diff --git a/src/backend/vm.nim b/src/backend/vm.nim
index 2a5eb54..5f13622 100644
--- a/src/backend/vm.nim
+++ b/src/backend/vm.nim
@@ -161,9 +161,15 @@ template free*(self: var PeonVM, kind: typedesc, p: pointer): untyped =
     discard reallocate(self, p, sizeof(kind), 0)
 
 
+template setKind*[T, K](t: var T, kind: untyped, target: K) =
+    ## Thanks to https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/8312
+    cast[ptr K](cast[int](addr t) + offsetOf(typeof(t), kind))[] = target
+
+
 proc allocate*(self: var PeonVM, kind: ObjectKind, size: typedesc, count: int): ptr HeapObject {.inline.} =
     ## Allocates an object on the heap
     result = cast[ptr HeapObject](self.reallocate(nil, 0, sizeof(HeapObject)))
+    setkind(result[], kind, kind)
     result.marked = false
     self.gc.bytesAllocated.total += sizeof(HeapObject)
     self.gc.bytesAllocated.current += sizeof(HeapObject)
diff --git a/tests/gc.pn b/tests/gc.pn
index 9f0b330..23dc5be 100644
--- a/tests/gc.pn
+++ b/tests/gc.pn
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import std;
 
 
-var x = 10000;
+var x = 1000000;
 var y = "just a test";
 print(y);
 print("Starting GC torture test");