diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 40c553f..74b1401 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ insta = "1.9.0"
 [[bench]]
 name = "parser"
 harness = false
+
+[profile.release]
+debug = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d18e69f..37c2983 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ type HashSet<T> = rustc_hash::FxHashSet<T>;
 pub struct Config<'io> {
     pub debug: bool,
     pub step: bool,
+    pub parse_only: bool,
     pub stdout: &'io mut dyn Write,
 }
 
@@ -53,7 +54,12 @@ pub fn run_program(program: &str, cfg: &mut Config) {
     let ast = parse::parse(lexer, &ast_alloc);
 
     match ast {
-        Ok(ast) => process_ast(program, &ast, runtime, cfg),
+        Ok(ast) => {
+            if cfg.parse_only {
+                return;
+            }
+            process_ast(program, &ast, runtime, cfg)
+        }
         Err(err) => errors::display_error(program, err),
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c782988..ffbd4e8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ fn main() {
         let mut cfg = Config {
             debug: false,
             step: false,
+            parse_only: false,
             stdout: &mut stdout,
         };
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ fn main() {
             match &*arg {
                 "--debug" => cfg.debug = true,
                 "--step" => cfg.step = true,
+                "--parse-only" => cfg.parse_only = true,
                 _ => {}
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/runtime/gc.rs b/src/runtime/gc.rs
index 66f6f02..4bf7936 100644
--- a/src/runtime/gc.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/gc.rs
@@ -89,28 +89,28 @@ enum HeapObjectKind {
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct RtAlloc {
-    symbols: HashSet<NonNullStrWrapper>,
+    symbols: HashSet<NonNullStrStructuralEq>,
     objects: LinkedList<HeapObject>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
-struct NonNullStrWrapper(NonNull<str>);
+struct NonNullStrStructuralEq(NonNull<str>);
 
-impl Hash for NonNullStrWrapper {
+impl Hash for NonNullStrStructuralEq {
     fn hash<H: Hasher>(&self, state: &mut H) {
         // SAFETY: Assume the ptr is valid, same rules as `Gc<T>`
         unsafe { self.0.as_ref().hash(state) }
     }
 }
 
-impl PartialEq for NonNullStrWrapper {
+impl PartialEq for NonNullStrStructuralEq {
     fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
         // SAFETY: Assume the ptr is valid, same rules as `Gc<T>`
         unsafe { self.0.as_ref().eq(other.0.as_ref()) }
     }
 }
 
-impl Eq for NonNullStrWrapper {}
+impl Eq for NonNullStrStructuralEq {}
 
 impl RtAlloc {
     /// # Safety
@@ -153,11 +153,11 @@ impl RtAlloc {
     pub fn intern_string(&mut self, str: &str) -> Symbol {
         let original_nonnull = NonNull::from(str);
 
-        if let Some(interned) = self.symbols.get(&NonNullStrWrapper(original_nonnull)) {
+        if let Some(interned) = self.symbols.get(&NonNullStrStructuralEq(original_nonnull)) {
             Symbol::new(Gc { ptr: interned.0 })
         } else {
             let allocated = self.alloc_str(str);
-            self.symbols.insert(NonNullStrWrapper(allocated.ptr));
+            self.symbols.insert(NonNullStrStructuralEq(allocated.ptr));
             Symbol::new(allocated)
         }
     }