diff --git a/engine/core/build.zig b/engine/core/build.zig
index 8829e2a..55d98ed 100644
--- a/engine/core/build.zig
+++ b/engine/core/build.zig
@@ -2,14 +2,9 @@ const std = @import("std");
 
 const dependencyList = [_][]const u8{
     "p2",
-    "tracy",
+    "tracy", // usually doesnt have C deps... unless we're compiled with it on, in which case we only support static builds
     "zmath",
-    "packer", // packer might need to be split into another setup that doesn't have C deps.
-
-    // these ones use c deps, but if i move them out to platform... then core will have zero c dependencies.
-    "lua",
-    "spng",
-    // "nfd",
+    "packer", // packer no longer has C deps.
 };
 
 pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
diff --git a/engine/core/build.zig.zon b/engine/core/build.zig.zon
index 411ada3..ae9798c 100644
--- a/engine/core/build.zig.zon
+++ b/engine/core/build.zig.zon
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     .name = .core,
     .version = "0.0.0",
     .dependencies = .{
-        .spng = .{ .path = "../../lib/spng" },
+        // .spng = .{ .path = "../../lib/spng" },
         // .nfd = .{ .path = "../../lib/nfd" },
 
         // with -Dtracy = false, this one pulls in no C dependencies
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         .zmath = .{ .path = "../../lib/zmath" }, 
         .packer = .{ .path = "../../lib/packer" },
         .p2 = .{ .path = "../../lib/p2" },
-        .lua = .{ .path = "../../lib/lua" },
+        // .lua = .{ .path = "../../lib/lua" },
         // .zgltf = .{ .path = "../../lib/zgltf" },
     },
     .paths = .{
diff --git a/engine/core/src/core.zig b/engine/core/src/core.zig
index 6cf4830..9b0447f 100644
--- a/engine/core/src/core.zig
+++ b/engine/core/src/core.zig
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ pub const debugBox = debug_draw.debugBox;
 pub const debugLine = debug_draw.debugLine;
 // pub const script_bindings = script.script_bindings;
 
-pub const misc = @import("misc.zig");
 pub const engineTime = @import("engineTime.zig");
 pub const engineObject = @import("engineObject.zig");
 pub const EngineObjectVTable = engineObject.EngineObjectVTable;
@@ -43,12 +42,8 @@ pub const ThreadContext = jobs.ThreadContext;
 pub const JobManager = jobs.JobManager;
 pub const JobWorker = jobs.JobWorker;
 
-pub const file_utils = @import("file_utils.zig");
-pub const string_utils = @import("string_utils.zig");
-pub const type_utils = @import("type_utils.zig");
 pub const engine = @import("engine.zig");
 pub const tracy = @import("tracy").t;
-pub const png = @import("png.zig");
 
 pub const colors = @import("colors.zig");
 
@@ -141,8 +136,6 @@ pub const SceneSystem = scene.SceneSystem;
 
 pub const Engine = engine.Engine;
 
-pub const spng = @import("spng");
-
 pub const MemoryTracker = @import("MemoryTracker.zig");
 
 pub const DefaultSavePath = "Saved";
@@ -173,14 +166,16 @@ pub const defaultHighlight = logging.defaultHighlight;
 
 pub const packer = @import("packer");
 
-pub const FileSystem = packer.PackerFS;
-pub const PackerFS = packer.PackerFS;
-
 pub const StackCompactor = stacks.StackCompactor;
 
 var staticsInitialized = false;
 var gEngine: *Engine = undefined;
+pub const PackerFS = packer.PackerFS;
 var gPackerFS: *PackerFS = undefined;
+
+pub fn fs() *PackerFS {
+    return gPackerFS;
+}
 var fsInitialized: bool = false;
 
 pub fn EngineObject(comptime T: type) type {
@@ -217,8 +212,6 @@ pub const undefineComponentList = ecs.undefineComponentList;
 pub const Entity = ecs.Entity;
 pub const createEntity = ecs.createEntity;
 
-pub const script = @import("script.zig");
-
 pub const stacks = @import("stacks.zig");
 pub const walkAndPrintStack = stacks.walkAndPrintStack;
 
@@ -237,10 +230,6 @@ pub fn registerObjectAdvanced(comptime T: type, name: []const u8, comptime funcN
     try get(GameObjectSystem).registerObjectAdvanced(name, T, funcName);
 }
 
-pub fn fs() *PackerFS {
-    return gPackerFS;
-}
-
 pub const Module = ModuleDescription{
     .name = "core",
     .enabledByDefault = true,
@@ -295,15 +284,9 @@ pub fn start_module_(map: *SpecVariantMap, args: anytype, allocator: std.mem.All
         fatDump = true;
     }
 
-    script.lua.setupMiniDump(fatDump);
     _ = try algorithm.createNameRegistry(allocator);
-    // LUA BEGIN -- what if i want to make the scripting integration optional?
-    // try script.start_lua(allocator);
-    // LUA END
     try maybeInitPackerFs(allocator);
 
-    // load configs.
-    //const name = if (@hasField(@TypeOf(programSpec), "configName")) programSpec.configName else programSpec.name;
     var name = map.get("name").?.string;
 
     if (map.get("configName")) |x| {
@@ -330,8 +313,6 @@ pub fn start_module_(map: *SpecVariantMap, args: anytype, allocator: std.mem.All
 
     try algorithm.string_pool.setup(allocator);
 
-    // _ = try gEngine.createObject(script_bindings.ScriptTicks, .{ .can_tick = true });
-
     _ = try createObject(GameObjectSystem, .{ .can_tick = true });
     _ = try inputs.initInputStack();
 
@@ -344,7 +325,6 @@ pub fn start_module_(map: *SpecVariantMap, args: anytype, allocator: std.mem.All
 pub fn setupFromModule(__args: ModuleLoaderArgs) !void {
     gEngine = __args.engine;
     gPackerFS = __args.packerFS;
-    // script.setupLuaFromModule(__args.luaState, __args.luaAllocator);
     algorithm.names.gRegistry = __args.nameRegistry;
     logging.setupLoggingFromModule();
     staticsInitialized = true;
@@ -368,9 +348,6 @@ pub fn shutdown_module(_: std.mem.Allocator) void {
     ecs.shutdown();
     algorithm.destroyNameRegistry();
     gPackerFS.destroy();
-    // LUA BEGIN
-    // script.shutdown_lua();
-    // LUA END
     console.shutdown();
     algorithm.string_pool.shutdown();
 
