diff --git a/compiler/res/prog8lib/c64utils.p8 b/compiler/res/prog8lib/c64utils.p8
index 0d28c53b9..a523478fb 100644
--- a/compiler/res/prog8lib/c64utils.p8
+++ b/compiler/res/prog8lib/c64utils.p8
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ memcopy16_up	.proc
 		inc  dest+1             ; increment hi byte of dest
 +		dex                     ; decrement X (lo byte counter)
 		bne  -                  ; if X<>0 then move another byte
-		dec  length             ; weve moved 255 bytes, dec length
+		dec  length             ; we've moved 255 bytes, dec length
 		bpl  -                  ; if length is still positive go back and move more
 		rts                     ; done
 		.pend
diff --git a/compiler/src/prog8/ast/AST.kt b/compiler/src/prog8/ast/AST.kt
index e56114917..e726aab01 100644
--- a/compiler/src/prog8/ast/AST.kt
+++ b/compiler/src/prog8/ast/AST.kt
@@ -376,10 +376,10 @@ interface INameScope {
     }
 
     fun getLabelOrVariable(name: String): IStatement? {
-        // TODO this call is relatively slow.... cache it? make statement list non-mutable and update the cache when it is explicitly updated?
+        // this is called A LOT and could perhaps be optimized a bit more, but adding a cache didn't make much of a practical runtime difference
         for (stmt in statements) {
             if (stmt is VarDecl && stmt.name==name) return stmt
-            else if (stmt is Label && stmt.name==name) return stmt
+            if (stmt is Label && stmt.name==name) return stmt
         }
         return null
     }
diff --git a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/AsmOptimizer.kt b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/AsmOptimizer.kt
index a76f190f1..677d01910 100644
--- a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/AsmOptimizer.kt
+++ b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/AsmOptimizer.kt
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ fun optimizeAssembly(lines: MutableList<String>): Int {
         numberOfOptimizations++
     }
 
-
-    println("ASM OPTIMIZATIONS: $numberOfOptimizations")        // TODO weg
     return numberOfOptimizations
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/AssemblyProgram.kt b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/AssemblyProgram.kt
index 3456f5749..6e64ad1a6 100644
--- a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/AssemblyProgram.kt
+++ b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/AssemblyProgram.kt
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ class AssemblyProgram(val name: String) {
     private val viceMonListFile = "$name.vice-mon-list"
 
     fun assemble(options: CompilationOptions) {
-        val command = mutableListOf("64tass", "--ascii", "--case-sensitive", "--long-branch", "-Wall", "-Wno-strict-bool", "-Wlong-branch",
+        // add "-Wlong-branch"  to see warnings about conversion of branch instructions to jumps
+        val command = mutableListOf("64tass", "--ascii", "--case-sensitive", "--long-branch", "-Wall", "-Wno-strict-bool",
                 "-Werror", "-Wno-error=long-branch", "--dump-labels", "--vice-labels", "-l", viceMonListFile, "--no-monitor")
 
         val outFile = when(options.output) {