diff --git a/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c b/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c
index db9079de3..92c9ed141 100644
--- a/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c
@@ -3277,6 +3277,11 @@ void gencontext_emit_binary(GenContext *c, BEValue *be_value, Expr *expr, BEValu
 			UNREACHABLE
 	}
 	assert(val);
+	if (lhs.type == type_bool)
+	{
+		llvm_value_set_bool(be_value, val);
+		return;
+	}
 	llvm_value_set(be_value, val, expr->type);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 52321bb2a..500fc2709 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define COMPILER_VERSION "0.3.6"
\ No newline at end of file
+#define COMPILER_VERSION "0.3.7"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_suite/expressions/bit_op_on_bool.c3t b/test/test_suite/expressions/bit_op_on_bool.c3t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd084d32c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_suite/expressions/bit_op_on_bool.c3t
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// #target: macos-x64
+module bitop;
+
+fn bool is_newline_codepoint(uint codepoint) {
+    return (bool)((codepoint == 0x00_00_24_24) | (codepoint == 0x00_00_2B_92));
+}
+
+/* #expect: bitop.ll
+
+  %eq = icmp eq i32 %0, 9252
+  %eq1 = icmp eq i32 %0, 11154
+  %or = or i1 %eq, %eq1
+  %1 = zext i1 %or to i8
+  ret i8 %1
diff --git a/test/test_suite2/expressions/bit_op_on_bool.c3t b/test/test_suite2/expressions/bit_op_on_bool.c3t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd084d32c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_suite2/expressions/bit_op_on_bool.c3t
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// #target: macos-x64
+module bitop;
+
+fn bool is_newline_codepoint(uint codepoint) {
+    return (bool)((codepoint == 0x00_00_24_24) | (codepoint == 0x00_00_2B_92));
+}
+
+/* #expect: bitop.ll
+
+  %eq = icmp eq i32 %0, 9252
+  %eq1 = icmp eq i32 %0, 11154
+  %or = or i1 %eq, %eq1
+  %1 = zext i1 %or to i8
+  ret i8 %1