diff --git a/components/lox-compile/src/compile.rs b/components/lox-compile/src/compile.rs
index 555a033..ffcfd1f 100644
--- a/components/lox-compile/src/compile.rs
+++ b/components/lox-compile/src/compile.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ impl Compiler {
             syntax::Expr::Variable(word) => {
                 let name = word.as_str(db);
                 if let Some(index) = self.resolve_local(name) {
-                    chunk.emit_byte(Code::LocalVariable(index))
+                    chunk.emit_byte(Code::ReadLocalVariable(index))
                 } else {
                     chunk.emit_byte(Code::GlobalVariable(name.to_string()))
                 }
diff --git a/components/lox-execute/src/vm.rs b/components/lox-execute/src/vm.rs
index bdab0a2..4bc146a 100644
--- a/components/lox-execute/src/vm.rs
+++ b/components/lox-execute/src/vm.rs
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ impl VM {
                     let value = self.peek();
                     self.globals.insert(name, value.clone());
                 }
-                bytecode::Code::LocalVariable(index) => {
+                bytecode::Code::ReadLocalVariable(index) => {
                     let value = self.stack[index].clone();
                     self.push(value);
                 }
diff --git a/components/lox-ir/src/bytecode.rs b/components/lox-ir/src/bytecode.rs
index aaee9ac..2e27508 100644
--- a/components/lox-ir/src/bytecode.rs
+++ b/components/lox-ir/src/bytecode.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub enum Code {
     Print,
     GlobalVarDeclaration(String), // name of the variable
     GlobalVariable(String),       // name of the variable
-    LocalVariable(usize),         // index of the variable in the stack
+    ReadLocalVariable(usize),     // index of the variable in the stack
     Nil,
     Assign(String),
     Pop,
diff --git a/lox_tests/local_var/bytecode b/lox_tests/local_var/bytecode
index 50559d9..f75aadf 100644
--- a/lox_tests/local_var/bytecode
+++ b/lox_tests/local_var/bytecode
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ Chunk {
                 2.0,
             ),
         ),
-        LocalVariable(
+        ReadLocalVariable(
             1,
         ),
         Print,
         Pop,
-        LocalVariable(
+        ReadLocalVariable(
             0,
         ),
         Print,
diff --git a/lox_tests/local_var/execute b/lox_tests/local_var/execute
index 2dc1ffd..c431902 100644
--- a/lox_tests/local_var/execute
+++ b/lox_tests/local_var/execute
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stack: [
     ),
 ]
 
-execute: LocalVariable(
+execute: ReadLocalVariable(
     1,
 )
 stack: [
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stack: [
     ),
 ]
 
-execute: LocalVariable(
+execute: ReadLocalVariable(
     0,
 )
 stack: [