diff --git a/src/codeGenerators/contract/solidity/toContract.ts b/src/codeGenerators/contract/solidity/toContract.ts
index 472ddb08..4bbb6f56 100644
--- a/src/codeGenerators/contract/solidity/toContract.ts
+++ b/src/codeGenerators/contract/solidity/toContract.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ function codeGenerator(node: any) {
       if (!node.declarationType && !!node._newASTPointer?.declarationType)
       node.declarationType = node._newASTPointer.declarationType;
       // we crop 'struct ContractName.structname' to just 'structname'
-      if (typeString.includes('struct ')) typeString = typeString.substring(typeString.indexOf(".") + 1);
+      if (typeString.includes('struct ')) typeString = typeString.replace(/struct\s+\w+\./, '');
       typeString = typeString.replace('contract ', ''); // pesky userdefined type 'contract' keword needs to be removed in some cases.
       const constant = node.constant ? ' constant' : '';
       const visibility = node.visibility ? ` ${node.visibility}` : '';
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ function codeGenerator(node: any) {
       if (node.operator === '!'){
         return `${node.operator}${codeGenerator(node.subExpression)}`;
       }
+      if (node.prefix === true) return `${node.operator}${codeGenerator(node.subExpression)};`;
       return `${codeGenerator(node.subExpression)} ${node.operator};`;
 
     case 'EmitStatement':
diff --git a/src/transformers/visitors/toContractVisitor.ts b/src/transformers/visitors/toContractVisitor.ts
index 460ee2b3..5ce67ad8 100644
--- a/src/transformers/visitors/toContractVisitor.ts
+++ b/src/transformers/visitors/toContractVisitor.ts
@@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ export default {
       if (!path.containsSecret && !path.scope.indicators.internalFunctionInteractsWithSecret) return;
       const file = state.circuitAST.files.find((n: any) => n.fileId === node.id);
       const circuitParams = file.nodes.find((n: any) => n.nodeType === node.nodeType).parameters.parameters;
-
       state.circuitParams ??= {};
       state.circuitParams[path.getUniqueFunctionName()] ??= {};
       state.circuitParams[path.getUniqueFunctionName()].parameters = circuitParams;
diff --git a/test/contracts/publicMappingtoStruct.zol b/test/contracts/publicMappingtoStruct.zol
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf99e72c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/contracts/publicMappingtoStruct.zol
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0
+
+pragma solidity ^0.8.0;
+
+contract Receipt {
+
+  mapping (address => Rct) private total;
+  secret uint256 a;
+
+  struct Rct {
+    uint256 amount;
+    uint256 tax;
+  }
+
+
+  function add(Rct memory myrct, address user) public {
+    total[user].amount += myrct.amount;
+    total[user].tax += myrct.tax;
+  }
+
+  function addSecret(secret uint256 param) public {
+    a += param;
+  }
+
+
+}