diff --git a/src/codegen/expression.rs b/src/codegen/expression.rs
index c70818301..4b4bcb27c 100644
--- a/src/codegen/expression.rs
+++ b/src/codegen/expression.rs
@@ -931,6 +931,7 @@ pub fn expression(
             ..
         } => {
             if opt.log_prints {
+                println!("args in codegen {:?}", args);
                 let expr = expression(&args[0], cfg, contract_no, func, ns, vartab, opt);
 
                 let to_print = if ns.target.is_polkadot() {
diff --git a/src/emit/expression.rs b/src/emit/expression.rs
index 1dab66c73..a3b3a02db 100644
--- a/src/emit/expression.rs
+++ b/src/emit/expression.rs
@@ -1541,6 +1541,8 @@ pub(super) fn expression<'a, T: TargetRuntime<'a> + ?Sized>(
             initializer,
             ..
         } => {
+
+            println!("testing filename: {:?}",  bin.name);
             println!("alloc dynamic bytes");
             println!("TYYY {:?}", ty);
             println!("SIZE {:?}", size);
@@ -1569,6 +1571,11 @@ pub(super) fn expression<'a, T: TargetRuntime<'a> + ?Sized>(
 
                 println!("size is number literal");
                 println!("ty {:?}", ty);
+                println!("value {:?}", value);
+
+                if let Some(init) = initializer  {
+                    
+                
 
                 let init = initializer.as_ref().unwrap();
 
@@ -1601,6 +1608,40 @@ pub(super) fn expression<'a, T: TargetRuntime<'a> + ?Sized>(
                             .into(),
                     ])
                     .into()
+                } else {
+
+                    let typee = BasicTypeEnum::StructType(
+                        bin.context.struct_type(
+                            &[
+                                bin.llvm_type(ty, ns)
+                                    .ptr_type(AddressSpace::default())
+                                    .into(),
+                                bin.context
+                                    .custom_width_int_type(ns.target.ptr_size().into())
+                                    .into(),
+                            ],
+                            false,
+                        ),
+                    ).into_struct_type();
+    
+                    println!("typee {:?}", typee);
+                
+
+                    let null = bin.context.custom_width_int_type(ns.target.ptr_size().into()).ptr_type(AddressSpace::default()).const_null();
+    
+    
+                       let nones =  typee.const_named_struct(&[
+                            null.into(),
+                            bin.context
+                                .custom_width_int_type(ns.target.ptr_size().into())
+                                .const_int(0_u64, false)
+                                .into(),
+                        ])
+                        ;
+
+                    null.into()
+                }
+                
              
             }
             else {
diff --git a/src/emit/instructions.rs b/src/emit/instructions.rs
index c36b266b3..8f8208440 100644
--- a/src/emit/instructions.rs
+++ b/src/emit/instructions.rs
@@ -444,7 +444,10 @@ pub(super) fn process_instruction<'a, T: TargetRuntime<'a> + ?Sized>(
             target.assert_failure(bin, vector_bytes, len);
         }
         Instr::Print { expr } => {
+
+            println!("KIND OF EXPR BEFORE{:?}", expr);
             let expr = expression(target, bin, expr, &w.vars, function, ns);
+            println!("KIND OF EXPR AFTER{:?}", expr);
 
             target.print(bin, bin.vector_bytes(expr), bin.vector_len(expr));
         }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 46abbf7e3..4cafbbd01 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ impl Target {
 
     /// Size of a pointer in bits
     pub fn ptr_size(&self) -> u16 {
-        if *self == Target::Solana {
+        if *self == Target::Solana  || *self == Target::Soroban {
             // Solana is BPF, which is 64 bit
             64
         } else {
diff --git a/src/sema/expression/literals.rs b/src/sema/expression/literals.rs
index 418d537e9..86fb049e7 100644
--- a/src/sema/expression/literals.rs
+++ b/src/sema/expression/literals.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ pub(super) fn string_literal(
     diagnostics: &mut Diagnostics,
     resolve_to: ResolveTo,
 ) -> Expression {
+
+
+    println!("string_literal: {:?}", v);
+    println!("resolve_to: {:?}", resolve_to);
+
+
     // Concatenate the strings
     let mut result = Vec::new();
     let mut loc = v[0].loc;
@@ -37,7 +43,7 @@ pub(super) fn string_literal(
 
     let length = result.len();
 
-    match resolve_to {
+   let ret =  match resolve_to {
         ResolveTo::Type(Type::String) => Expression::AllocDynamicBytes {
             loc,
             ty: Type::String,
@@ -65,7 +71,10 @@ pub(super) fn string_literal(
             ty: Type::Bytes(length as u8),
             value: result,
         },
-    }
+    };
+
+    println!("ret: {:?}", ret);
+    ret
 }
 
 pub(super) fn hex_literal(
diff --git a/tests/contract.rs b/tests/contract.rs
index 65c2ccb65..2dd0da378 100644
--- a/tests/contract.rs
+++ b/tests/contract.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ fn solana_contracts() -> io::Result<()> {
 
 #[test]
 fn polkadot_contracts() -> io::Result<()> {
+
+    println!("polkadot_contracts heeeeeere");
     contract_tests(
         "tests/contract_testcases/polkadot",
         Target::default_polkadot(),
@@ -68,6 +70,8 @@ fn parse_file(path: PathBuf, target: Target) -> io::Result<()> {
 
     let filename = add_file(&mut cache, &path, target)?;
 
+    println!("Parsing {}", filename);
+
     let mut ns = parse_and_resolve(OsStr::new(&filename), &mut cache, target);
 
     if !ns.diagnostics.any_errors() {