diff --git a/src/Parser.cpp b/src/Parser.cpp
index ba65e9c..0f1a4eb 100644
--- a/src/Parser.cpp
+++ b/src/Parser.cpp
@@ -26,3 +26,8 @@ std::shared_ptr<ASTNode> Parser::parse()
 
     return result.get();
 }
+
+Parser::ErrorOr<ExprNode> Parser::walk_expr()
+{
+    return ErrorOr<ExprNode>(new ExprNode()); // constructor does not want to accept a shared_ptr<T> in the argument list, thats why im not using make_shared here
+}
diff --git a/src/Parser.h b/src/Parser.h
index 82f9e95..e6d8684 100644
--- a/src/Parser.h
+++ b/src/Parser.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Parser
             return error_tok;
         }
 
-        ErrorOr(std::shared_ptr<T>& ptr) : m_ptr(ptr), m_is_error(false) {}
+        ErrorOr(T* ptr) : m_ptr(ptr), m_is_error(false) {}
         ErrorOr(const std::string& error, const Token& error_tok) : m_error(error), m_is_error(true), error_tok(error_tok) {}
 
         bool is_error() { return m_is_error; }