diff --git a/src/bloqade/qasm2/parse/lowering.py b/src/bloqade/qasm2/parse/lowering.py
index 614732ea..b43e78ee 100644
--- a/src/bloqade/qasm2/parse/lowering.py
+++ b/src/bloqade/qasm2/parse/lowering.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ def loads(
         with state.frame(
             [stmt],
             globals=globals,
+            finalize_next=False,
         ) as frame:
             try:
                 self.visit(state, stmt)
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ def visit_BinOp(self, state: lowering.State[ast.Node], node: ast.BinOp):
     def visit_UnaryOp(self, state: lowering.State[ast.Node], node: ast.UnaryOp):
         if node.op == "-":
             stmt = expr.Neg(value=state.lower(node.operand).expect_one())
-            return stmt.result
+            return state.current_frame.push(stmt).result
         else:
             return state.lower(node.operand).expect_one()
 
diff --git a/test/qasm2/test_lowering.py b/test/qasm2/test_lowering.py
index 09f5b082..eb245ad1 100644
--- a/test/qasm2/test_lowering.py
+++ b/test/qasm2/test_lowering.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import tempfile
 import textwrap
 
+from kirin import ir
 from kirin.dialects import func
 
 from bloqade import qasm2
@@ -42,3 +43,40 @@ def test_loadfile():
             (ret := kernel.callable_region.blocks[0].last_stmt), func.Return
         )
         assert ret.value.type.is_equal(qasm2.types.CRegType)
+
+
+def test_negative_lowering():
+
+    mwe = """
+    OPENQASM 2.0;
+    include "qelib1.inc";
+    qreg q[1];
+    rz(-0.2) q[0];
+    """
+
+    entry = QASM2(qasm2.main).loads(mwe, "entry", returns="q")
+
+    body = ir.Region(
+        ir.Block(
+            [
+                (size := qasm2.expr.ConstInt(value=1)),
+                (qreg := qasm2.core.QRegNew(n_qubits=size.result)),
+                (phi := qasm2.expr.ConstFloat(value=0.2)),
+                (theta := qasm2.expr.Neg(phi.result)),
+                (idx := qasm2.expr.ConstInt(value=0)),
+                (qubit := qasm2.core.QRegGet(qreg.result, idx.result)),
+                (qasm2.uop.RZ(qubit.result, theta.result)),
+                (func.Return(qreg.result)),
+            ]
+        )
+    )
+
+    code = func.Function(
+        sym_name="entry",
+        signature=func.Signature((), qasm2.QRegType),
+        body=body,
+    )
+
+    code.print()
+
+    assert entry.code.is_structurally_equal(code)