diff --git a/node.go b/node.go
index 1dbf821..274ef23 100644
--- a/node.go
+++ b/node.go
@@ -407,15 +407,15 @@ func (n *ndDict) String() string {
 	return sb.String()
 }
 
-type ndStruct struct {
+type ndStructDef struct {
 	tok  *token
 	name node
 	vars []node
 	fns  []node
 }
 
-func (n *ndStruct) token() *token { return n.tok }
-func (n *ndStruct) String() string {
+func (n *ndStructDef) token() *token { return n.tok }
+func (n *ndStructDef) String() string {
 	sb := strings.Builder{}
 	sb.WriteString("struct ")
 	sb.WriteString(n.name.String())
@@ -432,6 +432,23 @@ func (n *ndStruct) String() string {
 	return sb.String()
 }
 
+type ndStructInit struct {
+	tok  *token
+	name node
+	values node // ndDict
+}
+
+func (n *ndStructInit) token() *token { return n.tok }
+func (n *ndStructInit) String() string {
+	sb := strings.Builder{}
+	sb.WriteString(n.name.String())
+	sb.WriteString(" {\n")
+	sb.WriteString("    " + n.values.String() + "\n")
+	sb.WriteString("}")
+
+	return sb.String()
+}
+
 type ndContinue struct {
 	tok *token
 }
diff --git a/obj.go b/obj.go
index a730d21..dc8eb61 100644
--- a/obj.go
+++ b/obj.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const (
 	tStr
 	tList
 	tDict
+	tStruct
 	tBuiltinFunc
 	tGoStdModFunc
 	tFunc
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ func (o objtyp) String() string {
 		return "list"
 	case tDict:
 		return "dict"
+	case tStruct:
+		return "struct"
 	case tBuiltinFunc:
 		return "builtinfunc"
 	case tGoStdModFunc:
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ type obj struct {
 	dict  *dict
 	mod   *module
 
-	// builtin/func/gostdmodfunc
+	// builtin/func/gostdmodfunc/struct
 	name string
 
 	// builtin
@@ -83,6 +86,9 @@ type obj struct {
 	fmod   *module
 	params []string
 	body   []node
+
+	// struct
+	fields map[string]*obj
 }
 
 func (o *obj) update(x *obj) {
@@ -100,6 +106,9 @@ func (o *obj) update(x *obj) {
 		o.list = x.list
 	case tDict:
 		o.dict = x.dict
+	case tStruct:
+		o.name = x.name
+		o.fields = x.fields
 	case tBuiltinFunc:
 		o.name = x.name
 		o.bfnbody = x.bfnbody
@@ -135,6 +144,11 @@ func (o *obj) clone() *obj {
 		}
 	case tDict:
 		cloned.dict = o.dict.clone()
+	case tStruct:
+		cloned.name = o.name
+		for k, v := range o.fields {
+			cloned.fields[k] = v.clone()
+		}
 	case tBuiltinFunc:
 		cloned.name = o.name
 		cloned.bfnbody = o.bfnbody
@@ -221,6 +235,23 @@ func (o *obj) equals(x *obj) bool {
 		return o.name == x.name
 	case tGoStdModFunc:
 		return o.name == x.name
+	case tStruct:
+		if o.name != x.name {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		for k, v := range o.fields {
+			v2, ok := x.fields[k]
+			if !ok {
+				return false
+			}
+			if !v.equals(v2) {
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+
+		return true
+
 	default:
 		return o.fmod == x.fmod && o.name == x.name
 	}
@@ -252,6 +283,21 @@ func (o *obj) String() string {
 		return sb.String()
 	case tDict:
 		return o.dict.String()
+	case tStruct:
+		sb := strings.Builder{}
+		sb.WriteString(o.name)
+		sb.WriteString("{")
+		i := 0
+		for k, v := range o.fields {
+			sb.WriteString(k + ":" + v.String())
+			if i < len(o.fields)-1 {
+				sb.WriteString(", ")
+			}
+			i++
+		}
+		sb.WriteString("}")
+
+		return sb.String()
 	case tMod:
 		return o.mod.name
 	case tBuiltinFunc:
diff --git a/parse.go b/parse.go
index 092e04c..ef6c122 100644
--- a/parse.go
+++ b/parse.go
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ func newparser(mod *module) *parser {
 	return p
 }
 
+func (p *parser) mark() int {
+	return p.tokenizer.mark()
+}
+
+func (p *parser) reset(m int)  {
+	p.tokenizer.reset(m)
+}
+
 func (p *parser) iscur(t tktype) bool {
 	return p.cur.typ == t
 }
@@ -104,7 +112,7 @@ func (p *parser) stmt() node {
 	}
 
 	if p.iscur(tkStruct) {
-		return p._struct()
+		return p.structdef()
 	}
 
 	if p.iscur(tkReturn) {
@@ -297,9 +305,9 @@ func (p *parser) def() node {
 }
 
 // struct = "struct" ident "{" ident-list? def-list? "}"
-func (p *parser) _struct() node {
+func (p *parser) structdef() node {
 	p.skipnewline()
-	n := &ndStruct{tok: p.cur}
+	n := &ndStructDef{tok: p.cur}
 	p.must(tkStruct)
 	n.name = p.ident()
 	p.must(tkLBrace)
@@ -743,7 +751,7 @@ func (p *parser) postfix() node {
 	return n
 }
 
