diff --git a/cl-ast/src/lib.rs b/cl-ast/src/lib.rs
index 0005c9a..700e669 100644
--- a/cl-ast/src/lib.rs
+++ b/cl-ast/src/lib.rs
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ pub struct Expr {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum ExprKind {
     /// An [Assign]ment expression: [`Expr`] ([`AssignKind`] [`Expr`])\+
-    Assign(Box<Assign>),
+    Assign(Assign),
     /// A [Binary] expression: [`Expr`] ([`BinaryKind`] [`Expr`])\+
     Binary(Binary),
     /// A [Unary] expression: [`UnaryKind`]\* [`Expr`]
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ pub enum ExprKind {
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct Assign {
-    pub head: Expr,
+    pub head: Box<Expr>,
     pub op: AssignKind,
     pub tail: Box<Expr>,
 }
diff --git a/cl-parser/src/parser.rs b/cl-parser/src/parser.rs
index 9508598..f66407c 100644
--- a/cl-parser/src/parser.rs
+++ b/cl-parser/src/parser.rs
@@ -675,7 +675,14 @@ impl<'t> Parser<'t> {
         let Ok(op) = self.assign_op() else {
             return Ok(head.kind);
         };
-        Ok(Assign { head, op, tail: self.expr_from(Self::exprkind_assign)?.into() }.into())
+        Ok(
+            Assign {
+                head: Box::new(head),
+                op,
+                tail: self.expr_from(Self::exprkind_assign)?.into(),
+            }
+            .into(),
+        )
     }
     // TODO: use a pratt parser for binary expressions, to simplify this
     binary! {