diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index b32f279..9328966 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 ## Short term
 
 - Implement enough functionality to port the BCC tutorial examples in PythonBPF
-
+- Static Typing
+- Add all maps
+- XDP support in pylibbpf
+- ringbuf support
+- recursive expression resolution
 
 ## Long term
 
diff --git a/pythonbpf/codegen.py b/pythonbpf/codegen.py
index d6b2f52..1b40e77 100644
--- a/pythonbpf/codegen.py
+++ b/pythonbpf/codegen.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def compile_to_ir(filename: str, output: str):
     return output
 
 
-def compile():
+def compile() -> bool:
     # Look one level up the stack to the caller of this function
     caller_frame = inspect.stack()[1]
     caller_file = Path(caller_frame.filename).resolve()
@@ -116,14 +116,16 @@ def compile():
     ll_file = Path("/tmp") / caller_file.with_suffix(".ll").name
     o_file = caller_file.with_suffix(".o")
 
-    compile_to_ir(str(caller_file), str(ll_file))
+    success = True
+    success = compile_to_ir(str(caller_file), str(ll_file)) and success
 
-    subprocess.run([
+    success = subprocess.run([
         "llc", "-march=bpf", "-filetype=obj", "-O2",
         str(ll_file), "-o", str(o_file)
-    ], check=True)
+    ], check=True) and success
 
-    print(f"Object written to {o_file}, {ll_file} can be removed")
+    print(f"Object written to {o_file}")
+    return success
 
 
 def BPF() -> BpfProgram:
diff --git a/tests/failing_tests/binops.py b/tests/failing_tests/binops.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cce8031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/failing_tests/binops.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from pythonbpf import compile, bpf, section, bpfglobal
+from ctypes import c_void_p, c_int64
+
+@bpf
+@section("sometag1")
+def sometag(ctx: c_void_p) -> c_int64:
+    a = 1 + 2 + 1
+    return c_int64(0)
+
+@bpf
+@bpfglobal
+def LICENSE() -> str:
+    return "GPL"
+
+compile()
diff --git a/tests/failing_tests/if.py b/tests/failing_tests/if.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e04f4c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/failing_tests/if.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from pythonbpf import compile, bpf, section, bpfglobal
+from ctypes import c_void_p, c_int64
+
+@bpf
+@section("sometag1")
+def sometag(ctx: c_void_p) -> c_int64:
+    if 3 + 2 == 5:
+        return c_int64(5)
+    return c_int64(0)
+
+@bpf
+@bpfglobal
+def LICENSE() -> str:
+    return "GPL"
+
+compile()
diff --git a/tests/failing_tests/license.py b/tests/failing_tests/license.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d21abba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/failing_tests/license.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from pythonbpf import compile, bpf, section, bpfglobal
+from ctypes import c_void_p, c_int64
+
+# FAILS WHEN THERE IS NO LICENSE. which is wrong.
+@bpf
+@section("sometag1")
+def sometag(ctx: c_void_p) -> c_int64:
+    a = 1 + 2
+    return c_int64(0)
+
+compile()
diff --git a/tests/failing_tests/return.py b/tests/failing_tests/return.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b9dfeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/failing_tests/return.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from pythonbpf import compile, bpf, section, bpfglobal
+from ctypes import c_void_p, c_int64
+
+@bpf
+@section("sometag1")
+def sometag(ctx: c_void_p) -> c_int64:
+    return c_int64(1 - 1)
+
+@bpf
+@bpfglobal
+def LICENSE() -> str:
+    return "GPL"
+
+compile()