diff --git a/src/DefinitionResolver.php b/src/DefinitionResolver.php
index fde79db..e3dc20d 100644
--- a/src/DefinitionResolver.php
+++ b/src/DefinitionResolver.php
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ class DefinitionResolver implements DefinitionResolverInterface
      * @param Node\Expr\Variable|Node\Expr\ClosureUse $var The variable access
      * @return Node\Expr\Assign|Node\Expr\AssignOp|Node\Param|Node\Expr\ClosureUse|null
      */
-    private function resolveVariableToNode(Node\Expr $var)
+    public function resolveVariableToNode($var)
     {
         $n = $var;
         // When a use is passed, start outside the closure to not return immediatly
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ class DefinitionResolver implements DefinitionResolverInterface
                 return new Types\This;
             }
             // Find variable definition
+
             $defNode = $this->resolveVariableToNode($expr);
             if ($defNode instanceof Node\Expr) {
                 return $this->resolveExpressionNodeToType($defNode);
@@ -748,7 +749,8 @@ class DefinitionResolver implements DefinitionResolverInterface
                     // Resolve a string like "bool" to a type object
                     return $this->typeResolver->resolve($node->returnType);
                 }
-                return new Types\Object_(new Fqsen('\\' . (string)$node->returnType));
+                return new Types\Mixed;
+//                return new Types\Object_(new Fqsen('\\' . (string)$node->returnType));
             }
             // Unknown return type
             return new Types\Mixed;
diff --git a/src/LoggedDefinitionResolverTrait.php b/src/LoggedDefinitionResolverTrait.php
index 7208048..164076d 100644
--- a/src/LoggedDefinitionResolverTrait.php
+++ b/src/LoggedDefinitionResolverTrait.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ trait LoggedDefinitionResolverTrait
         if ($param2 !== -1) {
             if (self::$logger === true) {
                 $callStr .= $this->getString($param1) . ", " . $this->getString($param2) . ")\n";
-                echo $callStr;
+                echo str_repeat("\t", self::$recursion) . $callStr;
             }
             $start = microtime(true);
             for ($i = 0; $i < self::$repeat; $i++) {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ trait LoggedDefinitionResolverTrait
         } else {
             if (self::$logger === true) {
                 $callStr .= $this->getString($param1) . ")\n";
-                echo $callStr;
+                echo str_repeat("\t", self::$recursion) . $callStr;
             }
             $start = microtime(true);
             for ($i = 0; $i < self::$repeat; $i++) {
@@ -82,14 +82,17 @@ trait LoggedDefinitionResolverTrait
             } else {
                 $resultText = $result ?? "NULL";
             }
-            echo "> RESULT[$callStr]: " . $resultText . "\n";
+            echo str_repeat("\t", self::$recursion + 1) . "> RESULT[$callStr]: " . $resultText . "\n";
         }
         return $result;
     }
 
     private function getString($param) {
         if ($param instanceof Tolerant\Node) {
-            return "[" . $param->getNodeKindName() . "] " . $param->getText();
+            return "[" . $param->getNodeKindName() . "] " . \strtok($param->getText(), "\n");
+        } elseif ($param instanceof Node) {
+            $pretty = isset($param->name) ? (string) $param->name : "UNKNOWN";
+            return "[" . $param->getType() . "] " . \strtok($pretty, "\n");
         }
         return (string)$param;
     }
@@ -143,7 +146,7 @@ trait LoggedDefinitionResolverTrait
     public function resolveReferenceNodeToDefinition($node)
     {
 //        var_dump(array_keys(self::$instance->index->getDefinitions()));
-        self::$logger = true;
+        self::$logger = false;
         return $this->logMethod('resolveReferenceNodeToDefinition', $node);
     }
 
@@ -164,7 +167,7 @@ trait LoggedDefinitionResolverTrait
      * @param Node\Expr\Variable|Node\Expr\ClosureUse $var The variable access
      * @return Node\Expr\Assign|Node\Expr\AssignOp|Node\Param|Node\Expr\ClosureUse|null
      */
-    public function resolveVariableToNode(Tolerant\Node $var)
+    public function resolveVariableToNode($var)
     {
         return $this->logMethod('resolveVariableToNode', $var);
     }
diff --git a/src/TolerantDefinitionResolver.php b/src/TolerantDefinitionResolver.php
index 9a3b5c1..dde12d5 100644
--- a/src/TolerantDefinitionResolver.php
+++ b/src/TolerantDefinitionResolver.php
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ class TolerantDefinitionResolver implements DefinitionResolverInterface
             }
             // Get the type of the left-hand expression
             $varType = $this->resolveExpressionNodeToType($access->dereferencableExpression);
+
             if ($varType instanceof Types\Compound) {
                 // For compound types, use the first FQN we find
                 // (popular use case is ClassName|null)
@@ -501,7 +502,7 @@ class TolerantDefinitionResolver implements DefinitionResolverInterface
      * @param Node\Expr\Variable|Node\Expr\ClosureUse $var The variable access
      * @return Node\Expr\Assign|Node\Expr\AssignOp|Node\Param|Node\Expr\ClosureUse|null
      */
-    public function resolveVariableToNode(Tolerant\Node $var)
+    public function resolveVariableToNode($var)
     {
         $n = $var;
         // When a use is passed, start outside the closure to not return immediately
@@ -998,7 +999,7 @@ class TolerantDefinitionResolver implements DefinitionResolverInterface
 
         // for variables / assignments, get the documented type the assignment resolves to.
         if ($node instanceof Tolerant\Node\Expression\Variable) {
-            $node = $node->getFirstAncestor(Tolerant\Node\Expression\AssignmentExpression::class) ?? $node;
+            $node = $node->parent;
         }
         if (
             ($declarationNode = $node->getFirstAncestor(
@@ -1047,7 +1048,7 @@ class TolerantDefinitionResolver implements DefinitionResolverInterface
     private function getDocBlockTagForParameter($docBlock, $variableName) {
         $tags = $docBlock->getTagsByName('param');
         foreach ($tags as $tag) {
-            if ($tag->getVariableName() === $variableName) {
+            if ($tag->getVariableName() === \ltrim($variableName, "$")) {
                 return $tag;
             }
         }
diff --git a/tests/Validation/ValidationTest.php b/tests/Validation/ValidationTest.php
index 0db17b5..3f63942 100644
--- a/tests/Validation/ValidationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Validation/ValidationTest.php
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ class ValidationTest extends TestCase
         $isStatic = [];
 
         foreach ($parserKinds as $kind) {
+            echo ("=====================================\n");
             global $parserKind;
             $parserKind = $kind;
 
@@ -163,6 +164,12 @@ class ValidationTest extends TestCase
                 $this->assertEquals($isStatic[$testCaseFile], $static, 'defn->isStatic does not match');
 
                 $this->assertEquals($symbolInfo[$testCaseFile], $symbols, "defn->symbolInformation does not match");
+
+                unset($this->getIndex($parserKinds[0])->references['false']);
+                unset($this->getIndex($parserKinds[0])->references['true']);
+                unset($this->getIndex($parserKinds[0])->references['null']);
+                unset($this->getIndex($parserKinds[1])->references['__FILE__']);
+
                 $this->assertEquals($this->getIndex($parserKinds[0])->references, $this->getIndex($parserKinds[1])->references);
             }