if (type == AST_IDENTIFIER) {
                if (current_scope.count(str) == 0) {
                        AstNode *current_scope_ast = (current_ast_mod == nullptr) ? current_ast : current_ast_mod;
+                       const std::string& mod_scope = current_scope_ast->str;
+                       if (str[0] == '\\' && str.substr(0, mod_scope.size()) == mod_scope) {
+                               std::string new_str = "\\" + str.substr(mod_scope.size() + 1);
+                               if (current_scope.count(new_str)) {
+                                       str = new_str;
+                               }
+                       }
                        for (auto node : current_scope_ast->children) {
                                //log("looking at mod scope child %s\n", type2str(node->type).c_str());
                                switch (node->type) {
 
                                `ASSERT(A.x == 2)
                                `ASSERT(A.C.x == 1)
                                `ASSERT(A.B.x == 0)
+                               `ASSERT(gen_test8.x == 3)
+                               `ASSERT(gen_test8.A.x == 2)
+                               `ASSERT(gen_test8.A.C.x == 1)
+                               `ASSERT(gen_test8.A.B.x == 0)
                        end
                        begin : C
                                wire [1:0] x = 2'b01;
                                `ASSERT(A.x == 2)
                                `ASSERT(A.C.x == 1)
                                `ASSERT(A.B.x == 0)
+                               `ASSERT(gen_test8.x == 3)
+                               `ASSERT(gen_test8.A.x == 2)
+                               `ASSERT(gen_test8.A.C.x == 1)
+                               `ASSERT(gen_test8.A.B.x == 0)
                        end
                        assign x = B.x ^ 2'b11 ^ C.x;
                        `ASSERT(x == 2)
                        `ASSERT(A.x == 2)
                        `ASSERT(A.C.x == 1)
                        `ASSERT(A.B.x == 0)
+                       `ASSERT(gen_test8.x == 3)
+                       `ASSERT(gen_test8.A.x == 2)
+                       `ASSERT(gen_test8.A.C.x == 1)
+                       `ASSERT(gen_test8.A.B.x == 0)
                end
        endgenerate
 
        `ASSERT(A.x == 2)
        `ASSERT(A.C.x == 1)
        `ASSERT(A.B.x == 0)
+       `ASSERT(gen_test8.x == 3)
+       `ASSERT(gen_test8.A.x == 2)
+       `ASSERT(gen_test8.A.C.x == 1)
+       `ASSERT(gen_test8.A.B.x == 0)
 endmodule