diff --git a/test/vast/Dialect/HighLevel/scopes.c b/test/vast/Dialect/HighLevel/scopes.c
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+// RUN: %vast-front -vast-emit-mlir=hl -o - %s | %file-check %s
+
+// CHECK: hl.func
+// CHECK: core.scope {
+// CHECK-NEXT: }
+// CHECK: core.implicit.return
+void startrek_user_init(void){{}}