diff --git a/grammar/Cargo.toml b/grammar/Cargo.toml
index 95ce49f544..1325e5b017 100644
--- a/grammar/Cargo.toml
+++ b/grammar/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ name = "leo_grammar"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [[bench]]
-name = "ast"
-path = "benches/ast.rs"
+name = "grammar"
+path = "benches/grammar.rs"
 harness = false
 
 [dependencies.from-pest]
diff --git a/grammar/benches/ast.rs b/grammar/benches/grammar.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from grammar/benches/ast.rs
rename to grammar/benches/grammar.rs
diff --git a/grammar/benches/main.leo b/grammar/benches/main.leo
index 6b094d9aae..a769e0fdff 100644
--- a/grammar/benches/main.leo
+++ b/grammar/benches/main.leo
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ circuit PedersenHash {
     parameters: [group; 256],
 
     // Instantiates a Pedersen hash circuit
-    static function new(parameters: [group; 256]) -> Self {
+    function new(self, parameters: [group; 256]) -> Self {
         return Self { parameters: parameters }
     }
 
diff --git a/grammar/src/ast.rs b/grammar/src/ast.rs
index 48a4a2802e..0da55a7a31 100644
--- a/grammar/src/ast.rs
+++ b/grammar/src/ast.rs
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ use pest::{
 #[grammar = "leo.pest"]
 pub struct LanguageParser;
 
-pub fn parse(input: &str) -> Result<Pairs<Rule>, Error<Rule>> {
-    LanguageParser::parse(Rule::file, input)
+pub fn parse(program_string: &str) -> Result<Pairs<Rule>, Error<Rule>> {
+    LanguageParser::parse(Rule::file, program_string)
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn span_into_string(span: Span) -> String {
diff --git a/grammar/src/lib.rs b/grammar/src/lib.rs
index d38b826c08..af8451fb15 100644
--- a/grammar/src/lib.rs
+++ b/grammar/src/lib.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ pub(crate) use span::*;
 use from_pest::FromPest;
 use std::{fs, path::Path};
 
-/// The pest abstract syntax tree (ast) for a Leo program.
+///
+/// The grammar of a Leo program, encoded as an abstract syntax tree (AST).
 ///
 /// The [`Grammar`] type represents a Leo program as a series of recursive data types.
 /// These data types form a tree that begins from a [`File`] type root.
diff --git a/wasm/.resources/main.leo b/wasm/.resources/main.leo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/wasm/src/grammar.rs b/wasm/src/grammar.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2