diff --git a/go.fnl b/go.fnl
index 05b44d5..c920d1c 100644
--- a/go.fnl
+++ b/go.fnl
@@ -9,17 +9,33 @@
   (var result (SDL.CreateWindowAndRenderer w h flags (& window) (& renderer)))
   (return result window renderer)))
 
-(local last-event (printform (static SDL.Event (q (SDL.Event {type 0})))))
+(local clear (static (def [renderer [SDL.Renderer]]
+    (SDL.SetRenderDrawColor renderer 0 0 0 255)
+    (SDL.RenderClear renderer))))
+
+(local hello (def [renderer [SDL.Renderer]]
+  (clear renderer)
+  (SDL.SetRenderDrawColor renderer 0 0 255 255)
+  (var rect (SDL.Rect {x 100 y 100 w 50 h 30}))
+  (SDL.RenderFillRect renderer (& rect))
+  (SDL.RenderPresent renderer)))
+
+(local last-event (printform (static (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}))))
 
+(fn patch-clear [r g b]
+  (let [new-clear (def [renderer [SDL.Renderer]]
+                       (SDL.SetRenderDrawColor renderer r g b 255)
+                       (SDL.RenderClear renderer))]
+      ((def [] (set clear new-clear))))) ; no idea why (clear:set new-clear) doesn't work
+
 (SDL.Init SDL.INIT_EVERYTHING)
 (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})
+  (event-loop #nil)
+  (hello renderer)
+  {: window : renderer : rect : event-loop : clear : hello : patch-clear})
diff --git a/terra.fnl b/terra.fnl
index f9e4d3d..5d1266d 100644
--- a/terra.fnl
+++ b/terra.fnl
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@
                         (block (.. "terra (" argdefs ")" rettyp) stmts :end scope #(comp.expr $1 scope))))
         (.. "(function () local terra anonfn :: " ((. type-constructors "->") arglist scope) " return anonfn end)()")))
 
+(set forms.def comp.def)
+
 (fn forms.return [vals scope] (.. "return " (commasep vals #(comp.expr $1 scope))))
 
 (fn forms.cast [[typ expr] scope]
@@ -260,8 +262,8 @@
                 (indented #(comp.expr last-expr scope) scope) "\n"
                 (indent :end scope)))))
 
-(fn comp.global [[typ initial-val] scope]
-    (.. "global(" (comp.type typ scope) "," (scope:expr initial-val) ")"))
+(fn comp.global [[initial-val] scope]
+    (.. "global(" (scope:expr initial-val) ")"))
 
 (fn build [expr compiler]
     (let [scope (new-scope)
@@ -276,7 +278,7 @@
 (fn ttype [expr] (build expr comp.type))
 (fn tquote [...] (build [...] comp.quote))
 (fn def [...] (build [...] comp.def))
-(fn static [typ initial-value] (build [typ initial-value] comp.global))
+(fn static [initial-value] (build [initial-value] comp.global))
 (fn eval [expr] `(,(def `[] `(return ,expr))))
 
 (fn compile [compiler-name expr] (build expr (. comp (tostring compiler-name))))