diff --git a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/astprocessing/LiteralsToAutoVars.kt b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/astprocessing/LiteralsToAutoVars.kt
index 08a835faf..1dcfda72a 100644
--- a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/astprocessing/LiteralsToAutoVars.kt
+++ b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/astprocessing/LiteralsToAutoVars.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import prog8.ast.IFunctionCall
 import prog8.ast.IStatementContainer
 import prog8.ast.Node
 import prog8.ast.Program
+import prog8.ast.base.FatalAstException
 import prog8.ast.expressions.*
 import prog8.ast.statements.*
 import prog8.ast.walk.AstWalker
@@ -76,6 +77,23 @@ internal class LiteralsToAutoVars(private val program: Program, private val erro
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        if(array.type.isArray) {
+            val mods = mutableListOf<IAstModification>()
+            for(elt in array.value.filterIsInstance<IdentifierReference>()) {
+                val decl = elt.targetVarDecl(program)
+                if(decl!=null && decl.splitArray) {
+                    // you can't take the adress of a split-word array.
+                    // instead of giving a fatal error, we remove the
+                    // instead of a fatal error, we give a warning and turn it back into a regular array.
+                    errors.warn("cannot take address of split word array - the array is turned back into a regular word array", decl.position)
+                    val normalArray = makeNormalArrayFromSplit(decl)
+                    mods.add(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(decl, normalArray, decl.parent))
+                }
+            }
+            return mods
+        }
+        
         return noModifications
     }
 
@@ -138,4 +156,32 @@ internal class LiteralsToAutoVars(private val program: Program, private val erro
 //        }
         return noModifications
     }
+
+    override fun after(addressOf: AddressOf, parent: Node): Iterable<IAstModification> {
+        val variable=addressOf.identifier.targetVarDecl(program)
+        if (variable!=null) {
+            if (variable.splitArray) {
+                // you can't take the adress of a split-word array.
+                // instead of giving a fatal error, we remove the
+                // instead of a fatal error, we give a warning and turn it back into a regular array.
+                errors.warn("cannot take address of split word array - the array is turned back into a regular word array", addressOf.position)
+                val normalArray = makeNormalArrayFromSplit(variable)
+                return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(variable, normalArray, variable.parent))
+            }
+        }
+        return noModifications
+    }
+
+    private fun makeNormalArrayFromSplit(variable: VarDecl): VarDecl {
+        val normalDt = when(variable.datatype) {
+            DataType.ARRAY_UW_SPLIT -> DataType.ARRAY_UW
+            DataType.ARRAY_W_SPLIT -> DataType.ARRAY_W
+            else -> throw FatalAstException("invalid dt")
+        }
+        return VarDecl(
+            variable.type, variable.origin, normalDt, variable.zeropage, variable.arraysize, variable.name, emptyList(),
+            variable.value?.copy(), variable.sharedWithAsm, false, variable.alignment, variable.position
+        )
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/compiler/test/ast/TestVariousCompilerAst.kt b/compiler/test/ast/TestVariousCompilerAst.kt
index ed445ff5b..1914295e5 100644
--- a/compiler/test/ast/TestVariousCompilerAst.kt
+++ b/compiler/test/ast/TestVariousCompilerAst.kt
@@ -795,5 +795,31 @@ txt {
         errors.errors[0] shouldContain "undefined symbol: txt.print2222"
         errors.errors[1] shouldContain "undefined symbol: txt.DEFAULT_WIDTH_XXX"
     }
+
+    test("split arrays back to normal when address is taken") {
+        val src="""
+main {
+    sub start() {
+        cx16.r0L=0
+        if cx16.r0L==0 {
+            uword[] addresses = [scores2, start]
+            uword[] @split scores1 = [10, 25, 50, 100]
+            uword[] @split scores2 = [100, 250, 500, 1000]
+
+            cx16.r0 = &scores1
+            cx16.r1 = &scores2
+            cx16.r2 = &addresses
+        }
+    }
+}"""
+        val errors = ErrorReporterForTests(keepMessagesAfterReporting = true)
+        compileText(C64Target(), optimize=false, src, writeAssembly=true, errors=errors) shouldNotBe null
+        errors.errors.size shouldBe 0
+        errors.warnings.size shouldBe 2
+        errors.warnings[0] shouldContain("address")
+        errors.warnings[1] shouldContain("address")
+        errors.warnings[0] shouldContain("split")
+        errors.warnings[1] shouldContain("split")
+    }
 })
 
diff --git a/docs/source/todo.rst b/docs/source/todo.rst
index cbc9371db..c2cb468d9 100644
--- a/docs/source/todo.rst
+++ b/docs/source/todo.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 TODO
 ====
 
-"cannot take address of split word array"  -> don't make this a fatal error, make it a warning and turn the array into a regular array instead
-(benchmark program/textelite should then be compilable with -splitarrays)
-
 merge problem: if 2 library modules both have merge, stuff breaks (math & prog8_math where prog8_math used to have math block.... didn't work)
 
 for releasenotes: gfx2.width and gfx2.height got renamed as gfx_lores.WIDTH/HEIGHT or gfx_hires4.WIDTH/HEIGTH constants.  Screen mode routines also renamed.
diff --git a/examples/test.p8 b/examples/test.p8
index ae1b46d11..b65d69ce5 100644
--- a/examples/test.p8
+++ b/examples/test.p8
@@ -5,10 +5,15 @@
 main {
 
     sub start() {
+        cx16.r0L=0
         if cx16.r0L==0 {
-            uword[] scores = [10, 25, 50, 100]      ; can never clear more than 4 lines at once
-            txt.print_uw(scores[1])
-            txt.nl()
+            uword[] addresses = [scores2, start]
+            uword[] @split scores1 = [10, 25, 50, 100]      ; can never clear more than 4 lines at once
+            uword[] @split scores2 = [10, 25, 50, 100]      ; can never clear more than 4 lines at once
+
+            cx16.r0 = &scores1
+            cx16.r1 = &scores2
+            cx16.r2 = &addresses
         }
     }