@@ -386,22 +363,20 @@ pub fn parallelJob(capture: anytype, async: bool, maxWorkerCount: ?u32) !void {
     const requestedWorkers = if (maxWorkerCount) |m| m else jobManager.numWorkers;
     const baseWorkerCount = @min(requestedWorkers, @max(getEngine().jobManager.numWorkers - 2, 1));
 
-    const workerStart:u32 = if (async) 0 else 1;
+    const workerStart: u32 = if (async) 0 else 1;
 
-    for (workerStart .. baseWorkerCount) |workerId| {
-        try jobManager.newJob(capture, .{ .threadId = @intCast(workerId), .threadCount = baseWorkerCount});
+    for (workerStart..baseWorkerCount) |workerId| {
+        try jobManager.newJob(capture, .{ .threadId = @intCast(workerId), .threadCount = baseWorkerCount });
     }
 
     // start working on the job locally
     if (!async) {
-        try jobManager.runLocally(capture, .{.threadId = 0, .threadCount = baseWorkerCount});
+        try jobManager.runLocally(capture, .{ .threadId = 0, .threadCount = baseWorkerCount });
     }
-
-
 }
 
 pub fn dispatchJob(capture: anytype) !void {
-    try gEngine.jobManager.newJob(capture, .{.threadId = 0, .threadCount = 1});//0, 1, null);
+    try gEngine.jobManager.newJob(capture, .{ .threadId = 0, .threadCount = 1 }); //0, 1, null);
 }
 
 pub fn createObject(comptime T: type, params: engine.NeonObjectParams) !*T {
diff --git a/engine/core/src/extern/externModule.zig b/engine/core/src/extern/externModule.zig
index c095b7c..c71df79 100644
--- a/engine/core/src/extern/externModule.zig
+++ b/engine/core/src/extern/externModule.zig
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ pub const ModuleLoader = struct {
     arena: std.heap.ArenaAllocator,
     loadedModules: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(*LoadedModule) = .{},
     watchInitialized: bool = false,
+    watchInitializeFn: ?*const fn () void = null,
 
     pub var NeonObjectTable = core.EngineObjectVTable.from(@This(), "core.ModuleLoader");
     pub fn create(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !*@This() {
@@ -150,8 +151,11 @@ pub const ModuleLoader = struct {
         const loaded = try self.arena.allocator().create(LoadedModule);
 
         if (self.watchInitialized == false) {
-            core.fs().watchPath("zig-out/modules/");
-            self.watchInitialized = true;
+            // core.fs().watchPath("zig-out/modules/");
+            if (self.watchInitializeFn) |watchInitializeFn| {
+                watchInitializeFn();
+                self.watchInitialized = true;
+            }
         }
 
         loaded.* = LoadedModule{
diff --git a/engine/core/src/file_utils.zig b/engine/core/src/file_utils.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 74b3f5c..0000000
--- a/engine/core/src/file_utils.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-const std = @import("std");
-const logging = @import("logging.zig");
-
-pub fn writeToFile(data: []const u8, path: []const u8) !void {
-    const file = try std.fs.cwd().createFile(
-        path,
-        .{
-            .read = true,
-        },
-    );
-
-    const bytes_written = try file.writeAll(data);
-    _ = bytes_written;
-    logging.engine_log("written: bytes to {s}", .{path});
-}
-
-pub fn splitIntoLines(file_contents: []const u8) std.mem.SplitIterator(u8) {
-    // find a \n and see if it has \r\n
-    var index: u32 = 0;
-    while (index < file_contents.len) : (index += 1) {
-        if (file_contents[index] == '\n') {
-            if (index > 0) {
-                if (file_contents[index - 1] == '\r') {
-                    return std.mem.split(u8, file_contents, "\r\n");
-                } else {
-                    return std.mem.split(u8, file_contents, "\n");
-                }
-            } else {
-                return std.mem.split(u8, file_contents, "\n");
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    return std.mem.split(u8, file_contents, "\n");
-}
diff --git a/engine/core/src/inputs/pseudocode.lua b/engine/core/src/inputs/pseudocode.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index ae740ec..0000000
--- a/engine/core/src/inputs/pseudocode.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-
-moveAxis = CreateInput2DAxis()
-moveAxis:addKey(Keys.W, 1.0, Axis.Y)
-moveAxis:addKey(Keys.S, -1.0, Axis.Y)
-
-moveAxis:addKey(Keys.A, -1.0, Axis.X)
-moveAxis:addKey(Keys.D, 1.0, Axis.X)
-moveAxis:addListener(balls, )
-
-Input.addBinding("move", moveAxis, true)
-
-Input.removeBinding("move")
-
-
diff --git a/engine/core/src/lua/core.lua b/engine/core/src/lua/core.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 11c67d8..0000000
--- a/engine/core/src/lua/core.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-
-tickables = {}
-properties = {}
-
-local function registerTick(object, f)
-    table.insert(tickables, {obj = object, func = f})
-end
-
-function __TickScripts(deltaTime)
-    for index, entry in ipairs(tickables) do
-        entry.func(entry.obj, deltaTime)
-    end
-end
-
-function __RegisterEntityProperty(userdata)
-    properties[userdata] = {}
-end
-
-function SetProperty(entity, property)
-    properties[entity] = property
-end
-
-function GetProperty(entity) 
-    return properties[entity]
-end
-
-function GetObject(entity) 
-    return properties[entity]
-end
-
-Core = {
-    registerTick = registerTick;
-}
diff --git a/engine/core/src/lua/startup.lua b/engine/core/src/lua/startup.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index dae26d4..0000000
--- a/engine/core/src/lua/startup.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-print("Hello from lua.")
-
diff --git a/engine/core/src/math.zig b/engine/core/src/math.zig
index e974e73..a33dae2 100644
--- a/engine/core/src/math.zig
+++ b/engine/core/src/math.zig
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 const std = @import("std");
-const misc = @import("misc.zig");
 const zm = @import("zmath");
 const math = std.math;
 
-// LUA BEGIN feel like I should mark up the parts of the engine that need to be
-// sliced out should i ever decide I'm sick of lua
-const lua = @import("lua");
-const pod = lua.pod;
-// LUA END
-
 // vector versions.
 pub const f32x4 = @Vector(4, f32); // __m128_int
 pub const f32x8 = @Vector(8, f32); // __m256_int
@@ -72,23 +65,7 @@ pub fn Vector2Type(comptime T: type, comptime typeName: []const u8) type {
         x: T = 0,
         y: T = 0,
 
