diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de5fcfc..b3ad4d1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -798,6 +798,10 @@ The test is a simple set of nested loops calling async functions that don't do m
 Changelog
 ==========
 
+06-Jun-16 v2.5.5
+
+- Correct hoisting of destructing var declarations (implemented in nodejs >6.0.0)
+
 18-May-16 v2.5.4
 
 - Bump acorn-es7-plugin (parses comments between async and function correctly)
diff --git a/lib/arboriculture.js b/lib/arboriculture.js
index db19ed6..edc0cfa 100644
--- a/lib/arboriculture.js
+++ b/lib/arboriculture.js
@@ -1939,17 +1939,44 @@ function asynchronize(pr, __sourceMapping, opts, logger) {
                         var self = ref.self;
                         var values = [];
                         for (var i = 0;i < self.declarations.length; i++) {
-                            var name = self.declarations[i].id.name;
-                            var idx = definitions.indexOf(name);
-                            if (idx >= 0) {
-                                logger(where(self.declarations[i]) + "Duplicate 'var " + name + "' in '" + (node.name ? node.name.name : "anonymous") + "()'");
-                            } else {
-                                definitions.push(name);
+                            var name,idx ;
+                            switch (self.declarations[i].id.type) {
+                            case 'Identifier':
+                                name = self.declarations[i].id.name;
+                                idx = definitions.indexOf(name);
+                                if (idx >= 0) {
+                                    logger(where(self.declarations[i]) + "Duplicate 'var " + name + "' in '" + (node.name ? node.name.name : "anonymous") + "()'");
+                                } else {
+                                    definitions.push(name);
+                                }
+                                break ;
+                            case 'ObjectPattern':
+                                self.declarations[i].id.properties.forEach(function(prop){
+                                    name = prop.key.name;
+                                    idx = definitions.indexOf(name);
+                                    if (idx >= 0) {
+                                        logger(where(self.declarations[i]) + "Duplicate 'var " + name + "' in '" + (node.name ? node.name.name : "anonymous") + "()'");
+                                    } else {
+                                        definitions.push(name);
+                                    }
+                                }) ;
+                                break ;
+                            case 'ArrayPattern':
+                                self.declarations[i].id.elements.forEach(function(prop){
+                                    name = prop.name;
+                                    idx = definitions.indexOf(name);
+                                    if (idx >= 0) {
+                                        logger(where(self.declarations[i]) + "Duplicate 'var " + name + "' in '" + (node.name ? node.name.name : "anonymous") + "()'");
+                                    } else {
+                                        definitions.push(name);
+                                    }
+                                }) ;
+                                break ;
                             }
                             if (self.declarations[i].init) {
                                 var value = {
                                     type: 'AssignmentExpression',
-                                    left: ident(name),
+                                    left: cloneNode(self.declarations[i].id),
                                     operator: '=',
                                     right: cloneNode(self.declarations[i].init)
                                 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 53e6d70..6689c7b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nodent",
-  "version": "2.5.4",
+  "version": "2.5.5",
   "description": "NoDent - Asynchronous Javascript language extensions",
   "main": "nodent.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/tests/index.js b/tests/index.js
index 8ec10e6..1a7cc16 100644
--- a/tests/index.js
+++ b/tests/index.js
@@ -82,13 +82,8 @@ try {
         p: require('promiscuous')
     });
 } catch (ex) {}
-var useQuick = false, quiet = false, useGenerators = false, useGenOnly = false, notES6 = false, syntaxTest = 0, forceStrict = "";
+var useQuick = false, quiet = false, useGenerators = false, useGenOnly = false, syntaxTest = 0, forceStrict = "";
 var idx;
-try {
-    eval("x=>0");
-} catch (ex) {
-    notES6 = true;
-}
 for (idx = 0; idx < process.argv.length; idx++) {
     var fqPath = path.resolve(process.argv[idx]);
     if (fqPath == __filename || fqPath == __dirname) 
@@ -109,7 +104,7 @@ for (; idx < process.argv.length; idx++) {
             if (useGenOnly) 
                 providers.splice(1, 1);
         } catch (ex) {
-            console.warn("OOPS! Installed platform does not support Promises or Generators - skipping some tests");
+            console.log(("v8 "+process.versions.v8+" does not support Promises or Generators (try a later version of nodejs). Skipping some tests. ").yellow) ;
             if (useGenOnly) 
                 process.exit(-1);
         }
@@ -139,15 +134,7 @@ var files = (process.argv.length > idx ? process.argv.slice(idx) : fs.readdirSyn
 })).filter(function (n) {
     return n.match(/.*\.js$/);
 });
-if (notES6) {
-    files = files.filter(function (n) {
-        if (n.match(/es6-.*/)) {
-            console.log(n.split("/").pop() + " (skipped - ES6 platform not installed)".yellow);
-            return false;
-        }
-        return true;
-    });
-}
+
 var tTotalCompilerTime = 0;
 var test = [];
 var i = 0;
@@ -156,6 +143,10 @@ function time(hr) {
     return t[0] * 1000 + t[1] / 1e6;
 }
 
