diff --git a/smop/Makefile b/smop/Makefile
index b914a571..9923eed4 100644
--- a/smop/Makefile
+++ b/smop/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 OCTAVE = ~/octave-3.8.2/scripts
 CYTHON = cython
 PYTHON = python
-FLAGS = --syntax-errors=stft.m
+FLAGS = -S stft.m -X orderfields.m,legend.m
 V = 2.7
 
 go_so: solver.so
diff --git a/smop/parse.py b/smop/parse.py
index 3c52ae6b..19b13231 100644
--- a/smop/parse.py
+++ b/smop/parse.py
@@ -158,13 +158,17 @@ def p_command(p):
     p[0] = node.funcall(p[1],p[2])
 
 ####################
+def p_init_opt(p):
+    """init_opt :
+                | EQ expr
+    """
 def p_global_list(p):
-    """global_list : ident
-                   | global_list ident
+    """global_list : ident init_opt
+                   | global_list ident init_opt
     """
-    if len(p) == 2:
+    if len(p) == 3:
         p[0] = node.global_list([p[1]])
-    elif len(p) == 3:
+    elif len(p) == 4:
         p[0] = p[1]
         p[0].append(p[2])