diff --git a/lib/p2/src/p2.zig b/lib/p2/src/p2.zig
index 01ad9c1..a57b924 100644
--- a/lib/p2/src/p2.zig
+++ b/lib/p2/src/p2.zig
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ pub const splitSliceWork = utils.splitSliceWork;
 
 pub const BumpArena = @import("structures/bump-arena.zig").BumpArena;
 
+pub const pscopes = @import("structures/pscopes.zig");
+
 pub const dupeString = utils.dupeString;
 pub const xxd = @import("utils/xxd.zig");
 
diff --git a/lib/p2/src/structures/pscopes.zig b/lib/p2/src/structures/pscopes.zig
index 1914f96..daa500b 100644
--- a/lib/p2/src/structures/pscopes.zig
+++ b/lib/p2/src/structures/pscopes.zig
@@ -1,35 +1,21 @@
 // pscopes
 //
 // a tiny scope based profiling library
-//
 // as well as contains info for arbitrary timestamping and timestamp resolution
 
 const timestampTicks = if (builtin.target.cpu.arch == .x86_64) rdtsc else aarch64_ticks;
 
-pub inline fn rdtsc_fenced() u64 {
-    var hi: u32 = 0;
-    var low: u32 = 0;
-
-    asm (
-        \\rdtsc
-        \\mfence
-        : [low] "={eax}" (low),
-          [hi] "={edx}" (hi),
-    );
-    return (@as(u64, hi) << 32) | @as(u64, low);
-}
-
 // rdtsc actually gets read
 pub inline fn rdtsc() u64 {
     var hi: u32 = 0;
-    var low: u32 = 0;
+    var lo: u32 = 0;
 
     asm (
         \\rdtsc
-        : [low] "={eax}" (low),
+        : [lo] "={eax}" (lo),
           [hi] "={edx}" (hi),
     );
-    return (@as(u64, hi) << 32) | @as(u64, low);
+    return (@as(u64, hi) << 32) | @as(u64, lo);
 }
 
 fn aarch64_ticks() u64 {
@@ -44,6 +30,12 @@ fn aarch64_freq() u64 {
     );
 }
 
+fn countTo1Million() u32 {
+    var i: u32 = 0;
+    while (i < 1000 * 1000) : (i += 1) {}
+    return i;
+}
+
 fn countTo1Billion() u32 {
     var i: u32 = 0;
     while (i < 1000 * 1000 * 1000) : (i += 1) {}
@@ -85,7 +77,8 @@ pub const ScopesContext = struct {
     ticksPerMs: ?f64 = null,
     timer: std.time.Timer,
 
-    pub fn timingScope(self: *@This()) TimingScope {
+    // creates a very simple scope, the only thing it does is store the timestamp, and move on
+    pub fn stampScope(self: *@This()) TimingScope {
         return .{
             .startTsc = timestampTicks(),
             .endTsc = null,
@@ -131,26 +124,37 @@ test "calibrate scoes" {
 
     const scopes = try ScopesContext.create(allocator);
     defer scopes.destroy();
-    scopes.calibrate();
 
-    std.debug.print("calibration ticksPerMs = {d}\n", .{scopes.ticksPerMs.?});
-    scopes.calibrate();
-    std.debug.print("calibration ticksPerMs = {d}\n", .{scopes.ticksPerMs.?});
     scopes.calibrate();
     std.debug.print("calibration ticksPerMs = {d}\n", .{scopes.ticksPerMs.?});
+
     scopes.calibrate();
     std.debug.print("calibration ticksPerMs = {d}\n", .{scopes.ticksPerMs.?});
+
     scopes.calibrate();
     std.debug.print("calibration ticksPerMs = {d}\n", .{scopes.ticksPerMs.?});
 
     {
-        var scope = scopes.timingScope();
+        var scope = scopes.stampScope();
         _ = countTo1Billion();
         scope.end();
 
         std.debug.print("time elapsed: {d}\n ", .{scope.duration().?});
     }
+
+    {
+        var z = scopes.stampScope();
+        defer z.end();
+        _ = countTo1Million();
+    }
+
+    {
+        var z = scopes.stampScope();
+        defer z.end();
+        _ = countTo1Million();
+    }
 }
 
 const std = @import("std");
 const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const pscopes_zig_src = @embedFile("pscopes.zig");