diff --git a/docs/HANDBOOK.md b/docs/HANDBOOK.md
index e68fc92..bd35612 100644
--- a/docs/HANDBOOK.md
+++ b/docs/HANDBOOK.md
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 This is a book for my language found [here](https://crosslang.tesseslanguage.com/)
 
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 ## Statements and loops
 
 
@@ -22,6 +20,25 @@ var myVariable = 42;
 myVariable = "I have set the variable to a string";
 ```
 
+#### Reflective variables
+
+```js
+var nameOfVariable = "Var 1";
+.[nameOfVariable] = 42; //the variable name in this instance will be Var 1
+Console.WriteLine(.[nameOfVariable]); //prints 42
+
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+var nameOfVariable2 = "Var 2";
+var nameOfField = "This field has spaces and \n New Lines";
+.[nameOfVariable2] = {
+    .[nameOfField] = "Hello, world"
+};
+
+Console.WriteLine(.[nameOfVariable2].[nameOfField]); //should print Hello, world
+
+```
+
+
 #### If statements
 
 The {} are optional if you only need one statement
@@ -579,27 +596,3 @@ myHtml = <null>Hello</null>; //would just be Hello (useful for templating as it
 
 myHtml = <raw(stringExpr)>; //allowing you to emit unescaped html from string into html litteral (useful for templating)
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diff --git a/src/compiler/codegen.cpp b/src/compiler/codegen.cpp
index c4fcc65..9028c08 100644
--- a/src/compiler/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/compiler/codegen.cpp
@@ -766,18 +766,18 @@ namespace Tesses::CrossLang
                     if(std::holds_alternative<AdvancedSyntaxNode>(item))
                     {
                         auto tkn = std::get<AdvancedSyntaxNode>(item);
-                        if(tkn.nodeName == GetVariableExpression && !tkn.nodes.empty() && std::holds_alternative<std::string>(tkn.nodes[0]))
+                        if(tkn.nodeName == GetVariableExpression && !tkn.nodes.empty())
                         {
-                            instructions.push_back(new StringInstruction(GetString(std::get<std::string>(tkn.nodes[0]))));
+                            GenNode(instructions,tkn.nodes[0],scope,contscope,brkscope,contI,brkI);
                             GenNode(instructions,item,scope,contscope,brkscope,contI,brkI);
                             instructions.push_back(new SimpleInstruction(APPENDDICT));
                         }
                         else if(tkn.nodeName == AssignExpression && tkn.nodes.size()==2 && std::holds_alternative<AdvancedSyntaxNode>(tkn.nodes[0]))
                         {
                             auto myTn =  std::get<AdvancedSyntaxNode>(tkn.nodes[0]);
-                            if(myTn.nodeName == GetVariableExpression && !myTn.nodes.empty() && std::holds_alternative<std::string>(myTn.nodes[0]))
+                            if(myTn.nodeName == GetVariableExpression && !myTn.nodes.empty())
                             {
-                                instructions.push_back(new StringInstruction(GetString(std::get<std::string>(myTn.nodes[0]))));
+                                GenNode(instructions,myTn.nodes[0],scope,contscope,brkscope,contI,brkI);
                                 GenNode(instructions,tkn.nodes[1],scope,contscope,brkscope,contI,brkI);
                                 instructions.push_back(new SimpleInstruction(APPENDDICT));
                             }
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ namespace Tesses::CrossLang
 
                     }
                 }
-                else if(varNode.nodeName == GetFieldExpression && varNode.nodes.size() == 2 && std::holds_alternative<std::string>(varNode.nodes[1]))
+                else if(varNode.nodeName == GetFieldExpression && varNode.nodes.size() == 2)
                 {
                     GenNode(instructions,varNode.nodes[0],scope,contscope,brkscope,contI,brkI);