diff --git a/compiler.c b/compiler.c
index 8b93e39..4a61699 100644
--- a/compiler.c
+++ b/compiler.c
@@ -129,6 +129,27 @@ static void AddLocalVariable(Scope *scope, LLVMValueRef pointer, char *name)
     scopeFrame->localVariableCount += 1;
 }
 
+static LLVMTypeRef WraithTypeToLLVMType(PrimitiveType type)
+{
+    switch (type)
+    {
+        case Int:
+            return LLVMInt64Type();
+
+        case UInt:
+            return LLVMInt64Type();
+
+        case Bool:
+            return LLVMInt1Type();
+
+        case Void:
+            return LLVMVoidType();
+    }
+
+    fprintf(stderr, "Unrecognized type!");
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 static LLVMTypeRef FindStructType(char *name)
 {
     uint32_t i;
@@ -287,6 +308,28 @@ static LLVMTypeRef LookupCustomType(char *name)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+static LLVMTypeRef ResolveType(Node* typeNode)
+{
+    if (IsPrimitiveType(typeNode))
+    {
+        return WraithTypeToLLVMType(typeNode->children[0]->primitiveType);
+    }
+    else if (typeNode->children[0]->syntaxKind == CustomTypeNode)
+    {
+        char *typeName = typeNode->children[0]->value.string;
+        return LookupCustomType(typeName);
+    }
+    else if (typeNode->children[0]->syntaxKind == ReferenceTypeNode)
+    {
+        return LLVMPointerType(ResolveType(typeNode->children[0]->children[0]), 0);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Unknown type node!\n");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+}
+
 static LLVMValueRef LookupFunctionByType(
     LLVMTypeRef structType,
     char *name,
@@ -389,27 +432,6 @@ static LLVMValueRef CompileExpression(
     Node *binaryExpression
 );
 
-static LLVMTypeRef WraithTypeToLLVMType(PrimitiveType type)
-{
-    switch (type)
-    {
-        case Int:
-            return LLVMInt64Type();
-
-        case UInt:
-            return LLVMInt64Type();
-
-        case Bool:
-            return LLVMInt1Type();
-
-        case Void:
-            return LLVMVoidType();
-    }
-
-    fprintf(stderr, "Unrecognized type!");
-    return NULL;
-}
-
 static LLVMValueRef CompileNumber(
     Node *numberExpression
 ) {
@@ -588,15 +610,7 @@ static void CompileFunctionVariableDeclaration(LLVMBuilderRef builder, Node *var
     char *ptrName = strdup(variableName);
     strcat(ptrName, "_ptr");
 
-    if (IsPrimitiveType(variableDeclaration->children[0]))
-    {
-        variable = LLVMBuildAlloca(builder, WraithTypeToLLVMType(variableDeclaration->children[0]->children[0]->primitiveType), ptrName);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        char *customTypeName = variableDeclaration->children[0]->children[0]->value.string;
-        variable = LLVMBuildAlloca(builder, LookupCustomType(customTypeName), ptrName);
-    }
+    variable = LLVMBuildAlloca(builder, ResolveType(variableDeclaration->children[0]), ptrName);
 
     free(ptrName);
 
@@ -751,7 +765,7 @@ static void CompileStruct(LLVMModuleRef module, LLVMContextRef context, Node *no
         switch (currentDeclarationNode->syntaxKind)
         {
             case Declaration: /* this is badly named */
-                types[fieldCount] = WraithTypeToLLVMType(currentDeclarationNode->children[0]->children[0]->primitiveType);
+                types[fieldCount] = ResolveType(currentDeclarationNode->children[0]);
                 fieldDeclarations[fieldCount] = currentDeclarationNode;
                 fieldCount += 1;
                 break;