diff --git a/tinyjort.com b/tinyjort.com
index c7570b1..3eb0a75 100755
Binary files a/tinyjort.com and b/tinyjort.com differ
diff --git a/tinyjort.jrt b/tinyjort.jrt
index ef7c5e2..c762f83 100755
--- a/tinyjort.jrt
+++ b/tinyjort.jrt
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ JMP 9 @>
   NAME - bytes ending in \0
   CODE POINTER - pointer to machine code routine )
 
-L: DICTIONARY 
-0 w>t 0 w>t 0 w>t 0 w>t 0 w>t 0 w>t 0 w>t 0 w>t 
-0 w>t 0 w>t 0 w>t 0 w>t 0 w>t 0 w>t 0 w>t 0 w>t 
+: ALLOT ( n -- ) 0 for 0 >t next ;
+
+L: DICTIONARY 0x10 cells ALLOT
 L: LATEST 0 w>t
 
 0x0f const BUCKETMASK
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ L: LATEST 0 w>t
 : str>t ( word -- ) begin dup b@ dup while >t 1 + repeat >t drop ;
 : patch!t ( tptr -- ) target @ swap !t ;
 : link>t ( tptr-head -- ) dup @t swap patch!t w>t ;
-: DEF word dup savelabel dup DICTLIST link>t dup strlen w>t str>t
+: DEF target @ [ L@ LATEST lit ] !t
+      word dup savelabel dup DICTLIST link>t dup strlen w>t str>t
       target @ cell + .hex cr ;
 
 : WORD= ( word len tptr -- f ) 
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ DEF GOTO_ L@ GOTO_IMPL w>t
 :ASM over
   ( this costs 1 extra byte but should save 20 clock cycles )
   MOV BX SP
-  PUSH @[ 4 @+ SS: BX]
+  PUSH @[ 2 @+ SS: BX]
 (  POP AX
   POP BX
   PUSH BX
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ L: RETFALSE
 
 :ASM not
   POP AX
-  CMP AX FALSE
+  CMP AX 0 #
   JZ RETTRUE
   JMP RETFALSE
 
@@ -287,9 +288,9 @@ L: RETFALSE
 :ASM and
   POP AX
   POP BX
-  CMP AX FALSE
+  CMP AX 0 #
   JZ RETFALSE
-  CMP BX FALSE
+  CMP BX 0 #
   JZ RETFALSE
   JMP RETTRUE
 
@@ -518,6 +519,7 @@ DEFERRED emit console-emit
   NEXT
 
 0 VAR, infile ( 0 is a predefined file handle meaning stdin )
+( TODO: whoops, this always calls fgetc, which works way better )
 :t in-key infile @ dup BZ_ [ 3 skip>t ] drop console-key return fgetc ;
 DEFERRED key in-key
 
@@ -603,8 +605,9 @@ L: fail-digit 0 <:
   JMP fail-digit
 
 L: DECDIVISORS 1 w>t 10 w>t 100 w>t 1000 w>t 10000 w>t
+L: NUMBUF 7 ALLOT ( 5 digits, - sign, ending null )
 :ASM num>str
-  MOV DI t& &here @+
+  MOV DI L@ NUMBUF #
   POP AX
   CMP AX 0 #
   JGE 0 @>
@@ -625,7 +628,7 @@ L: write-next-digit
   DEC CX ( if we haven't written any digits this will hit 0 on the ones place )
   JMP 2 @>
 1 <: 0 <:
-  XOR CX CX
+  XOR CX CX ( we've started outputting digits - set CX to 0 )
   ADD AX key 0 #
   STOSB
 2 <:
@@ -636,7 +639,8 @@ L: write-next-digit
   XOR AX AX
   STOSB ( trailing 0 )
   POP SI
-  PUSH t& &here @+
+  MOV DI L@ NUMBUF #
+  PUSH DI
   NEXT
 
 :t type [ target @ ]
@@ -682,8 +686,9 @@ L: write-next-digit
   [ target @ ] dup whitespace? over eoi? or
   ( if whitespace or eoi, end ) BZ_ [ 5 skip>t ] drop 0 b, return
   ( otherwise, write byte and continue ) b, key GOTO_ [ w>t ] ;
-
-:t word here word, dup here! ;
+ARRAY wordbuf 48 ALLOT
+:t redir-here ( cp buf -- buf ) here >r dup >r here! execute <r <r here! ;
+:t word LIT_ word, wordbuf redir-here ;
 
 dbg" compiler"
 :t wordflags cell + ;
@@ -788,11 +793,11 @@ DEFERRED err ?err
 dbg" boot stub"
 :ASM debug NEXT
 : t" begin key dup [ key " lit ] != while >t repeat drop 0 >t ;
-ARRAY input t" +"
+ARRAY input t" 1 2 + ."
 t& input VAR, inptr
-:t keyinput inptr @ b@ dup BZ_ [ patchpt ] inptr @ 1 + inptr ! [ patch!t ] ;
-t' keyinput t& key !t
-:t tinyjort 1 2 word lookup drop execute . terminate ;
+:t keyinput inptr @ b@ dup . dup BZ_ [ patchpt ] inptr @ 1 + inptr ! [ patch!t ] ;
+( t' keyinput t& key !t )
+:t tinyjort interpreter terminate ;
 
 9 <: ( actual entry point )
   MOV SI t& tinyjort #
@@ -801,7 +806,7 @@ t' keyinput t& key !t
   ADD AX 4096 #
   MOV SS AX
   MOV t& lastseg @+ AX
-  MOV SP 0xfe #
+  MOV SP 0x100 #
   MOV BP 0x00 #
   NEXT