diff --git a/krakenGrammer.kgm b/krakenGrammer.kgm
index ee946f7..d421a6b 100644
--- a/krakenGrammer.kgm
+++ b/krakenGrammer.kgm
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ in_passthrough_params = opt_param_assign_list ;
 out_passthrough_params = opt_param_assign_list ;
 opt_param_assign_list = param_assign_list | ;
 param_assign_list = param_assign WS "," WS param_assign_list | param_assign ;
-param_assign = identifier WS "=" WS identifier ;
+param_assign = identifier WS "=" WS identifier | identifier ;
 opt_string = string | ;
 
 triple_quoted_string = "\"\"\"((\"\"(`|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|0|-|=|	|q|w|e|r|t|y|u|i|o|p|[|]|\\|a|s|d|f|g|h|j|k|l|;|'|
diff --git a/src/CGenerator.cpp b/src/CGenerator.cpp
index 9f1dff8..8d464e0 100644
--- a/src/CGenerator.cpp
+++ b/src/CGenerator.cpp
@@ -512,9 +512,15 @@ CCodeTriple CGenerator::generate(NodeTree<ASTData>* from, NodeTree<ASTData>* enc
                         for (auto assign : in_or_out->getChildren()) {
                             auto assignChildren = assign->getChildren();
                             if (in_or_out->getDataRef()->type == in_passthrough_params)
-                                pre_passthrough += ValueTypeToCType(assignChildren[0]->getDataRef()->valueType, assignChildren[1]->getDataRef()->symbol.getName()) + " = " + generate(assignChildren[0], enclosingObject).oneString() + ";\n";
+                                if (assignChildren.size() == 2)
+                                    pre_passthrough += ValueTypeToCType(assignChildren[0]->getDataRef()->valueType, assignChildren[1]->getDataRef()->symbol.getName()) + " = " + generate(assignChildren[0], enclosingObject).oneString() + ";\n";
+                                else
+                                    pre_passthrough += ValueTypeToCType(assignChildren[0]->getDataRef()->valueType, assignChildren[0]->getDataRef()->symbol.getName()) + " = " + generate(assignChildren[0], enclosingObject).oneString() + ";\n";
                             else if (in_or_out->getDataRef()->type == out_passthrough_params)
-                                post_passthrough += generate(assignChildren[0], enclosingObject, justFuncName).oneString() + " = " + assignChildren[1]->getDataRef()->symbol.getName() + ";\n";
+                                if (assignChildren.size() == 2)
+                                    post_passthrough += generate(assignChildren[0], enclosingObject, justFuncName).oneString() + " = " + assignChildren[1]->getDataRef()->symbol.getName() + ";\n";
+                                else
+                                    post_passthrough += generate(assignChildren[0], enclosingObject, justFuncName).oneString() + " = " + assignChildren[0]->getDataRef()->symbol.getName() + ";\n";
                             else
                                 linkerString += " " + strSlice(generate(in_or_out, enclosingObject, justFuncName).oneString(), 1, -2) + " ";
                         }
diff --git a/tests/test_c_passthrough.expected_results b/tests/test_c_passthrough.expected_results
index 4a70708..b340ca6 100644
--- a/tests/test_c_passthrough.expected_results
+++ b/tests/test_c_passthrough.expected_results
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 same_file: 5
 diff_file: 7
 diff_file: 13
+diff_file: 1337
diff --git a/tests/test_c_passthrough.krak b/tests/test_c_passthrough.krak
index 20fa633..5d1b975 100644
--- a/tests/test_c_passthrough.krak
+++ b/tests/test_c_passthrough.krak
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ fun main(): int {
         j = i + j;
     """
     c_passthrough_diff::print_it(j)
+
+    // test new shorthand for same name assignments
+    var r: int = 1000;
+    var s: int = 337;
+    __if_comp__ __C__ simple_passthrough(r, s : s:) """
+        s = r + s;
+    """
+    c_passthrough_diff::print_it(s)
     return 0
 }