diff --git a/zokrates_circom/src/r1cs.rs b/zokrates_circom/src/r1cs.rs
index 0a96f8f1..8bdab0ac 100644
--- a/zokrates_circom/src/r1cs.rs
+++ b/zokrates_circom/src/r1cs.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use byteorder::{LittleEndian, WriteBytesExt};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::collections::{BTreeSet, HashMap};
 use std::io::Result;
 use std::{io::Write, ops::Add};
 use zokrates_ast::flat::Variable;
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ pub fn r1cs_program<T: Field>(prog: Prog<T>) -> (Vec<Variable>, usize, Vec<Const
     // position where private part of witness starts
     let private_inputs_offset = variables.len();
 
+    // build a set of all variables
+    let mut ordered_variables_set = BTreeSet::default();
+
     // first pass through statements to populate `variables`
     for (quad, lin) in prog.statements.iter().filter_map(|s| match s {
         Statement::Constraint(quad, lin, _) => Some((quad, lin)),
@@ -72,16 +75,21 @@ pub fn r1cs_program<T: Field>(prog: Prog<T>) -> (Vec<Variable>, usize, Vec<Const
         Statement::Log(..) => None,
     }) {
         for (k, _) in &quad.left.0 {
-            provide_variable_idx(&mut variables, k);
+            ordered_variables_set.insert(k);
         }
         for (k, _) in &quad.right.0 {
-            provide_variable_idx(&mut variables, k);
+            ordered_variables_set.insert(k);
         }
         for (k, _) in &lin.0 {
-            provide_variable_idx(&mut variables, k);
+            ordered_variables_set.insert(k);
         }
     }
 
+    // create indices for the variables *in increasing order*
+    for variable in ordered_variables_set {
+        provide_variable_idx(&mut variables, variable);
+    }
+
     let mut constraints = vec![];
 
     // second pass to convert program to raw sparse vectors
diff --git a/zokrates_js/package.json b/zokrates_js/package.json
index 5b3563ff..1edff92b 100644
--- a/zokrates_js/package.json
+++ b/zokrates_js/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "dree": "^2.6.1",
     "mocha": "^9.2.0",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
-    "snarkjs": "^0.4.19",
+    "snarkjs": "^0.4.24",
     "wasm-pack": "^0.10.2"
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zokrates_js/tests/tests.js b/zokrates_js/tests/tests.js
index 38ae18b8..9ed6cf6e 100644
--- a/zokrates_js/tests/tests.js
+++ b/zokrates_js/tests/tests.js
@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@ describe("tests", () => {
         .mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), path.sep))
         .then((folder) => {
           tmpFolder = folder;
+          return;
         });
     });
   });
 
   after(() => {
-    if (globalThis.curve_bn128) globalThis.curve_bn128.terminate();
+    if (globalThis.curve_bn128) {
+      return globalThis.curve_bn128.terminate()
+    };
   });
 
   describe("metadata", () => {
@@ -165,7 +168,11 @@ describe("tests", () => {
     it("compile", () => {
       assert.doesNotThrow(() => {
         const code =
-          "def main(private field a, field b) -> bool { return a * a == b; }";
+          `def main(private field a, field b) {
+            bool check = if (a == 0){ true} else {a * a == b};
+            assert(check);
+            return true;
+        }`;
         artifacts = provider.compile(code, { snarkjs: true });
       });
     });
@@ -199,7 +206,6 @@ describe("tests", () => {
           .then(() => {
             return snarkjs.zKey
               .newZKey(r1csPath, "./tests/powersOfTau5_0000.ptau", zkeyPath)
-              .then(() => {});
           });
       });
     }
@@ -234,6 +240,11 @@ describe("tests", () => {
           .writeFile(witnessPath, computationResult.snarkjs.witness)
           .then(() => {
             return snarkjs.groth16.prove(zkeyPath, witnessPath);
+          }).then(r => {
+            return snarkjs.zKey.exportVerificationKey(zkeyPath).then((vk) => {
+              assert(snarkjs.groth16.verify(vk, r.publicSignals, r.proof) === true);
+              return
+            })
           });
       });
     }