-        // LUA BEGIN
-        pub const PodDataTable: pod.DataTable = .{
-            .name = typeName,
-            .funcs = &.{
-                "fmul",
-                "dot",
-                "length",
-                "normalize",
-            },
-            .operators = .{
-                .add = "add",
-                .sub = "sub",
-                .mul = "vmul",
-                .eq = "equals",
-            },
-        };
-        // LUA END
+        pub const VectorTypeName = typeName;
 
         pub const Ones = @This(){ .x = 1, .y = 1 };
         pub const Zeroes = @This(){ .x = 0, .y = 0 };
@@ -232,6 +209,8 @@ pub fn Vector3Type(comptime T: type, comptime typeName: []const u8) type {
         y: T = 0,
         z: T = 0,
 
+        pub const VectorTypeName = typeName;
+
         pub const Ones = @This(){ .x = 1, .y = 1, .z = 1 };
         pub const Zeroes = @This(){ .x = 0, .y = 0, .z = 0 };
 
@@ -239,24 +218,6 @@ pub fn Vector3Type(comptime T: type, comptime typeName: []const u8) type {
         pub const Right = @This(){ .x = 1 };
         pub const Forward = @This(){ .z = 1 };
 
-        // LUA BEGIN
-        pub const PodDataTable: pod.DataTable = .{
-            .name = typeName,
-            .funcs = &.{
-                "fmul",
-                "dot",
-                "length",
-                "normalize",
-            },
-            .operators = .{
-                .add = "add",
-                .sub = "sub",
-                .mul = "vmul",
-                .eq = "equals",
-            },
-        };
-        // LUA END
-
         pub inline fn new(x: T, y: T, z: T) @This() {
             return .{
                 .x = x,
diff --git a/engine/core/src/misc.zig b/engine/core/src/misc.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index dc908b0..0000000
--- a/engine/core/src/misc.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-// Random misc. utilities that aren't /totally/ categorized right now.
-
-const logging = @import("logging.zig");
-
-// Creates a for-loopable range between [0, n)
-pub fn count(comptime n: anytype) [n]u0 {
-    return comptime [1]u0{0} ** n;
-}
-
-// Creates a for-loopable range between [start, end).
-// reccomended for use with inline FORs
-pub fn range(comptime start: usize, comptime end: anytype) [end - start]@TypeOf(start) {
-    comptime var r = [1]@TypeOf(start){start} ** (end - start);
-
-    comptime {
-        for (r, 0..) |val, i| {
-            r[i] = val + i;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return comptime r;
-}
-
-pub fn slice_to_cstr(str: []const u8) ?[*:0]const u8 {
-    return @as(?[*:0]const u8, @ptrCast(str.ptr));
-}
-
-pub fn buf_to_cstr(str: anytype) ?[*:0]const u8 {
-    return @as(?[*:0]const u8, @ptrCast(&str[0]));
-}
-
-pub const CStr = [*:0]const u8;
-
-pub fn debug_struct(preamble: []const u8, s: anytype) void {
-    logging.graphics_log("{s}:", .{preamble});
-    logging.graphics_log("  {any}", .{s});
-}
-
-pub fn p_to_av(a: anytype) [*]@TypeOf(a.*) {
-    return @as([*]@TypeOf(a.*), @ptrCast(a));
-}
diff --git a/engine/core/src/script.zig b/engine/core/src/script.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 539a575..0000000
--- a/engine/core/src/script.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,150 +0,0 @@
-// scripting integration using lua
-
-const std = @import("std");
-pub const lua = @import("lua");
-const core = @import("core.zig");
-const startup_script = @embedFile("lua/startup.lua");
-const core_script = @embedFile("lua/core.lua");
-const ecs = @import("ecs.zig");
-const ComponentRef = @import("script/ComponentRef.zig");
-const ComponentRegistration = @import("script/ComponentRegistration.zig");
-
-pub const script_bindings = @import("script_bindings.zig");
-
-const c = lua.c;
-
-pub var gLuaState: lua.LuaState = undefined;
-pub var gLuaAllocator: std.mem.Allocator = undefined;
-
-pub fn setupLuaFromModule(pstate: *anyopaque, p_lua_allocator: *anyopaque) void {
-    gLuaAllocator = core.startup_getAllocator(p_lua_allocator);
-    gLuaState.l = @ptrCast(pstate);
-}
-
-const luaRegLibs: []const c.luaL_Reg = &.{
-    .{ .name = "print", .func = printWrapper },
-    .{ .name = null, .func = null },
-};
-
-// binds the default print() function in lua to print to the console
-fn printWrapper(l: ?*lua.c.lua_State) callconv(.c) i32 {
-    const state: lua.LuaState = .{ .l = l };
-    const argc = state.getTop();
-
-    if (core.getLogger() == null) {
-        core.printRaw("> ", .{});
-    }
-
-    if (argc >= 1) {
-        core.printRaw("[SCRIPT   ]: ", .{});
-    }
-
-    var i: i32 = 1;
-    while (i <= argc) : (i += 1) {
-        if (state.isString(i)) {
-            if (i > 1) {
-                core.printRaw(" ", .{});
-            }
-            core.printRaw("{s}", .{state.toString(i)});
-        } else if (state.isUserdata(i)) {
-            const s = state.toStringL(i);
-            state.pop(1);
-            core.printRaw("{s}", .{s});
-        }
-    }
-
-    core.printRaw("\n", .{});
-    state.pop(argc);
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-// initialization of the lua scripting interface.
-// this interface is only threadsafe to operate on from the main systems thread (at this time).
-pub fn start_lua(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
-    gLuaAllocator = allocator;
-    gLuaState = try lua.LuaState.init(.{});
-    try lua.pod.setupFormatBuffer(allocator);
-
-    // overload and hook into global functions
-    _ = gLuaState.getGlobal("_G");
-    c.luaL_setfuncs(gLuaState.l, luaRegLibs.ptr, 0);
-    gLuaState.pop(1);
-
-    try lua.pod.registerPodType(&gLuaState, ecs.Entity);
-    try lua.pod.registerPodType(&gLuaState, ComponentRegistration);
-
-    try script_bindings.registerTypes();
-
-    try gLuaState.loadString(startup_script);
-    try gLuaState.pcall();
-
-    try gLuaState.loadString(core_script);
-    try gLuaState.pcall();
-}
-
-pub fn createLuaComponentDefinitions(globalName: []const u8, container: ecs.EcsContainerRef, luaNew: anytype) !void {
-    const reg = try gLuaState.newZigUserdata(ComponentRegistration);
-    reg.ref = container;
-    reg.name = globalName;
-    reg.luaNew = luaNew;
-    try gLuaState.setGlobal(globalName);
-}
-
-pub fn registerComponent(comptime Component: type, container: ecs.EcsContainerRef) !void {
-    const ReferenceType = ComponentRef.ComponentReferenceType(Component);
-    try createLuaComponentDefinitions(@ptrCast(Component.ComponentName), container, ReferenceType.luaNew);
-    try ReferenceType.registerType(getState());
-}
-
-pub fn shutdown_lua() void {
-    lua.pod.shutdownFormatBuffer();
-    gLuaState.deinit();
-}
-
-pub fn getState() *lua.LuaState {
-    return &gLuaState;
-}
-
-fn findScriptBasepath(s: []const u8) []const u8 {
-    var i: usize = s.len - 1;
-
-    while (i > 0) : (i -= 1) {
-        if (s[i] == '\\' or s[i] == '/') {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (s[i] == '\\' or s[i] == '/') {
-        return s[i + 1 ..];
-    }
-
-    return s;
-}
-
-pub fn loadTypes(scriptPath: []const u8) !void {
-    // 1. scan filesystem for all files under the script path
-    var fileList = try core.fs().listAllSubpaths(gLuaAllocator, scriptPath);
-    defer fileList.deinit();
-    for (fileList.data.items, 0..) |f, i| {
-        // 2. enforce naming scheme for each script.
-        const basePath = findScriptBasepath(f);
-
-        // core.engine_log("checking script file: {s} path:{s} base {s}", .{ f, fileList.sources.items[i], basePath });
-        // 3. for each one, load the script and assign them based on name.
-        if (std.ascii.isUpper(basePath[0])) {
-            core.engine_log("loading script file: {s} path:{s}", .{ f, fileList.sources.items[i] });
-            const scriptFile = try core.fs().loadFile(f);
-            defer core.fs().unmap(scriptFile);
-            try gLuaState.loadString(scriptFile.bytes);
-            try gLuaState.pcall();
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn runScriptFile(scriptPath: []const u8) !void {
-    const scriptFile = try core.fs().loadFile(scriptPath);
