diff --git a/src/llvm/link/lld.c b/src/llvm/link/lld.c
index e1a2175..8c063d2 100644
--- a/src/llvm/link/lld.c
+++ b/src/llvm/link/lld.c
@@ -65,12 +65,6 @@ TargetLinkConfig* lld_create_link_config(__attribute__((unused)) const Target* t
     g_array_append_val(config->object_file_names, target_object);
     INFO("resolved path of target object: %s", target_object);
 
-    // if it is an app, add entrypoint library
-    if (target_config->mode == Application) {
-        char* entrypoint = g_strdup("libentrypoint.a");
-        g_array_append_val(module->imports, entrypoint);
-    }
-
     // resolve absolute paths to dependent library object files
     DEBUG("resolving target dependencies...");
     for (guint i = 0; i < module->imports->len; i++) {
@@ -78,9 +72,9 @@ TargetLinkConfig* lld_create_link_config(__attribute__((unused)) const Target* t
 
         const char* dependency_object = get_absolute_link_path(target_config, dependency);
         if (dependency_object == NULL) {
-            ERROR("failed to resolve path to dependency object: %s", dependency);
-            lld_delete_link_config(config);
-            return NULL;
+            INFO("failed to resolve path to dependency object: %s", dependency);
+            print_message(Warning, "failed to resolve path to dependency object: %s", dependency);
+            continue;
         }
         g_array_append_val(config->object_file_names, dependency_object);
         INFO("resolved path of target object: %s", dependency_object);
@@ -91,53 +85,8 @@ TargetLinkConfig* lld_create_link_config(__attribute__((unused)) const Target* t
     return config;
 }
 
-GArray* lld_create_lld_arguments(TargetLinkConfig* config) {
-    GArray* argv = g_array_new(TRUE, FALSE, sizeof(char*));
-
-    gchar* arg = g_strdup("ld.lld");
-    g_array_append_val(argv, arg);
-
-    if (config->fatal_warnings) {
-        arg = g_strdup("--fatal-warnings");
-        g_array_append_val(argv, arg);
-    }
-
-    if (config->colorize) {
-        arg = g_strdup("--color-diagnostics=always");
-        g_array_append_val(argv, arg);
-    }
-
-    {
-        arg = g_strjoin("", "-o", config->output_file, NULL);
-        g_array_append_val(argv, arg);
-    }
-
-    for (guint i = 0; i < config->object_file_names->len; i++) {
-        char* object_file_path = g_array_index(config->object_file_names, char*, i);
-        arg = g_strjoin("", object_file_path, NULL);
-        g_array_append_val(argv, arg);
-    }
-
-    return argv;
-}
-
 BackendError lld_link_target(TargetLinkConfig* config) {
-    DEBUG("linking target...");
-    BackendError err = SUCCESS;
-
-    GArray* argv = lld_create_lld_arguments(config);
-
-    INFO("Linking target...");
-
-    char* arguments = g_strjoinv(" ", (char**) argv->data);
-    print_message(Info, "%s", arguments);
-    g_free(arguments);
-
-    INFO("done linking target...");
-
-    g_array_free(argv, TRUE);
-
-    return err;
+    return SUCCESS;
 }
 
 void lld_delete_link_config(TargetLinkConfig* config) {
diff --git a/src/llvm/llvm-ir/stmt.c b/src/llvm/llvm-ir/stmt.c
index 6a3f41a..c3f8fa2 100644
--- a/src/llvm/llvm-ir/stmt.c
+++ b/src/llvm/llvm-ir/stmt.c
@@ -41,16 +41,22 @@ BackendError impl_storage_expr(
                 return err;
             }
 
+            if (expr->impl.dereference.array->kind == StorageExprKindDereference) {
+                LLVMTypeRef deref_type = NULL;
+                err = get_type_impl(unit, scope->func_scope->global_scope, expr->impl.dereference.array->target_type, &deref_type);
+                if (err.kind != Success) {
+                    return err;
+                }
+
+                array = LLVMBuildLoad2(builder, deref_type, array, "strg.deref.indirect-load");
+            }
+
             LLVMTypeRef deref_type = NULL;
             err = get_type_impl(unit, scope->func_scope->global_scope, expr->target_type, &deref_type);
             if (err.kind != Success) {
                 return err;
             }
 
-            if (expr->target_type->kind == TypeKindReference) {
-                array = LLVMBuildLoad2(builder, deref_type, array, "strg.deref.indirect-load");
-            }
-
             *storage_target = LLVMBuildGEP2(builder, deref_type, array, &index, 1, "strg.deref");
 
             break;
@@ -210,6 +216,8 @@ BackendError impl_func_call(LLVMBackendCompileUnit *unit,
         Parameter parameter = g_array_index(param_list, Parameter, i);
         if (is_parameter_out(&parameter)) {
             reference = TRUE;
+        } else if (parameter.impl.declaration.type->kind == TypeKindReference) {
+            reference = TRUE;
         }
 
         LLVMValueRef llvm_arg = NULL;
diff --git a/src/llvm/parser.c b/src/llvm/parser.c
index 9f07ae8..201f28b 100644
--- a/src/llvm/parser.c
+++ b/src/llvm/parser.c
@@ -259,9 +259,13 @@ BackendError parse_module(const Module* module, const TargetConfig* config) {
             if (config->mode == Application) {
                 TargetLinkConfig* link_config = lld_create_link_config(&target, config, module);
 
-                lld_link_target(link_config);
+                if (link_config != NULL) {
+                    lld_link_target(link_config);
 
-                lld_delete_link_config(link_config);
+                    lld_delete_link_config(link_config);
+                } else {
+                    err = new_backend_impl_error(Implementation, NULL, "libclang error");
+                }
             }
         }