diff --git a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/Compiler.java b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/Compiler.java
index cfb6c743c..b283a0ac8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/Compiler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/Compiler.java
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ public class Compiler {
                   ssaOptimized = true;
                   getLog().append("CONTROL FLOW GRAPH");
                   getLog().append(program.getGraph().toString(program));
-                  //pass2AssertSSA(program);
                }
             }
          }
@@ -215,6 +214,8 @@ public class Compiler {
 
    private void pass3Analysis() {
 
+      new Pass3AssertNoValueLists(program).check();
+
       new Pass3BlockSequencePlanner(program).plan();
 
       // Phi lifting ensures that all variables in phi-blocks are in different live range equivalence classes
diff --git a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/passes/Pass3AssertNoValueLists.java b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/passes/Pass3AssertNoValueLists.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71c09eedd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/passes/Pass3AssertNoValueLists.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package dk.camelot64.kickc.passes;
+
+import dk.camelot64.kickc.model.CompileError;
+import dk.camelot64.kickc.model.Program;
+import dk.camelot64.kickc.model.RValue;
+import dk.camelot64.kickc.model.ValueList;
+
+/**
+ * Assert that no value lists still exist inside the code.
+ */
+public class Pass3AssertNoValueLists extends Pass2SsaAssertion {
+
+   public Pass3AssertNoValueLists(Program program) {
+      super(program);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public void check() throws AssertionFailed {
+      ValueReplacer.executeAll(getGraph(), (replaceable, currentStmt, stmtIt, currentBlock) -> {
+         RValue value = replaceable.get();
+         if(value instanceof ValueList) {
+            throw new CompileError(
+                  "Error! Value list not resolved to word constructor or array initializer" +
+                        "\n value list: " + value.toString(getProgram()) +
+                        "\n statement: " + currentStmt.toString(getProgram(), false)
+            );
+         }
+      });
+
+   }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/passes/PassNVariableReferenceInfos.java b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/passes/PassNVariableReferenceInfos.java
index 304158bc8..17adbaac7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/passes/PassNVariableReferenceInfos.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/passes/PassNVariableReferenceInfos.java
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ public class PassNVariableReferenceInfos extends Pass2Base {
       } else if (rValue instanceof ValueList) {
          LinkedHashSet<SymbolRef> used = new LinkedHashSet<>();
          for (RValue value : ((ValueList) rValue).getList()) {
-            used.addAll(getReferencedVars(value));
+            used.addAll(getReferenced(value));
          }
          return used;
       } else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/test/TestPrograms.java b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/test/TestPrograms.java
index 6a34e1ae7..a4c0d6100 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/test/TestPrograms.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/test/TestPrograms.java
@@ -339,6 +339,10 @@ public class TestPrograms extends TestCase {
       assertError("invalid-consttype", "Constant variable has a non-matching type");
    }
 
+   public void testValueListError() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+      assertError("valuelist-error", "Value list not resolved to word constructor");
+   }
+
    private void assertError(String kcFile, String expectError) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
       try {
          compileAndCompare(kcFile);
diff --git a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/test/valuelist-error.kc b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/test/valuelist-error.kc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4463c8ebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/test/valuelist-error.kc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+void main() {
+    word w  = { -1, -1};
+    byte* screen = $400;
+    *screen = <w;
+}
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