-    defer core.fs().unmap(scriptFile);
-    try gLuaState.loadString(scriptFile.bytes);
-    try gLuaState.pcall();
-}
diff --git a/engine/core/src/script/ComponentRef.zig b/engine/core/src/script/ComponentRef.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 06818b3..0000000
--- a/engine/core/src/script/ComponentRef.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,258 +0,0 @@
-// lwdt can't have meta tables so I'm going to create component references
-//
-// the way this works is
-// - entities are created as POD types
-// - entities can get components added to them via entity:addComponent
-// - this returns a ComponentReference
-// - you can also get components from an entity via enity:get()
-// - this also returns a ComponentReference
-//
-// - ComponentReferences allow you to modify data on a component or call functions on them
-//
-//
-// How the registration works
-//
-// - define component
-//  - ecs.zig defineComponent
-//      - ComponentRef.zig - ReferenceType
-//      - addComponentRegistration - script.zig
-//      - ComponentRef - ReferenceType.registerType
-
-// this represents the lua side of the object
-pub fn ComponentReferenceType(comptime T: type) type {
-    return struct {
-        ptr: *T = undefined,
-
-        // used for resolving deltas.
-        handle: core.ObjectHandle = undefined,
-        stateCount: u32 = 0,
-        containerRef: ecs.EcsContainerRef = undefined,
-
-        pub const MetatableName = T.ComponentName;
-
-        // argc = 1,
-        // 1. a componentRegistration userdata
-        // can only be called from entity.luaAddComponent
-        pub fn luaNew(state: lua.LuaState, handle: core.ObjectHandle, ptr: ?*anyopaque) void {
-            const ud = state.newZigUserdata(@This()) catch return;
-            const containerRef = ecs.getTypeContainer(T);
-
-            ud.* = .{
-                .handle = handle,
-                .containerRef = containerRef,
-                .stateCount = 0,
-            };
-
-            // std.debug.print("luaNew ComponentReferenceType: {x}\n", .{@intFromPtr(ud)});
-            // std.debug.print("luaNew ContainerRef: {x}\n", .{@intFromPtr(containerRef.ptr)});
-            // std.debug.print("luaNew " ++ @typeName(T) ++ " ud.ptr = {x}\n", .{@intFromPtr(ptr)});
-
-            if (ptr) |p| {
-                ud.ptr = @ptrCast(@alignCast(p));
-                ud.stateCount = containerRef.vtable.getStateCount(containerRef.ptr);
-            }
-
-            if (@hasDecl(@TypeOf(T.BaseContainer.*), "IsMultiset")) {
-                // ... there are several things that need to be reworked here...
-                ud.ptr = @ptrCast(@alignCast(@as(*anyopaque, @ptrCast(&ud.handle))));
-                // std.debug.print("luaNew " ++ @typeName(T) ++ " v = {any}\n", .{ud.ptr.getPosition()});
-            }
-        }
-
-        pub fn resolve(self: *@This()) void {
-            const ref = self.containerRef;
-            // std.debug.print("self: {x}\n", .{@intFromPtr(self)});
-            // std.debug.print("ptr: {x}\n", .{@intFromPtr(ref.ptr)});
-            if (@hasDecl(@TypeOf(T.BaseContainer.*), "IsMultiset")) {
-                //
-            }
-            if (ref.vtable.getStateCount(ref.ptr) != self.stateCount) {
-                self.ptr = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ref.vtable.get(ref.ptr, self.handle)));
-            }
-        }
-
-        pub fn get(self: *@This()) *T {
-            self.resolve();
-            return self.ptr;
-        }
-
-        pub fn luaToString(state: lua.LuaState) i32 {
-            // oh god... this isn't good
-            // I think i've been treating this component ref as the user type
-            // huge failure of type resolution
-            if (state.toUserdata(@This(), 1)) |self| {
-                self.resolve();
-                Buffer.clearRetainingCapacity();
-
-                var writer = Buffer.writer();
-                writer.print("{s}{{", .{MetatableName}) catch return 0;
-
-                inline for (std.meta.fields(T), 0..) |field, i| {
-                    if (i == 0) {
-                        writer.print(" {s} = ", .{field.name}) catch return 0;
-                    } else {
-                        writer.print(", {s} = ", .{field.name}) catch return 0;
-                    }
-                    switch (field.type) {
-                        f32, i32, u32, f64, i64, u64 => {
-                            writer.print("{d}", .{@field(self.ptr, field.name)}) catch return 0;
-                        },
-                        []const u8 => {
-                            writer.print("\"{s}\"", .{@field(self.ptr, field.name)}) catch return 0;
-                        },
-                        else => {
-                            writer.print("<unknown type {s}>", .{@typeName(field.type)}) catch return 0;
-                        },
-                    }
-                }
-
-                writer.print(" }}" ++ "\x00", .{}) catch return 0;
-                state.pop(1);
-                state.pushString(Buffer.items) catch return 0;
-                return 1;
-            }
-
-            return 0;
-        }
-
-        pub fn luaIndex(state: lua.LuaState) i32 {
-            if (state.toUserdata(@This(), 1)) |self| {
-                if (state.isString(2)) {
-                    _ = self;
-                    const argument = state.toString(2);
-                    // core.engine_log(@typeName(@This()) ++ " got indexed. 0x{x}", .{self.handle.index});
-
-                    // check metatable
-                    if (state.getMetafield(1, @ptrCast(argument))) {
-                        return 1;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            return 0;
-        }
-
-        fn makeTypeTable() lua.LibSpec {
-            const methods = blk: {
-                comptime var m: lua.LibSpec = &.{};
-                m = m ++ .{lua.luaL_Reg{ .name = "__index", .func = lua.CWrap(luaIndex) }};
-                m = m ++ .{lua.luaL_Reg{ .name = "__tostring", .func = lua.CWrap(luaToString) }};
-
-                inline for (T.ScriptExports) |name| {
-                    m = m ++ .{lua.luaL_Reg{ .name = @as([*c]const u8, @ptrCast(name)), .func = ComponentFuncWrapper(@field(T, name), T) }};
-                }
-
-                break :blk m ++ .{lua.luaL_Reg{ .name = null, .func = null }};
-            };
-
-            return methods;
-        }
-
-        pub fn registerType(state: *lua.LuaState) !void {
-            core.engine_log("creating lua metatable {s}", .{MetatableName});
-
-            const methods = comptime makeTypeTable();
-
-            try state.newMetatable(@ptrCast(MetatableName));
-            try state.setFuncs(methods, 0);
-        }
-    };
-}
-
-pub fn ComponentFuncWrapper(comptime baseFunc: anytype, comptime baseType: type) lua.LuaCFunc {
-    return lua.CWrap(FuncWrapper(baseFunc, baseType).wrapper);
-}
-
-pub fn FuncWrapper(comptime baseFunc: anytype, comptime baseType: type) type {
-    return struct {
-        pub fn wrapper(state: lua.LuaState) i32 {
-            const Args = std.meta.ArgsTuple(@TypeOf(baseFunc));
-
-            var args: Args = undefined;
-            inline for (std.meta.fields(Args), 0..) |field, index| {
-                // std.debug.print("typename = {s}\n", .{@typeName(field.type)});
-                switch (field.type) {
-                    f32 => {
-                        args[index] = @as(f32, @floatCast(state.toNumber(index + 1)));
-                    },
-                    f64 => {
-                        args[index] = state.toNumber(index + 1);
-                    },
-                    i32 => {
-                        args[index] = @intFromFloat(state.toNumber(index + 1));
-                    },
-                    []const u8 => {
-                        args[index] = state.toString(index + 1);
-                    },
-                    // I'll be honest how the hell does this work?
-                    //
-                    // the pointer being passed in here isn't the actual resulting type...
-                    // it's the reference type
