diff --git a/codeGenVirtual/src/prog8/codegen/virtual/CodeGen.kt b/codeGenVirtual/src/prog8/codegen/virtual/CodeGen.kt
index 1b01bb940..ef6034adc 100644
--- a/codeGenVirtual/src/prog8/codegen/virtual/CodeGen.kt
+++ b/codeGenVirtual/src/prog8/codegen/virtual/CodeGen.kt
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ class CodeGen(internal val program: PtProgram,
             throw AssemblyError("if condition should only be a binary comparison expression")
 
         val signed = ifElse.condition.left.type in arrayOf(DataType.BYTE, DataType.WORD, DataType.FLOAT)
-        val vmDt = vmType(ifElse.condition.type)
+        val vmDt = vmType(ifElse.condition.left.type)
         val code = VmCodeChunk()
 
         fun translateNonZeroComparison(): VmCodeChunk {
diff --git a/docs/source/todo.rst b/docs/source/todo.rst
index c09dd1fdf..56aed5396 100644
--- a/docs/source/todo.rst
+++ b/docs/source/todo.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ TODO
 
 For next release
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-- vm: fix primes.p8 calculating wrong primes
 ...
 
 
diff --git a/examples/primes.p8 b/examples/primes.p8
index 143249f83..37838d876 100644
--- a/examples/primes.p8
+++ b/examples/primes.p8
@@ -40,27 +40,15 @@ main {
                 return 0        ; we wrapped; no more primes available in the sieve
         }
 
-        txt.print("candidate: ")
-        txt.print_ub(candidate_prime)
-        txt.nl()
-
         ; found next one, mark the multiples and return it.
         sieve[candidate_prime] = true
         uword multiple = candidate_prime
 
-
         while multiple < len(sieve) {
             sieve[lsb(multiple)] = true
             multiple += candidate_prime
         }
 
-        ubyte xx
-        for xx in sieve {
-            txt.print_ub(xx)
-            txt.spc()
-        }
-        txt.nl()
-
         return candidate_prime
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/test.p8 b/examples/test.p8
index 72bf33af3..366dd1cef 100644
--- a/examples/test.p8
+++ b/examples/test.p8
@@ -33,16 +33,24 @@ main {
 
         ubyte[20] sieve
         uword count=0
-        ubyte xx
-        for xx in sieve {
-            txt.print_ub(xx)
+        if count < 256
+            txt.print("<256 ok! 1\n")
+        if count > 256
+            txt.print(">256 nok! 2\n")
+        count=257
+        if count < 256
+            txt.print("<256 nok! 3\n")
+        if count > 256
+            txt.print(">256 ok! 4\n")
+        count=256
+
+        count=0
+        while count < 256 {         ; TODO fix this while loop
+            txt.print_uw(count)
             txt.spc()
-            count++
+            count += 10
         }
         txt.nl()
-        txt.print_uw(count)
-        txt.nl()
-
 
 ;        ; a "pixelshader":
 ;        sys.gfx_enable(0)       ; enable lo res screen