diff --git a/dace/frontend/python/astutils.py b/dace/frontend/python/astutils.py
index 4a0ec88531..faf214fdeb 100644
--- a/dace/frontend/python/astutils.py
+++ b/dace/frontend/python/astutils.py
@@ -705,3 +705,17 @@ def escape_string(value: Union[bytes, str]):
         return value.encode("unicode_escape").decode("utf-8")
     # Python 2.x
     return value.encode('string_escape')
+
+
+def parse_function_arguments(node: ast.Call, argnames: List[str]) -> Dict[str, ast.AST]:
+    """
+    Parses function arguments (both positional and keyword) from a Call node,
+    based on the function's argument names. If an argument was not given, it will
+    not be in the result.
+    """
+    result = {}
+    for arg, aname in zip(node.args, argnames):
+        result[aname] = arg
+    for kw in node.keywords:
+        result[kw.arg] = kw.value
+    return result
diff --git a/dace/frontend/python/interface.py b/dace/frontend/python/interface.py
index ea1970dafd..69e650beaa 100644
--- a/dace/frontend/python/interface.py
+++ b/dace/frontend/python/interface.py
@@ -293,10 +293,11 @@ class tasklet(metaclass=TaskletMetaclass):
     The DaCe framework cannot analyze these tasklets for optimization. 
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, language: Union[str, dtypes.Language] = dtypes.Language.Python):
+    def __init__(self, language: Union[str, dtypes.Language] = dtypes.Language.Python, side_effects: bool = False):
         if isinstance(language, str):
             language = dtypes.Language[language]
         self.language = language
+        self.side_effects = side_effects
 
     def __enter__(self):
         if self.language != dtypes.Language.Python:
diff --git a/dace/frontend/python/newast.py b/dace/frontend/python/newast.py
index c9d92b7860..b5d27e14f4 100644
--- a/dace/frontend/python/newast.py
+++ b/dace/frontend/python/newast.py
@@ -2510,6 +2510,7 @@ def _parse_tasklet(self, state: SDFGState, node: TaskletType, name=None):
 
         # Looking for the first argument in a tasklet annotation: @dace.tasklet(STRING HERE)
         langInf = None
+        side_effects = None
         if isinstance(node, ast.FunctionDef) and \
             hasattr(node, 'decorator_list') and \
             isinstance(node.decorator_list, list) and \
@@ -2522,6 +2523,19 @@ def _parse_tasklet(self, state: SDFGState, node: TaskletType, name=None):
             langArg = node.decorator_list[0].args[0].value
             langInf = dtypes.Language[langArg]
 
+        # Extract arguments from with statement
+        if isinstance(node, ast.With):
+            expr = node.items[0].context_expr
+            if isinstance(expr, ast.Call):
+                args = astutils.parse_function_arguments(expr, ['language', 'side_effects'])
+                langArg = args.get('language', None)
+                side_effects = args.get('side_effects', None)
+                langInf = astutils.evalnode(langArg, {**self.globals, **self.defined})
+                if isinstance(langInf, str):
+                    langInf = dtypes.Language[langInf]
+
+                side_effects = astutils.evalnode(side_effects, {**self.globals, **self.defined})
+
         ttrans = TaskletTransformer(self,
                                     self.defined,
                                     self.sdfg,
@@ -2536,6 +2550,9 @@ def _parse_tasklet(self, state: SDFGState, node: TaskletType, name=None):
                                     symbols=self.symbols)
         node, inputs, outputs, self.accesses = ttrans.parse_tasklet(node, name)
 
+        if side_effects is not None:
+            node.side_effects = side_effects
+
         # Convert memlets to their actual data nodes
         for i in inputs.values():
             if not isinstance(i, tuple) and i.data in self.scope_vars.keys():
diff --git a/dace/frontend/python/preprocessing.py b/dace/frontend/python/preprocessing.py
index 10a1ab120e..239875118f 100644
--- a/dace/frontend/python/preprocessing.py
+++ b/dace/frontend/python/preprocessing.py
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ def _convert_to_ast(contents: Any):
                                             node)
             else:
                 # Augment closure with new value
-                newnode = self.resolver.global_value_to_node(e, node, f'inlined_{id(contents)}', True, keep_object=True)
+                newnode = self.resolver.global_value_to_node(contents, node, f'inlined_{id(contents)}', True, keep_object=True)
             return newnode
 
         return _convert_to_ast(contents)