diff --git a/samples/ch28_optimized_invocation.lox b/samples/ch28_optimized_invocation.lox
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55d80a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/ch28_optimized_invocation.lox
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+class Oops {
+    init() {
+        fun f() {
+            print "not a method";
+            return "returned value from f";
+        }
+        this.field = f;
+    }
+
+    blah() {
+        return "returned value from blah";
+    }
+}
+
+var oops = Oops();
+print oops.field();
+print oops.blah();
diff --git a/src/chunk.zig b/src/chunk.zig
index 1a9fe77..f3f3e31 100644
--- a/src/chunk.zig
+++ b/src/chunk.zig
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ pub const Chunk = struct {
             @intFromEnum(OpCode.OP_METHOD) => return utils.constant_instruction("OP_METHOD", self, offset),
             @intFromEnum(OpCode.OP_INDEX_GET) => return utils.simple_instruction("OP_INDEX_GET", offset),
             @intFromEnum(OpCode.OP_INDEX_SET) => return utils.simple_instruction("OP_INDEX_SET", offset),
+            @intFromEnum(OpCode.OP_INVOKE) => return utils.invoke_instruction("OP_INVOKE", self, offset),
             else => {
                 debug.print("unknown opcode {d}\n", .{instruction});
                 return offset + 1;
diff --git a/src/compile.zig b/src/compile.zig
index 1fb5cf0..67ea23d 100644
--- a/src/compile.zig
+++ b/src/compile.zig
@@ -939,6 +939,10 @@ pub const Parser = struct {
         if (can_assign and self.match(TokenType.EQUAL)) {
             try self.expression();
             try self.emit_bytes(@intFromEnum(OpCode.OP_SET_PROPERTY), name);
+        } else if (self.match(TokenType.LEFT_PAREN)) {
+            const arg_count = try self.argument_list();
+            try self.emit_bytes(@intFromEnum(OpCode.OP_INVOKE), name);
+            try self.emit_byte(@intCast(arg_count));
         } else {
             try self.emit_bytes(@intFromEnum(OpCode.OP_GET_PROPERTY), name);
         }
diff --git a/src/opcode.zig b/src/opcode.zig
index 0960094..19f0127 100644
--- a/src/opcode.zig
+++ b/src/opcode.zig
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@ pub const OpCode = enum(u8) {
     OP_METHOD,
     OP_INDEX_SET,
     OP_INDEX_GET,
+    OP_INVOKE,
 };
diff --git a/src/utils.zig b/src/utils.zig
index 91f25ba..ff026f7 100644
--- a/src/utils.zig
+++ b/src/utils.zig
@@ -55,3 +55,14 @@ pub fn identifiers_equals(a: Token, b: Token) bool {
 
     return std.mem.eql(u8, a.start[0..a.length], b.start[0..b.length]);
 }
+
+pub fn invoke_instruction(opcode_name: []const u8, chunk: Chunk, offset: usize) usize {
+    const constant = chunk.code[offset + 1];
+    const arg_count = chunk.code[offset + 2];
+
+    std.debug.print("{s:<16} ({d} args) {d:4} '", .{ opcode_name, arg_count, constant });
+    chunk.constants.values[constant].print();
+    std.debug.print("'\n", .{});
+
+    return offset + 3;
+}
diff --git a/src/vm.zig b/src/vm.zig
index f8b16b9..a6bfaaa 100644
--- a/src/vm.zig
+++ b/src/vm.zig
@@ -372,6 +372,13 @@ pub const VM = struct {
 
                     _ = try self.push(Value.obj_val(&self.take_string(str).obj));
                 },
+                @intFromEnum(OpCode.OP_INVOKE) => {
+                    const method = self.read_constant().as_string();
+                    const arg_count = self.read_byte();
+                    if (!self.invoke(method, arg_count)) {
+                        return InterpretResult.RUNTIME_ERROR;
+                    }
+                },
                 else => {
                     debug.print("Invalid instruction: {d}\n", .{instruction});
                     return InterpretResult.RUNTIME_ERROR;
@@ -586,9 +593,7 @@ pub const VM = struct {
         if (arg_count != closure.function.arity) {
             const err_msg = std.fmt.allocPrint(self.allocator, "Expected {d} arguments but got {d}.", .{ closure.function.arity, arg_count }) catch unreachable;
             defer self.allocator.free(err_msg);
-
             self.runtime_error(err_msg);
-
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -659,4 +664,30 @@ pub const VM = struct {
         _ = class.methods.set(name, method);
         _ = self.pop();
     }
+
+    fn invoke(self: *VM, name: *Obj.String, arg_count: usize) bool {
+        const receiver = self.peek(arg_count);
+        const instance = receiver.as_obj().as_instance();
+
+        var value = Value.nil_val();
+        if (instance.fields.get(name, &value)) {
+            self.stack[self.stack_top - arg_count - 1] = value;
+
+            return self.call_value(value, arg_count);
+        }
+
+        return self.invoke_from_class(instance.class, name, arg_count);
+    }
+
+    fn invoke_from_class(self: *VM, class: *Obj.Class, name: *Obj.String, arg_count: usize) bool {
+        var method = Value.nil_val();
+        if (!class.methods.get(name, &method)) {
+            const err_msg = std.fmt.allocPrint(self.allocator, "Undefined property '{s}'.", .{name.chars}) catch unreachable;
+            defer self.allocator.free(err_msg);
+            self.runtime_error(err_msg);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return self.call(method.as_obj().as_closure(), arg_count);
+    }
 };