" if empty?
       stats = @statements.dup
-      flat = stats.shift.to_mom(compiler)
+      first = stats.shift.to_mom(compiler)
       while( nekst = stats.shift )
-        flat.append nekst.to_mom(compiler)
+        first.append nekst.to_mom(compiler)
       end
-      flat
+      first
     end
 
     def each(&block)
diff --git a/test/rubyx/test_rubyx_compiler2.rb b/test/rubyx/test_rubyx_compiler2.rb
index 373d8fa1..87e13fef 100644
--- a/test/rubyx/test_rubyx_compiler2.rb
+++ b/test/rubyx/test_rubyx_compiler2.rb
@@ -16,5 +16,8 @@ module RubyX
     def test_method
       assert_equal :main , @linker.assemblers.first.callable.name
     end
+    def test_asm_len
+      assert_equal 23 , @linker.assemblers.length
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/rubyx/test_rubyx_compiler3.rb b/test/rubyx/test_rubyx_compiler3.rb
index dff6e7f6..e971fd9c 100644
--- a/test/rubyx/test_rubyx_compiler3.rb
+++ b/test/rubyx/test_rubyx_compiler3.rb
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ module RubyX
       compiler = RubyXCompiler.new
       compiler.ruby_to_vool(space_source_for("main"))
       compiler.ruby_to_vool(space_source_for("twain"))
-#      linker = compiler.to_binary(:interpreter)
-#      assert_equal Vool::ScopeStatement , linker.class
+      linker = compiler.to_binary(:interpreter)
+      assert_equal Risc::Linker , linker.class
+      assert_equal 24 , linker.assemblers.length
     end
   end
 end