-                    *baseType => {
-                        const ref = state.toUserdata(ComponentReferenceType(baseType), index + 1).?;
-                        ref.resolve();
-                        args[index] = ref.ptr;
-                    },
-                    baseType => {
-                        const ref = state.toUserdata(ComponentReferenceType(baseType), index + 1).?;
-                        ref.resolve();
-                        args[index] = ref.ptr.*;
-                    },
-                    else => {
-                        // if(isComponentType(field.type)) {
-                        // const ref = state.toUserdata(field.type, index + 1).?;
-                        // ref.resolve();
-                        // args[index] = ref.ptr.*;
-                        // continue;
-                        // }
-                        //
-                        lua.debugPrints(true);
-                        args[index] = (state.toUserdata(field.type, index + 1) orelse {
-                            std.debug.print("argument error in index: {d}\n", .{index});
-                            state.emitError("something's weird with this argument\n");
-                            @panic("lmao");
-                        }).*;
-                        lua.debugPrints(false);
-                    },
-                }
-            }
-            state.pop(@intCast(args.len));
-
-            //const rv = @call(.always_inline, baseFunc, args);
-            const rv = @call(.auto, baseFunc, args);
-            switch (@TypeOf(rv)) {
-                i32, u32, i64, u64 => {
-                    state.pushNumber(@floatFromInt(rv));
-                },
-                f32, f64 => {
-                    state.pushNumber(@floatCast(rv));
-                },
-                void => {
-                    return 0;
-                },
-                else => {
-                    const ud = state.newZigUserdata(@TypeOf(rv)) catch @panic("not implemented");
-                    ud.* = rv;
-                },
-            }
-
-            return 1;
-        }
-    };
-}
-
-var Buffer: std.ArrayList(u8) = undefined;
-
-pub fn setupFormatBuffer(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
-    Buffer = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
-}
-pub fn shutdownFormatBuffer() void {
-    Buffer.deinit();
-}
-
-const std = @import("std");
-const core = @import("../core.zig");
-const ecs = @import("../ecs.zig");
-const lua = @import("lua");
-const pod = lua.pod;
-const scene = @import("../scene.zig");
diff --git a/engine/core/src/script/ComponentRegistration.zig b/engine/core/src/script/ComponentRegistration.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index d01841e..0000000
--- a/engine/core/src/script/ComponentRegistration.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-ref: ecs.EcsContainerRef = undefined,
-name: []const u8 = undefined,
-luaNew: *const fn (state: lua.LuaState, core.ObjectHandle, ?*anyopaque) void = undefined,
-
-pub const PodDataTable: pod.DataTable = .{
-    .name = "ComponentRegistration",
-    .banInstantiation = true,
-    .toStringOverride = lua.CWrap(toString),
-};
-
-// I should really move all the registration to this file.
-pub fn toString(state: lua.LuaState) i32 {
-    var workBuffer: [256]u8 = undefined;
-    const ud = state.toUserdata(@This(), 1).?;
-    state.pop(1);
-    const str = std.fmt.bufPrintZ(&workBuffer, "Component Data Table: {s} 0x{x}", .{ ud.name, ud.ref.ptr }) catch return 0;
-    state.pushString(str) catch return 0;
-    return 1;
-}
-
-pub fn createComponent(self: @This(), handle: core.ObjectHandle) ?*anyopaque {
-    const ref = self.ref;
-    const rv = ref.vtable.createWithHandle(ref.ptr, handle);
-    // std.debug.print("createComponent: {p}\n", .{rv});
-
-    return rv;
-}
-
-const lua = @import("lua");
-const ecs = @import("../ecs.zig");
-const std = @import("std");
-const core = @import("../core.zig");
-const pod = lua.pod;
diff --git a/engine/core/src/script_bindings.zig b/engine/core/src/script_bindings.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 42cf497..0000000
--- a/engine/core/src/script_bindings.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-const luaRegLibs: []const lua.c.luaL_Reg = &.{
-    .{ .name = "registerTick", .func = lua.CWrap(registerTick) },
-    .{ .name = null, .func = null },
-};
-
-// register core types and subsystems into the scripting engine
-pub fn registerTypes() !void {
-    // transform POD type
-
-    const state = script.getState();
-    try lua.pod.registerPodType(state, core.Vector);
-    try lua.pod.registerPodType(state, core.Vectorf);
-    try lua.pod.registerPodType(state, core.Vector2);
-    try lua.pod.registerPodType(state, core.Vector2f);
-    // try lua.pod.registerPodType(state, core.Transform);
-
-    // lua.pod.registerPodType(state, core.Vector4, "Vector4");
-    try state.createLibrary("Systems", luaRegLibs);
-}
-
-pub fn registerTick(l: lua.LuaState) i32 {
-    // two arguments first one is going to be userdata entity
-    // second one is going to be a lua function.
-    _ = l;
-    return 0;
-}
-
-pub const ScriptTicks = struct {
-    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
-
-    pub var NeonObjectTable: core.EngineObjectVTable = core.EngineObjectVTable.from(@This(), "core.ScriptTicks");
-
-    pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !*@This() {
-        const self = try allocator.create(@This());
-        self.* = .{
-            .allocator = allocator,
-        };
-        return self;
-    }
-
-    pub fn tick(self: *@This(), deltaTime: f64) void {
-        _ = self;
-        const state = script.getState();
-        _ = state.getGlobal("__TickScripts");
-        state.pushNumber(deltaTime);
-        state.pcallStack(1) catch {
-            core.engine_logs("could not execute lua script");
-        };
-    }
-
-    pub fn deinit(self: *@This()) void {
-        self.allocator.destroy(self);
-    }
-};
-
-const lua = @import("lua");
-const std = @import("std");
-const script = @import("script.zig");
-const core = @import("core.zig");
diff --git a/engine/core/src/string_utils.zig b/engine/core/src/string_utils.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 3dbe728..0000000
--- a/engine/core/src/string_utils.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-const std = @import("std");
-
-pub fn dupeZ(comptime T: type, allocator: std.mem.Allocator, source: []const T) ![]T {
-    var buff: []T = try allocator.alloc(T, source.len + 1);
-    for (source, 0..source.len) |s, i| {
-        buff[i] = s;
-    }
-    buff[source.len] = 0;
-    return buff;
-}
-
-pub fn dupe(comptime T: type, allocator: std.mem.Allocator, source: []const T) ![]T {
-    var buff: []T = try allocator.alloc(T, source.len);
-    for (source, 0..) |s, i| {
-        buff[i] = s;
-    }
-    return buff;
-}
diff --git a/engine/core/src/systemsObject.zig b/engine/core/src/systemsObject.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/engine/core/src/type_utils.zig b/engine/core/src/type_utils.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 5cbff60..0000000
--- a/engine/core/src/type_utils.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-const std = @import("std");
-
-pub fn implement_func_for_tagged_union_nonull(
-    self: anytype,
-    comptime funcName: []const u8,
-    comptime returnType: type,
-    args: anytype,
-) returnType {
-    const Self = @TypeOf(self);
-    inline for (@typeInfo(std.meta.Tag(Self)).Enum.fields) |field| {
-        if (@as(std.meta.Tag(Self), @enumFromInt(field.value)) == self) {
-            if (@hasDecl(@TypeOf(@field(self, field.name)), funcName)) {
-                return @field(@field(self, field.name), funcName)(args);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    unreachable;
-}
diff --git a/engine/main.zig b/engine/main.zig
index 58da28a..6f28d05 100644
--- a/engine/main.zig
+++ b/engine/main.zig
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
         core.engine_log("Working Dir set: {s}", .{try std.fs.cwd().realpath(".", &BUFFER)});
     }
 
