diff --git a/crosstl/translator/lexer.py b/crosstl/translator/lexer.py
index 21929417..e1ed07b9 100644
--- a/crosstl/translator/lexer.py
+++ b/crosstl/translator/lexer.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
         ("BITWISE_OR", r"\|"),
         ("BITWISE_XOR", r"\^"),
         ("BITWISE_NOT", r"~"),
+        ("STATIC", r"\bstatic\b"),
     ]
 )
 
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@
     "for": "FOR",
     "return": "RETURN",
     "const": "CONST",
+    "static": "STATIC",
 }
 
 
diff --git a/getting_start.ipynb b/getting_start.ipynb
index 66a0fa8a..713fd025 100644
--- a/getting_start.ipynb
+++ b/getting_start.ipynb
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.10.14"
+   "version": "3.12.0"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,