diff --git a/src/noether/parser/nodes.nim b/src/noether/parser/nodes.nim
index c31285e..a50eee0 100644
--- a/src/noether/parser/nodes.nim
+++ b/src/noether/parser/nodes.nim
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ proc newBiNode*(nKind: nlNodeKind): nlNode =
 
 # Short-hand way of appending a token to a node's token sequence
 proc addTok*(node: nlNode, tok: nlTok) =
-  echo "AM I HERE?"
   echo node[]
   echo node.toks
   node.toks.add(tok)
diff --git a/src/noether/parser/parseutil.nim b/src/noether/parser/parseutil.nim
index 4d9deb6..386b03a 100644
--- a/src/noether/parser/parseutil.nim
+++ b/src/noether/parser/parseutil.nim
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ proc newParser*(tokStream: var nlTokStream): nlParser =
   let rootNode = newNode(nkNone)
   result = nlParser(
     stream: tokStream,
-    ast: rootNode,
+    ast: nlAST(
+      root: rootNode
+    ),
     bnode: rootNode,
   )
 
@@ -48,7 +50,6 @@ proc newParser*(tokStream: var nlTokStream): nlParser =
 proc greed(parser: var nlParser,
            satisfy: proc(tok: nlTok): bool): nlParseStat =
   while parser.stream.progress():
-    echo "im definitely here!"
     parser.bnode.addTok(parser.stream.currTok)
     if satisfy(parser.stream.currTok):
       return nlParseStat.OK