-    panickers.attachSegfaultHandler();
+    // panickers.attachSegfaultHandler();
     try realMain.main();
 }
 
diff --git a/engine/platform/src/minidumpsetup.cpp b/engine/platform/src/minidumpsetup.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff114d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/platform/src/minidumpsetup.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// taken from lua 5.1's source code
+#include <Windows.h>
+#include <Dbghelp.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+bool gTakeFullDump = false;
+
+void make_minidump(EXCEPTION_POINTERS* e)
+{
+    auto hDbgHelp = LoadLibraryA("dbghelp");
+    if(hDbgHelp == nullptr)
+        return;
+    auto pMiniDumpWriteDump = (decltype(&MiniDumpWriteDump))GetProcAddress(hDbgHelp, "MiniDumpWriteDump");
+    if(pMiniDumpWriteDump == nullptr)
+        return;
+    
+
+    char name[MAX_PATH];
+    {
+        auto nameEnd = name + GetModuleFileNameA(GetModuleHandleA(0), name, MAX_PATH);
+        SYSTEMTIME t;
+        GetSystemTime(&t);
+        wsprintfA(nameEnd - strlen(".exe"),
+            "_%4d%02d%02d_%02d%02d%02d.dmp",
+            t.wYear, t.wMonth, t.wDay, t.wHour, t.wMinute, t.wSecond);
+        printf("creating minidump... %s \n", name);
+    }
+
+    auto hFile = CreateFileA(name, GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_READ, 0, CREATE_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, 0);
+    if(hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+        return;
+
+    MINIDUMP_EXCEPTION_INFORMATION exceptionInfo;
+    exceptionInfo.ThreadId = GetCurrentThreadId();
+    exceptionInfo.ExceptionPointers = e;
+    exceptionInfo.ClientPointers = FALSE;
+
+    auto dumped = pMiniDumpWriteDump(
+        GetCurrentProcess(),
+        GetCurrentProcessId(),
+        hFile,
+        gTakeFullDump ? MINIDUMP_TYPE(MiniDumpWithFullMemory | MiniDumpIgnoreInaccessibleMemory| MiniDumpScanMemory | MiniDumpWithIndirectlyReferencedMemory) : MINIDUMP_TYPE(MiniDumpWithIndirectlyReferencedMemory | MiniDumpScanMemory),
+        e ? &exceptionInfo : nullptr,
+        nullptr,
+        nullptr);
+
+    CloseHandle(hFile);
+
+    return;
+}
+
+LONG CALLBACK unhandled_handler(EXCEPTION_POINTERS* e)
+{
+    make_minidump(e);
+    return EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH;
+}
+
+
+extern "C" {
+
+    void takeDump()
+    { 
+        make_minidump(nullptr);
+    }
+
+    void setupMiniDump(bool takeFullDump)
+    {
+        gTakeFullDump = takeFullDump;
+        SetUnhandledExceptionFilter((LPTOP_LEVEL_EXCEPTION_FILTER)make_minidump);
+    }
+
+    void generateAnException() 
+    {
+        const char* str = "Hello";
+        char* mutable_str = const_cast<char*>(str);
+        mutable_str[0] = 'h'; // This will cause an access violation
+    }
+}
diff --git a/engine/platform/src/minidumpstub.cpp b/engine/platform/src/minidumpstub.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9feb55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/platform/src/minidumpstub.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+extern "C" {
+    void setupMiniDump(bool takeFullDump){}
+    void takeDump(){}
+    void generateAnException() {}
+}
diff --git a/engine/platform/src/platform.zig b/engine/platform/src/platform.zig
index 9c79c14..237987d 100644
--- a/engine/platform/src/platform.zig
+++ b/engine/platform/src/platform.zig
@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@ const test_vert = @import("test.vert");
 
