diff --git a/src/protocol/parser/token_parsing.rs b/src/protocol/parser/token_parsing.rs
index 47f02e7f6c2367f467a348b4363af2e28a590014..1a81840b3c5a4c112d01c7cd0e032cc66ba87ecd 100644
--- a/src/protocol/parser/token_parsing.rs
+++ b/src/protocol/parser/token_parsing.rs
@@ -540,7 +540,8 @@ fn is_reserved_expression_keyword(text: &[u8]) -> bool {
     match text {
         KW_LET | KW_CAST |
         KW_LIT_TRUE | KW_LIT_FALSE | KW_LIT_NULL |
-        KW_FUNC_GET | KW_FUNC_PUT | KW_FUNC_FIRES | KW_FUNC_CREATE | KW_FUNC_ASSERT | KW_FUNC_LENGTH | KW_FUNC_PRINT => true,
+        // TODO: Remove this once global namespace errors work @nocommit
+        // KW_FUNC_GET | KW_FUNC_PUT | KW_FUNC_FIRES | KW_FUNC_CREATE | KW_FUNC_ASSERT | KW_FUNC_LENGTH | KW_FUNC_PRINT => true,
         _ => false,
     }
 }
@@ -603,15 +604,16 @@ pub(crate) fn construct_symbol_conflict_error(
                             format!("the type '{}' imported here", symbol.name.as_str()),
                             Some(import.as_symbols().span)
                         );
-                    } else {
-                        // This is a defined symbol. So this must mean that the
-                        // error was caused by it being defined.
-                        debug_assert_eq!(definition.defined_in_module, module.root_id);
-
+                    } else if definition.defined_in_module == module.root_id {
+                        // This is a symbol defined in the same module
                         return (
                             format!("the type '{}' defined here", symbol.name.as_str()),
                             Some(definition.identifier_span)
                         )
+                    } else {
+                        // Not imported, not defined in the module, so must be
+                        // a global
+                        return (format!("the global '{}'", symbol.name.as_str()), None)
                     }
                 }
             }