-// primary = list | dict | "(" expr ")" | str | num | "true" | "false" | ident
+// primary = list | dict | "(" expr ")" | str | num | "true" | "false" | ident | struct_init
 func (p *parser) primary() node {
 	if p.iscur(tkLBracket) {
 		return p.list()
@@ -805,7 +813,32 @@ func (p *parser) primary() node {
 		return n
 	}
 
-	return p.ident()
+	i := p.ident()
+	if !p.iscur(tkLBrace) {
+		return i
+	}
+
+	// struct initialize.
+	// ident{varname: value, ...}
+	// this is parsed as ident + dict
+	if d := p.try(p.dict); d != nil {
+		return &ndStructInit{tok: p.cur, name: i, values: d}
+	}
+
+	return i
+}
+
+func (p *parser) try(f func() node) (n node) {
+	m := p.mark()
+	c := p.cur
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			p.reset(m)
+			p.cur = c
+		}
+	}()
+	n = f()
+	return
 }
 
 // list = "[" expr-list? "]"
diff --git a/process.go b/process.go
index bd39a43..afa1bcb 100644
--- a/process.go
+++ b/process.go
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ func process(mod *module, nd node) (procResult, shibaErr) {
 	case *ndCondLoop:
 		return procCondLoop(mod, n)
 
-	case *ndStruct:
-		return procStruct(mod, n)
+	case *ndStructDef:
+		return procStructDef(mod, n)
+
+	case *ndStructInit:
+		return procStructInit(mod, n)
 
 	case *ndFunDef:
 		return procFunDef(mod, n)
@@ -470,7 +473,7 @@ func procCondLoop(mod *module, n *ndCondLoop) (procResult, shibaErr) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func procStruct(mod *module, n *ndStruct) (procResult, shibaErr) {
+func procStructDef(mod *module, n *ndStructDef) (procResult, shibaErr) {
 	if _, ok := n.name.(*ndIdent); !ok {
 		return nil, &errSimple{msg: fmt.Sprintf("invalid struct name %s", n.name), l: n.token().loc}
 	}
@@ -495,6 +498,45 @@ func procStruct(mod *module, n *ndStruct) (procResult, shibaErr) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
+func procStructInit(mod *module, n *ndStructInit) (procResult, shibaErr) {
+	if _, ok := n.name.(*ndIdent); !ok {
+		return nil, &errSimple{msg: fmt.Sprintf("invalid struct name %s", n.name), l: n.token().loc}
+	}
+
+	name := n.name.(*ndIdent).ident
+	o := &obj{typ: tStruct, name: name, fields: map[string]*obj{}}
+
+	sd, ok := env.getstruct(mod, name)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, &errSimple{msg: fmt.Sprintf("struct %s is not defined", name), l: n.token().loc}
+	}
+
+	d, ok := n.values.(*ndDict)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, &errInternal{msg: fmt.Sprintf("dict expected in struct init but got %s", n.values), l: n.token().loc}
+	}
+
+	for i := range d.keys {
+		if _, ok := d.keys[i].(*ndIdent); !ok {
+			return nil, &errSimple{msg: fmt.Sprintf("invalid field name %s in struct %s", d.keys[i], name), l: n.token().loc}
+		}
+
+		k := d.keys[i].(*ndIdent).ident
+		if !sd.hasfield(k) {
+			return nil, &errSimple{msg: fmt.Sprintf("struct %s does not have field %s", name, k), l: n.token().loc}
+		}
+
+		v, err := procAsObj(mod, d.vals[i])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		o.fields[k] = v
+	}
+
+	return &prObj{o: o}, nil
+}
+
 func procFunDef(mod *module, n *ndFunDef) (procResult, shibaErr) {
 	params := []string{}
 	for _, p := range n.params {
diff --git a/struct.go b/struct.go
index 8665d83..2ffbc5c 100644
--- a/struct.go
+++ b/struct.go
@@ -5,3 +5,13 @@ type structdef struct {
 	vars []string
 	defs []*obj
 }
+
+func (sd *structdef) hasfield(f string) bool {
+	for _, v := range sd.vars {
+		if v == f {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/tests/struct.sb b/tests/struct.sb
index c1b24f4..cb62bd4 100644
--- a/tests/struct.sb
+++ b/tests/struct.sb
@@ -19,4 +19,7 @@ struct person{
     }
 }
 
+p = person{name: "alice", age: 3}
+print(p)
+
 print("struct test succeeded")
diff --git a/token.go b/token.go
index a0df28d..2542342 100644
--- a/token.go
+++ b/token.go
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ func (t tktype) String() string {
 
 		for _, punct := range punctuators {
 			if punct.t == t {
+				if t == tkNewLine {
+					return "newline"
+				}
+
 				return punct.s
 			}
 		}