+function DoNotTest() {
+    throw DoNotTest;
+}
+
 var types = [];
 files.forEach(function (n) {
     test[i] = {
@@ -164,6 +155,7 @@ files.forEach(function (n) {
     };
     process.stdout.write('\r- Compiling ' + test[i].name + '                         \r');
     var code = fs.readFileSync(n).toString();
+    var compileException = false;
     for (var type = 0;type < (useGenerators ? 12 : 8); type++) {
         var opts = {}; //  es7:true } ;
         if (!(type & 1)) 
@@ -180,7 +172,17 @@ files.forEach(function (n) {
         var tCompiler = process.hrtime();
         var pr = nodent.compile(forceStrict + code, n, opts).code;
         tTotalCompilerTime += time(tCompiler);
-        test[i].fn[type] = new Function("module", "require", "Promise", "__unused", "nodent", "DoNotTest", pr);
+        try {
+            test[i].fn[type] = new Function("module", "require", "Promise", "__unused", "nodent", "DoNotTest", pr);
+        } catch (ex) {
+            if (!compileException) {
+                console.warn(test[i].name+(" not supported by v8 "+process.versions.v8+" (try a later version of nodejs): ").yellow+ex.message.red) ;
+                compileException = true ;
+            }
+            test[i].fn[type] = function(m) {
+                m.exports = DoNotTest ;
+            }
+        }
     }
     i += 1;
 });
@@ -189,9 +191,6 @@ if (useQuick)
     console.log(('Note: Timings with '+'--quick'.underline+' are subject to significant GC jitter. Remove '+'--quick'.underline+' for accurate timing comparison'));
 if (promiseImpls == providers.length) 
     console.log('To test against some popular Promise implementations,', 'cd tests && npm i && cd ..'.yellow);
-function DoNotTest() {
-    throw DoNotTest;
-}
 
 async function runTest(test, provider, type) {
     if (provider.p && !(type & (4 | 8))) 
@@ -278,8 +277,6 @@ try {
 
     process.stdout.write('\u001B['+type+'B') ;
     console.log('\n\n\n\n') ;
-//    console.log(spaces+'\n') ;
-//    showPerformanceTable()
 
     function showPerformanceTable() {
         var i,j,lines = 0 ;
diff --git a/tests/semantics/es6-destructure.js b/tests/semantics/es6-destructure.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94e46ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/semantics/es6-destructure.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"use strict";
+
+async function n(m) {
+    return m ;
+}
+
+async function test(){
+    var {a,b}={a:1,b:2} ;
+    var [c,d]=[3,4] ;
+    return await n(3)===a+b && await n(7)===c+d ;
+}
+module.exports = test ;
diff --git a/tests/semantics/es6-interop.js b/tests/semantics/es6-interop.js
index eb45f26..60a0521 100644
--- a/tests/semantics/es6-interop.js
+++ b/tests/semantics/es6-interop.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ var gen = [
 	require('./codegen/cg-generators.js')
 ];
 
+function* gen(){}
+
 async function inter(i,j) {
 	return (gen[j].name == await gen[j].call() && await gen[j].call() == await gen[i].consume(gen[j].call))?1:100 ;
 }