 pub const nfd = @import("nfd");
 pub const file_dialogue = @import("file_dialogue.zig");
+const watcher = @import("watcher");
 
 // controls glfw and general windowing
 // graphics depends on this one
 
+pub extern fn setupMiniDump(takeFullDump: bool) callconv(.c) void;
+pub extern fn generateAnException() callconv(.c) void;
+pub extern fn takeDump() callconv(.c) void;
+
 pub const windowing = @import("windowing.zig");
 
 pub const Module: core.ModuleDescription = .{
@@ -49,6 +54,33 @@ pub fn getMouseVisible() bool {
     gPlatformInstance.isCursorEnabled();
 }
 
+pub fn watchPath(path: []const u8) void {
+    watchPathPacker(core.fs(), path) catch {
+        core.engine_log("unable to set up watch on path", .{path});
+    };
+}
+
+fn watchPathPacker(self: *core.PackerFS, path: []const u8) !void {
+    // std.debug.print("self = {x}\n", .{@intFromPtr(self)});
+
+    std.fs.cwd().access(path, .{}) catch return;
+    // check the path exists before attempting to watch
+
+    const p = self.stringArena.allocator().dupeZ(u8, path) catch return;
+    const watch = watcher.createWatchPoint(
+        p,
+        core.PackerFS.watchCallback,
+        self,
+    ) orelse {
+        return error.UnableToWatch;
+    };
+    _ = watch;
+}
+
+pub fn watchModules() void {
+    watchPath("zig-out/modules/");
+}
+
 pub fn start_module(spec: *core.SpecVariantMap, args: anytype, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
     _ = args;
     _ = spec;
@@ -57,6 +89,8 @@ pub fn start_module(spec: *core.SpecVariantMap, args: anytype, allocator: std.me
         return;
     }
 
+    core.getModuleLoader().watchInitializedFn = watchModules;
+
     const parameters = windowing.PlatformParams.init();
 
     gPlatformInstance = try core.createObject(windowing.PlatformInstance, .{}); //try allocator.create(windowing.PlatformInstance);
diff --git a/engine/rend/build.zig b/engine/rend/build.zig
index 01b28d7..a29c7be 100644
--- a/engine/rend/build.zig
+++ b/engine/rend/build.zig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const dependencyList = [_][]const u8{
     "core",
     "assets",
     "sdl3",
+    "spng",
     "platform",
     "sys",
     "shaderTypes",
diff --git a/engine/rend/build.zig.zon b/engine/rend/build.zig.zon
index fd916b9..74f672f 100644
--- a/engine/rend/build.zig.zon
+++ b/engine/rend/build.zig.zon
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
         .shaderTypes = .{ .path = "../../lib/sdl3/shaderTypes" },
         .zgltf = .{ .path = "../../lib/zgltf" },
         .objLoader = .{ .path = "../../lib/objLoader" },
+
+        .spng = .{ .path = "../../lib/spng" },
     },
     .paths = .{
         "",
diff --git a/engine/core/src/png.zig b/engine/rend/src/png.zig
similarity index 98%
rename from engine/core/src/png.zig
rename to engine/rend/src/png.zig
index 1273092..1b5a5d7 100644
--- a/engine/core/src/png.zig
+++ b/engine/rend/src/png.zig
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const spng = @import("spng");
 
-const core = @import("core.zig");
+const core = @import("core");
 
 pub const PngContents = struct {
     path: []const u8,
diff --git a/engine/rend/src/rend.zig b/engine/rend/src/rend.zig
index cdc8cbf..eceaf5d 100644
--- a/engine/rend/src/rend.zig
+++ b/engine/rend/src/rend.zig
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ pub const renderer = @import("sgpu/renderer.zig");
 pub const context = renderer.context; // context getter func
 pub const Renderer = renderer.Renderer;
 
+pub const spng = @import("spng");
+pub const png = @import("png.zig");
+
 pub const MeshPool = renderer.MeshPool;
 
 pub const getMesh = renderer.getMesh;
diff --git a/engine/rend/src/sgpu/DebugDrawSystem.zig b/engine/rend/src/sgpu/DebugDrawSystem.zig
index 20be271..2d19170 100644
--- a/engine/rend/src/sgpu/DebugDrawSystem.zig
+++ b/engine/rend/src/sgpu/DebugDrawSystem.zig
@@ -323,8 +323,6 @@ pub const DebugPrimitive = struct {
             },
         }
         unreachable;
-
-        // return core.implement_func_for_tagged_union_nonull(self.primitive, "resolve", core.Transform, .{});
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/engine/rend/src/sgpu/TextureList.zig b/engine/rend/src/sgpu/TextureList.zig
index 9d41849..28b1375 100644
--- a/engine/rend/src/sgpu/TextureList.zig
+++ b/engine/rend/src/sgpu/TextureList.zig
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ pub fn uploadCubeFromPaths(self: *@This(), name: core.Name, paths: []const []con
         return error.CubeNeedsSixFaces;
     }
 
