diff --git a/src/HexManiac.Core/Models/Code/ThumbParser.cs b/src/HexManiac.Core/Models/Code/ThumbParser.cs
index 1daad154..619107e1 100644
--- a/src/HexManiac.Core/Models/Code/ThumbParser.cs
+++ b/src/HexManiac.Core/Models/Code/ThumbParser.cs
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
-using HavenSoft.HexManiac.Core.Models.Runs;
-using HavenSoft.HexManiac.Core.ViewModels.DataFormats;
+using HavenSoft.HexManiac.Core.ViewModels.DataFormats;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace HavenSoft.HexManiac.Core.Models.Code {
    public class LabelLibrary {
@@ -15,8 +12,13 @@ namespace HavenSoft.HexManiac.Core.Models.Code {
       private readonly IDictionary<string, int> labels;
       public LabelLibrary(IDataModel data, IDictionary<string, int> additionalLabels) => (model, labels) = (data, additionalLabels);
       public int ResolveLabel(string label) {
-         if (labels.TryGetValue(label, out int result)) return result;
-         return model.GetAddressFromAnchor(new NoDataChangeDeltaModel(), -1, label);
+         var offset = 0;
+         if (label.Split("+") is string[] parts && parts.Length == 2) {
+            label = parts[0];
+            int.TryParse(parts[1], NumberStyles.HexNumber, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, out offset);
+         }
+         if (labels.TryGetValue(label, out int result)) return result + offset;
+         return model.GetAddressFromAnchor(new NoDataChangeDeltaModel(), -1, label) + offset;
       }
    }
 
diff --git a/src/HexManiac.Tests/Before_Baseclass/ToolTests.cs b/src/HexManiac.Tests/Before_Baseclass/ToolTests.cs
index 41c01f81..baedcc7c 100644
--- a/src/HexManiac.Tests/Before_Baseclass/ToolTests.cs
+++ b/src/HexManiac.Tests/Before_Baseclass/ToolTests.cs
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ namespace HavenSoft.HexManiac.Tests {
       [InlineData("ldrh r1, [r2]", 0b10001_00000_010_001)]
       [InlineData("str  r1, [sp]", 0b10010_001_00000000)]
       [InlineData("ldr  r1, [sp]", 0b10011_001_00000000)]
+      [InlineData(".word <bob+10>", 0b0000_1000_0000_0000_0000_0000_1001_0000)] // test that we can use anchors + offset to get pointer locations (in base 16)
       public void ThumbCompilerTests(string input, uint output) {
          var bytes = new List<byte> { (byte)output, (byte)(output >> 8) };
          var model = new PokemonModel(new byte[0x200]);