diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/eval/test.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/eval/test.rs
index 89ec254..e13cde8 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/eval/test.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/eval/test.rs
@@ -27,47 +27,6 @@ macro_rules! test_in_fresh_env {
   }
 }
 
-#[test]
-fn if_is_patterns() {
-  let source = r#"
-type Option<T> = Some(T) | None
-let x = Option::Some(9); if x is Option::Some(q) then { q } else { 0 }"#;
-  test_in_fresh_env!(source, "9");
-
-  let source = r#"
-type Option<T> = Some(T) | None
-let x = Option::None; if x is Option::Some(q) then { q } else { 0 }"#;
-  test_in_fresh_env!(source, "0");
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn full_if_matching() {
-  let source = r#"
-type Option<T> = Some(T) | None
-let a = Option::None
-if a { is Option::None then 4, is Option::Some(x) then x }
-"#;
-test_in_fresh_env!(source, "4");
-
-let source = r#"
-type Option<T> = Some(T) | None
-let a = Option::Some(99)
-if a { is Option::None then 4, is Option::Some(x) then x }
-"#;
-test_in_fresh_env!(source, "99");
-
-let source = r#"
-let a = 10
-if a { is 10 then "x", is 4 then "y" }
-"#;
-test_in_fresh_env!(source, "\"x\"");
-
-let source = r#"
-let a = 10
-if a { is 15 then "x", is 10 then "y" }
-"#;
-test_in_fresh_env!(source, "\"y\"");
-}
 
 #[test]
 fn string_pattern() {
diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/reduced_ir/mod.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/reduced_ir/mod.rs
index 4c62a93..03bbfab 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/reduced_ir/mod.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/reduced_ir/mod.rs
@@ -344,11 +344,20 @@ impl ast::Pattern {
                 }
             },
             ast::Pattern::VarOrName(name) => {
-                //TODO fix this symbol not existing
                 let symbol = symbol_table.lookup_symbol(&name.id).unwrap();
-                println!("VarOrName symbol: {:?}", symbol);
-                let def_id = symbol.def_id().unwrap().clone();
-                Pattern::Binding(def_id)
+                match symbol.spec() {
+                    SymbolSpec::DataConstructor { index: tag, type_id, arity } => {
+                        Pattern::Tuple {
+                            tag: Some(tag as u32),
+                            subpatterns: vec![]
+                        }
+                    },
+                    SymbolSpec::LocalVariable => {
+                        let def_id = symbol.def_id().unwrap().clone();
+                        Pattern::Binding(def_id)
+                    },
+                    spec => return Err(format!("Unexpected VarOrName symbol: {:?}", spec).into())
+                }
             },
             ast::Pattern::Record(name, /*Vec<(Rc<String>, Pattern)>*/ _) => {
                 unimplemented!()
diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/symbol_table/resolver.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/symbol_table/resolver.rs
index 8500565..0e7e824 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/symbol_table/resolver.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/symbol_table/resolver.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ impl<'a> ScopeResolver<'a> {
     /// mappings.
     fn lookup_name_in_scope(&mut self, name: &QualifiedName) {
         let QualifiedName { id, components } = name;
-        //TODO handle a "partial" qualified name
+        //TODO handle a "partial" qualified name, and also handle it down in the pattern-matching
+        //section
         //TODO some of these if lets that look into the fqsn_to_symbol table should probaby fail
         //with an error
         if components.len() == 1 {
@@ -298,13 +299,21 @@ impl<'a> ASTVisitor for ScopeResolver<'a> {
             }
             //TODO this isn't really the right syntax for a VarOrName
             VarOrName(ref name @ QualifiedName { id, components }) => {
-                //TODO need a better way to construct a FQSN from a QualifiedName
-                let local_name: Rc<String> = components[0].clone();
-                let lscope = Scope::Name(Rc::new("<local-case-match>".to_string()));
-                let fqsn = Fqsn { scopes: vec![lscope, Scope::Name(local_name.clone())] };
-                //let local_name = fqsn.local_name();
-                self.symbol_table.add_symbol(id, fqsn, SymbolSpec::LocalVariable);
-                self.lexical_scopes.insert(local_name.clone(), NameType::LocalVariable(id.clone()));
+                if components.len() == 1 {
+                    //TODO need a better way to construct a FQSN from a QualifiedName
+                    let local_name: Rc<String> = components[0].clone();
+                    let lscope = Scope::Name(Rc::new("<local-case-match>".to_string()));
+                    let fqsn = Fqsn { scopes: vec![lscope, Scope::Name(local_name.clone())] };
+                    //let local_name = fqsn.local_name();
+                    self.symbol_table.add_symbol(id, fqsn, SymbolSpec::LocalVariable);
+                    self.lexical_scopes.insert(local_name.clone(), NameType::LocalVariable(id.clone()));
+                } else {
+                    let fqsn = Fqsn { scopes: components.iter().map(|name| Scope::Name(name.clone())).collect() };
+                    let symbol = self.symbol_table.fqsn_to_symbol.get(&fqsn);
+                    if let Some(symbol) = symbol {
+                        self.symbol_table.id_to_symbol.insert(id.clone(), symbol.clone());
+                    }
+                }
             },
         };
         Recursion::Continue
diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/tree_walk_eval/test.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/tree_walk_eval/test.rs
index c33cf2c..b3d9bd0 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/tree_walk_eval/test.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/tree_walk_eval/test.rs
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ if x {
     is (_, "panda", _, 2.2) then "yes"
     is _ then "maybe"
 }"#);
-println!("{}", source);
 
     eval_assert(&source, expected);
 }
@@ -149,6 +148,35 @@ let x = Option::None; if x is Option::Some(q) then { q } else { -2 + outer }"#;
   eval_assert(source, "0");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn full_if_matching() {
+    let source = r#"
+type Option<T> = Some(T) | None
+let a = Option::None
+if a { is Option::None then 4, is Option::Some(x) then x }
+    "#;
+    eval_assert(source, "4");
+
+    let source = r#"
+type Option<T> = Some(T) | None
+let sara = Option::Some(99)
+if sara { is Option::None then 1 + 3, is Option::Some(x) then x }
+    "#;
+    eval_assert(source, "99");
+
+    let source = r#"
+let a = 10
+if a { is 10 then "x", is 4 then "y" }
+    "#;
+    eval_assert(source, "\"x\"");
+
+    let source = r#"
+let a = 10
+if a { is 15 then "x", is 10 then "y" }
+    "#;
+    eval_assert(source, "\"y\"");
+}
+
 
 #[test]
 fn basic_lambda_evaluation_1() {