diff --git a/k.krak b/k.krak
index b952993..339fa3b 100644
--- a/k.krak
+++ b/k.krak
@@ -167,9 +167,28 @@ fun main(argc: int, argv: **char): int {
 
     // resolves all binding possibilities for one top level item
     passes[str("name_type_resolve")] = fun(item: *tree<ast>) {
-        println("Running name type resolver?")
-        // just temp
-        pass_poset.add_close_dep(make_pair(item, str("name_type_resolve")), make_pair(item, str("name_possibility_resolve")))
+        if !pass_poset.done(make_pair(item, str("name_possibility_resolve"))) {
+            pass_poset.add_open_dep(make_pair(item, str("name_type_resolve")), make_pair(item, str("name_possibility_resolve")))
+            return
+        }
+        var unify: fun(*binding<type>, *binding<type>): void = fun(t1: *binding<type>, t2: *binding<type>) {
+            println("trying to unify " + t1->bound_to->to_string() + " and " + t2->bound_to->to_string())
+            if (t1->bound_to->equality(t2->bound_to, false) || t1->bound_to->is_unknown())
+                t1->set(t2->bound_to)
+            else
+                t2->set(t1->bound_to)
+        }
+        var traverse_for_unify: fun(*tree<ast>): void = fun(t: *tree<ast>) {
+            t->children.for_each(traverse_for_unify)
+            match (t->data) {
+                ast::_declaration() if (t->children.size > 1)
+                                        unify(get_type(t->children[0]), get_type(t->children[1]))
+                /*ast::_assignment()*/
+                /*ast::_call()*/
+                /*ast::_return()*/
+            }
+        }
+        traverse_for_unify(item)
     }
 
     //  emit C
diff --git a/stdlib/ast.krak b/stdlib/ast.krak
index 9a6df8f..e7d02c4 100644
--- a/stdlib/ast.krak
+++ b/stdlib/ast.krak
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@ adt ast {
     _cast: *binding<type>,
     _value: pair<str, *binding<type>>
 }
+fun get_type(a: *tree<ast>): *binding<type> {
+    match(a->data) {
+        ast::_identifier(b)         return b.second
+        ast::_binding(b)            return get_type(b.second->bound_to)
+        ast::_function(b)           return b.second
+        /*ast::_call()                return get_type(a->children[0])->bound_to->base->_fun->second*/
+        /*ast::_compiler_intrinsic(b) return str("_compiler_intrinsic(") + b.first + ")"*/
+        ast::_cast(b)               return b
+        ast::_value(b)              return b.second
+    }
+    error("Trying to get type of node without one: " + to_string(a->data))
+}
 fun to_string(a: ref ast): str {
     match(a) {
         ast::_translation_unit(b)   return str("_translation_unit(") + b + ")"
@@ -272,7 +284,7 @@ obj binding<T> (Object) {
     }
     fun set(to: *T) {
         // don't set null, that will set all unbound ones
-        if (bound_to == null<tree<ast>>()) {
+        if (bound_to == null<T>()) {
             bound_to = to
             return
         }