diff --git a/codeGeneration/src/prog8/compiler/target/cpu6502/codegen/BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen.kt b/codeGeneration/src/prog8/compiler/target/cpu6502/codegen/BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen.kt
index c93e9673a..4019b87e1 100644
--- a/codeGeneration/src/prog8/compiler/target/cpu6502/codegen/BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen.kt
+++ b/codeGeneration/src/prog8/compiler/target/cpu6502/codegen/BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen.kt
@@ -876,6 +876,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program, private val
             }
             DataType.FLOAT -> {
                 // via evaluation stack
+                // TODO use 2 temporary variables instead
                 asmgen.translateExpression(first)
                 asmgen.translateExpression(second)
                 val assignFirst = AsmAssignment(
diff --git a/codeGeneration/src/prog8/compiler/target/cpu6502/codegen/assignment/AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen.kt b/codeGeneration/src/prog8/compiler/target/cpu6502/codegen/assignment/AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen.kt
index e6f5fdf47..99b35ca94 100644
--- a/codeGeneration/src/prog8/compiler/target/cpu6502/codegen/assignment/AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen.kt
+++ b/codeGeneration/src/prog8/compiler/target/cpu6502/codegen/assignment/AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen.kt
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                         }
                     }
                     else -> {
-                        // TODO OTHER EVALUATION HERE
-                        asmgen.translateExpression(memory.addressExpression)
+                        // TODO OTHER EVALUATION HERE, don't use the estack
+                        asmgen.assignExpressionTo(memory.addressExpression, AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.STACK, program, asmgen, DataType.UWORD, memory.definingSubroutine))
                         asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.read_byte_from_address_on_stack |  sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1")      // TODO don't use estack to transfer the address to read from
                         when {
                             valueLv != null -> inplaceModification_byte_litval_to_variable("P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1", DataType.UBYTE, operator, valueLv.toInt())
diff --git a/examples/test.p8 b/examples/test.p8
index d5f7d1a15..ce7422646 100644
--- a/examples/test.p8
+++ b/examples/test.p8
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 main {
   sub start() {
     uword xx=$2000
-    ubyte yy=30
+    ubyte yy=$30
     ubyte zz=9
     ; sys.memset(xx+200, yy*2, zz+yy)
 
-    @($d020) = (xx+(yy*zz)) as ubyte
+    @($c030) = 10
+    @($c000+yy) *= 2
+    txt.print_ub(@($c030))
   }
 }