diff --git a/SDL.fnl b/SDL.fnl
index 4aee29b..7412e8a 100644
--- a/SDL.fnl
+++ b/SDL.fnl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ; todo: can we implement portable logic for finding dynamic libraries?
-(terralib.linklibrary "/nix/store/hzfvp1pay5sqq96l20i4ahi7yrajjgfy-SDL2-2.28.4/lib/libSDL2.so")
+(terralib.linklibrary "/usr/lib64/libSDL2.so")
 
 (fn load-sdl-headers [headers]
     (let [includes (table.concat (icollect [_ h (ipairs headers)] 
diff --git a/boot.t b/boot.t
index b1eeefa..886f010 100644
--- a/boot.t
+++ b/boot.t
@@ -10,7 +10,3 @@ _G._3 = nil
 
 debug.traceback = fennel.traceback
 table.insert(package.loaders, fennel.searcher)
-
-if rawget(_G, "arg") and arg[0] == "boot.t" then
-    fennel.repl()
-end
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index f8fab9a..0000000
--- a/flake.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "nodes": {
-    "flake-utils": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1659877975,
-        "narHash": "sha256-zllb8aq3YO3h8B/U0/J1WBgAL8EX5yWf5pMj3G0NAmc=",
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "rev": "c0e246b9b83f637f4681389ecabcb2681b4f3af0",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
-    "nixgl": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1685908677,
-        "narHash": "sha256-E4zUPEUFyVWjVm45zICaHRpfGepfkE9Z2OECV9HXfA4=",
-        "owner": "guibou",
-        "repo": "nixGL",
-        "rev": "489d6b095ab9d289fe11af0219a9ff00fe87c7c5",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "guibou",
-        "repo": "nixGL",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
-    "nixpkgs": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1660551188,
-        "narHash": "sha256-a1LARMMYQ8DPx1BgoI/UN4bXe12hhZkCNqdxNi6uS0g=",
-        "owner": "nixos",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "441dc5d512153039f19ef198e662e4f3dbb9fd65",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "nixos",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
-    "nixpkgs_2": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1701861573,
-        "narHash": "sha256-9mZL4N+G/iAADDdR6vKDFwiweYLO8hAmjnDHvfVhYCY=",
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "325eb628b89b9a8183256f62d017bfb499b19bd9",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "id": "nixpkgs",
-        "type": "indirect"
-      }
-    },
-    "root": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "nixgl": "nixgl",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2"
-      }
-    }
-  },
-  "root": "root",
-  "version": 7
-}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fae8ca..0000000
--- a/flake.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{
-  description = "Garden";
-
-  inputs = {
-    nixgl.url = "github:guibou/nixGL";
-  };
-
-  outputs = { self, nixgl, nixpkgs }:
-  let
-    pkgs = import nixpkgs {
-      system = "x86_64-linux";
-      overlays = [ nixgl.overlay ];
-    };
-  in
-  {
-    devShells."x86_64-linux".default = pkgs.mkShell {
-      buildInputs = [ pkgs.terra pkgs.SDL2 pkgs.nixgl.auto.nixGLDefault ];
-    };
-  };
-}
diff --git a/go.fnl b/go.fnl
index e08cbe8..05b44d5 100644
--- a/go.fnl
+++ b/go.fnl
@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
-; export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1
+; LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1
 (local fennel (require :fennel))
-(import-macros {: def : q : ttype : static : printform} :terra)
+(import-macros {: def : q : ttype : static : eval : printform} :terra)
 (local SDL (require :SDL))
 
-(local CreateWindowAndRenderer (printform (def [w int h int flags uint32]
+(local CreateWindowAndRenderer (def [w int h int flags uint32]
   (var window [SDL.Window] nil)
   (var renderer [SDL.Renderer] nil)
   (var result (SDL.CreateWindowAndRenderer w h flags (& window) (& renderer)))
-  (return result window renderer))))
+  (return result window renderer)))
 
-(fn rect [x y w h]
-  (SDL.Rect {: x : y : w : h}))
+(local last-event (printform (static SDL.Event (q (SDL.Event {type 0})))))
+(fn event-loop [f]
+  (while (not= (SDL.PollEvent (last-event:getpointer)) 0) (f (last-event:get))))
+
+(local rect (def [x int y int w int h int]
+  (return (SDL.Rect {x x y y w w h h}))))
 
 (SDL.Init SDL.INIT_EVERYTHING)
-(let [windowflags SDL.WINDOW_RESIZABLE ;(bit.bor SDL.WINDOW_RESIZABLE SDL.WINDOW_OPENGL)
-      (window renderer) (CreateWindowAndRenderer 640 480 windowflags)]
-  (SDL.RenderFillRect renderer (rect 0 0 640 480))
-  {: window : renderer})
+(let [windowflags SDL.WINDOW_RESIZABLE
+      (ok window renderer) (unpacktuple (CreateWindowAndRenderer 640 480 windowflags))]
+  (SDL.SetRenderDrawColor renderer 0 0 0 255)
+  (SDL.RenderClear renderer)
+  (SDL.RenderPresent renderer)
+  {: window : renderer : rect : event-loop})
diff --git a/repl.t b/repl.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4561d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repl.t
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+require "boot"
+local fennel = require "fennel"
+
+fennel.repl()
diff --git a/terra.fnl b/terra.fnl
index b050463..f9e4d3d 100644
--- a/terra.fnl
+++ b/terra.fnl
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
         (where l (list? l))     (extract.quotes-in-table (list) l inputs locals)
         (where s (sequence? s)) (extract.quotes-in-table (sequence) s inputs locals)
-        (where t (kv-table? t)) (extract.quotes-in-table {} t inputs locals)
+        (where t (kv-table? t)) (extract.quotes-in-table (setmetatable {} (getmetatable t)) t inputs locals)
 
         _ form))
 
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
                 (indent :end scope)))))
 
 (fn comp.global [[typ initial-val] scope]
-    (.. "global(" (comp.type typ scope) "," (comp.expr initial-val scope) ")"))
+    (.. "global(" (comp.type typ scope) "," (scope:expr initial-val) ")"))
 
 (fn build [expr compiler]
     (let [scope (new-scope)
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@
 (fn tquote [...] (build [...] comp.quote))
 (fn def [...] (build [...] comp.def))
 (fn static [typ initial-value] (build [typ initial-value] comp.global))
+(fn eval [expr] `(,(def `[] `(return ,expr))))
 
 (fn compile [compiler-name expr] (build expr (. comp (tostring compiler-name))))
 (fn uncompile [compiler-name expr]
@@ -286,4 +287,4 @@
 
 (fn printform [form] `(do (print ,(view (macroexpand form))) ,form))
 
-{: ttype :q tquote : def : static : compile : uncompile : printform}
+{: ttype :q tquote : def : static : eval : compile : uncompile : printform}