diff --git a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/passes/PassNAssertStructMembers.java b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/passes/PassNAssertStructMembers.java
index 367ca88ad..161a093c4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/passes/PassNAssertStructMembers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/passes/PassNAssertStructMembers.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import dk.camelot64.kickc.model.symbols.StructDefinition;
 import dk.camelot64.kickc.model.symbols.Variable;
 import dk.camelot64.kickc.model.types.SymbolType;
 import dk.camelot64.kickc.model.types.SymbolTypeInference;
+import dk.camelot64.kickc.model.types.SymbolTypePointer;
 import dk.camelot64.kickc.model.types.SymbolTypeStruct;
 import dk.camelot64.kickc.model.values.StructMemberRef;
 
@@ -32,6 +33,11 @@ public class PassNAssertStructMembers extends Pass2SsaOptimization {
                if(member==null) {
                   throw new CompileError("Unknown struct member "+structMemberRef.getMemberName()+" in struct "+structType.getTypeName(), currentStmt);
                }
+            } else {
+               if(type instanceof SymbolTypePointer)
+                  throw new CompileError("member '"+structMemberRef.getMemberName()+"' reference type '"+type.getTypeBaseName()+"' is a pointer; did you mean to use '->'?", currentStmt);
+               else
+                  throw new CompileError("member '"+structMemberRef.getMemberName()+"' reference operator '.'/'->' applied to a non-struct", currentStmt);
             }
          }
       });
diff --git a/src/test/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/test/TestProgramsFast.java b/src/test/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/test/TestProgramsFast.java
index d2bb753ba..377e393b6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/test/TestProgramsFast.java
+++ b/src/test/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/test/TestProgramsFast.java
@@ -2267,6 +2267,11 @@ public class TestProgramsFast extends TestPrograms {
       compileAndCompare("weeip-checksum.c");
    }
 
+   @Test
+   public void testWeeipBbbsList() throws IOException {
+      compileAndCompare("weeip-bbslist.c");
+   }
+
    @Test
    public void testUnion8() throws IOException {
       compileAndCompare("union-8.c");
diff --git a/src/test/kc/weeip-bbslist.c b/src/test/kc/weeip-bbslist.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52eef136a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/kc/weeip-bbslist.c
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Test initialization of array of struct with char* elements
+
+#include <c64.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+struct bbs {
+  char *name;
+  char *host_name;
+  unsigned int port_number;
+};
+
+#define NULL 0
+
+const struct bbs bbs_list[27]=
+  {
+   {"Boar's Head","byob.hopto.org",64128},
+   {"RapidFire","rapidfire.hopto.org",64128},
+   {"Antidote by Triad","antidote.hopto.org",64128},
+   {"Wizards's Realm", "wizardsrealm.c64bbs.org", 23},
+   {"The Hidden", "the-hidden.hopto.org", 64128},
+   {"Eaglewing BBS", "eagelbird.ddns.net", 6400},
+   {"Scorps Portal", "scorp.us.to", 23},
+   {"My C=ult BBS", "maraud.dynalias.com", 6400},
+   {"Commodore Image", "cib.dyndns.org", 6400},
+   {"64 Vintag Remic", "64vintageremixbbs.dyndns.org", 6400},
+   {"Jamming Signal", "bbs.jammingsignal.com", 23},
+   {"Centronian BBS", "centronian.servebeer.com", 6400},
+   {"Anrchy Undergrnd", "aubbs.dyndns.org", 2300},
+   {"The Oasis BBS", "oasisbbs.hopto.org", 6400},
+   {"The Disk Box", "bbs.thediskbox.com", 6400},
+   {"Cottonwood", "cottonwoodbbs.dyndns.org", 6502},
+   {"Wrong Number ][", "cib.dyndns.org", 6404},
+   {"RabidFire", "rapidfire.hopto.org", 64128},
+   {"Mad World", "madworld.bounceme.net", 6400},
+   {"Citadel 64", "bbs.thejlab.com", 6400},
+   {"Hotwire BBS", "hotwirebbs.zapto.org", 6502},
+   {"Endless Chaos", "endlesschaos.dyndns.org", 6400},
+   {"Borderline", "borderlinebbs.dyndns.org", 6400},
+   {"RAVELOUTION","raveolution.hopto.org",64128},
+   {"The Edge BBS","theedgebbs.dyndns.org",1541},
+   {"PGS Test","F96NG92-L.fritz.box",64128},
+   {NULL,NULL,0}
+  };
+
+void main() {
+    VICII->MEMORY = 0x17;
+    for(struct bbs * bbs = bbs_list; bbs->name; bbs++)
+        printf("%s %s %u\n", bbs->name, bbs->host_name, bbs->port_number);
+}