-    var cubeList = std.ArrayList(core.png.PngContents){}; //std.ArrayList(core.png.PngContents).init(self.allocator);
+    var cubeList = std.ArrayList(rend.png.PngContents){};
     defer cubeList.deinit(self.allocator);
 
     var gpuTexture: *gpu.GPUTexture = undefined;
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ pub fn uploadTextureFromBytes(self: *@This(), name: *core.Name, opts: UploadText
 }
 
 pub fn uploadTextureFromPath(self: *@This(), name: core.Name, path: []const u8) !*Texture {
-    var png = try core.png.PngContents.initFromFS(core.fs(), self.allocator, path);
+    var png = try rend.png.PngContents.initFromFS(core.fs(), self.allocator, path);
     defer png.deinit();
 
     const cmd = self.device.acquireGPUCommandBuffer();
diff --git a/lib/filewatch/build.zig b/lib/filewatch/build.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd3fcb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/filewatch/build.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
+    const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
+    const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
+
+    const static_build = b.option(bool, "static_build", "builds backlog dependencies for static linking") orelse false;
+    _ = static_build;
+
+    const mod = b.addModule("watcher", .{
+        .target = target,
+        .optimize = optimize,
+        .root_source_file = b.path("src/watcher.zig"),
+        .link_libc = true,
+        .link_libcpp = true,
+    });
+
+    mod.addCSourceFile(.{ .file = b.path("src/watcher.cpp") });
+
+    if (target.result.os.tag == .macos) {
+        mod.linkFramework("CoreFoundation", .{});
+        mod.linkFramework("CoreServices", .{});
+    }
+
+    mod.addIncludePath(b.path("src/include"));
+
+    const test_exe = b.addTest(.{
+        .root_module = b.createModule(.{
+            .target = target,
+            .optimize = optimize,
+            .root_source_file = b.path("tests/test.zig"),
+        }),
+    });
+    test_exe.root_module.addImport("watcher", mod);
+
+    const test_step = b.step("test", "runs sample unit tests for watcher");
+    test_step.dependOn(&b.addRunArtifact(test_exe).step);
+
+    b.installArtifact(test_exe);
+}
diff --git a/lib/filewatch/build.zig.zon b/lib/filewatch/build.zig.zon
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf152e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/filewatch/build.zig.zon
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+.{
+    .name = .filewatch,
+    .version = "0.0.0",
+    .dependencies = .{},
+    .paths = .{
+        "",
+    },
+    .fingerprint = 0x84d25253a649dc52,
+}
diff --git a/lib/packer/src/include/FileWatch.hpp b/lib/filewatch/src/include/FileWatch.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/packer/src/include/FileWatch.hpp
rename to lib/filewatch/src/include/FileWatch.hpp
diff --git a/lib/packer/src/watcher.cpp b/lib/filewatch/src/watcher.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/packer/src/watcher.cpp
rename to lib/filewatch/src/watcher.cpp
diff --git a/lib/packer/src/watcher.zig b/lib/filewatch/src/watcher.zig
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/packer/src/watcher.zig
rename to lib/filewatch/src/watcher.zig
diff --git a/lib/filewatch/src/watcherstub.cpp b/lib/filewatch/src/watcherstub.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03c0eca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/filewatch/src/watcherstub.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+extern "C" void* createWatchPoint(
+    const char* watchPath,
+    void(*cb)(const char*, void*),
+    void* ctx
+){
+    return nullptr;
+}
diff --git a/lib/filewatch/tests/test.zig b/lib/filewatch/tests/test.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c02c483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/filewatch/tests/test.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+const watcher = @import("watcher");
+
+test "compile test" {}
diff --git a/lib/lua/src/minidumpsetup.cpp b/lib/lua/src/minidumpsetup.cpp
index a54203e..ff114d6 100644
--- a/lib/lua/src/minidumpsetup.cpp
+++ b/lib/lua/src/minidumpsetup.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// taken from lua 5.1's source code
 #include <Windows.h>
 #include <Dbghelp.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/lib/p2/src/structures/pscopes.zig b/lib/p2/src/structures/pscopes.zig
index 81087ab..1914f96 100644
--- a/lib/p2/src/structures/pscopes.zig
+++ b/lib/p2/src/structures/pscopes.zig
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ pub const TimingScope = struct {
 
     pub inline fn init(c: *ScopesContext) @This() {
         return .{
-            .startTsc = rdtsc(),
+            .startTsc = timestampTicks(),
             .context = c,
         };
     }
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ pub const TimingScope = struct {
     }
 
     pub inline fn end(self: *@This()) void {
-        self.endTsc = rdtsc();
+        self.endTsc = timestampTicks();
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/packer/build.zig b/lib/packer/build.zig
index 907ff74..eeb7ee2 100644
--- a/lib/packer/build.zig
+++ b/lib/packer/build.zig
@@ -12,13 +12,8 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         .target = target,
         .optimize = optimize,
         .root_source_file = b.path("src/packer.zig"),
-        .link_libc = true,
-        .link_libcpp = true,
     });
 
-    mod.addIncludePath(b.path("src/include"));
-    mod.addCSourceFile(.{ .file = b.path("src/watcher.cpp"), .flags = &.{} });
-
     const p2mod = p2dep.module("p2");
     mod.addImport("p2", p2mod);
 
@@ -27,7 +22,6 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
             .target = target,
             .optimize = optimize,
             .root_source_file = b.path("tests/test.zig"),
-            // .link_libc = true,
         }),
     });
     test_exe.root_module.addImport("packer", mod);
diff --git a/lib/packer/src/packerfs.zig b/lib/packer/src/packerfs.zig
index 44f3480..fc96657 100644
--- a/lib/packer/src/packerfs.zig
+++ b/lib/packer/src/packerfs.zig
@@ -178,24 +178,6 @@ pub const PackerFS = struct {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn watchPath(self: *@This(), path: []const u8) void {
-        // std.debug.print("self = {x}\n", .{@intFromPtr(self)});
-
-        // check the path exists before attempting to watch
-        std.fs.cwd().access(path, .{}) catch return;
-
-        const p = self.stringArena.allocator().dupeZ(u8, path) catch return;
-        const watch = watcher.createWatchPoint(
-            p,
-            watchCallback,
-            self,
-        ) orelse {
-            std.debug.print("Unable to create watch point, {s}\n", .{p});
-            return;
-        };
-        _ = watch;
-    }
-
     // todo: implement load memory to file then-map setup.
     // for systems which do not support mmap
 
@@ -525,5 +507,3 @@ pub const PackerFS = struct {
         return .{ .allocator = allocator, .data = rv, .sources = sourcePath };
     }
 };
-
-const watcher = @import("watcher.zig");