diff --git a/engine/core/build.zig b/engine/core/build.zig
index 2705aa9..8829e2a 100644
--- a/engine/core/build.zig
+++ b/engine/core/build.zig
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const dependencyList = [_][]const u8{
     "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",
+    "lua",
     "spng",
     // "nfd",
 };
diff --git a/engine/core/build.zig.zon b/engine/core/build.zig.zon
index 5d83a62..411ada3 100644
--- a/engine/core/build.zig.zon
+++ b/engine/core/build.zig.zon
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         .zmath = .{ .path = "../../lib/zmath" }, 
         .packer = .{ .path = "../../lib/packer" },
         .p2 = .{ .path = "../../lib/p2" },
+        .lua = .{ .path = "../../lib/lua" },
         // .zgltf = .{ .path = "../../lib/zgltf" },
     },
     .paths = .{
diff --git a/engine/core/src/core.zig b/engine/core/src/core.zig
index 6932ff7..5c05744 100644
--- a/engine/core/src/core.zig
+++ b/engine/core/src/core.zig
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ pub const undefineComponentList = ecs.undefineComponentList;
 pub const Entity = ecs.Entity;
 pub const createEntity = ecs.createEntity;
 
-// pub const script = @import("script.zig");
+pub const script = @import("script.zig");
 
 pub const stacks = @import("stacks.zig");
 pub const walkAndPrintStack = stacks.walkAndPrintStack;
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ pub fn start_module_(map: *SpecVariantMap, args: anytype, allocator: std.mem.All
         fatDump = true;
     }
 
-    // script.lua.setupMiniDump(fatDump);
+    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);
diff --git a/engine/core/src/panickers.zig b/engine/core/src/panickers.zig
index ce57039..7959890 100644
--- a/engine/core/src/panickers.zig
+++ b/engine/core/src/panickers.zig
@@ -32,49 +32,48 @@ fn waitForOtherThreadToFinishPanicking() void {
     }
 }
 
-fn handleSegfaultWindowsExtra(
-    info: *windows.EXCEPTION_POINTERS,
-    msg: u8,
-    label: ?[]const u8,
-) noreturn {
-    const exception_address = @intFromPtr(info.ExceptionRecord.ExceptionAddress);
-    core.engine_logs("PANIC!!");
+fn handleSegfaultWindowsExtra(info: *windows.EXCEPTION_POINTERS, msg: u8, label: ?[]const u8) noreturn {
+    // For backends that cannot handle the language features used by this segfault handler, we have a simpler one,
+    switch (builtin.zig_backend) {
+        .stage2_x86_64 => if (builtin.target.ofmt == .coff) @trap(),
+        else => {},
+    }
+
     core.logging.forceFlush();
 
-    if (!@hasDecl(windows, "CONTEXT")) {
-        switch (msg) {
-            0 => {
-                dumpSegfaultInfoWindows(info, msg, label);
-                std.posix.abort();
-            },
-            1 => {
-                const format_item = "Segmentation fault at address 0x{x}";
-                var buf: [format_item.len + 64]u8 = undefined; // 64 is arbitrary, but sufficiently large
-                const to_print = std.fmt.bufPrint(buf[0..buf.len], format_item, .{info.ExceptionRecord.ExceptionInformation[1]}) catch unreachable;
-                std.debug.panicImpl(null, exception_address, to_print);
-            },
-            2 => std.debug.panicImpl(null, exception_address, "Illegal Instruction"),
-            else => unreachable,
-        }
-    } else {
-        dumpSegfaultInfoWindows(info, msg, label);
-        std.posix.abort();
-    }
+    comptime std.debug.assert(windows.CONTEXT != void);
+    nosuspend switch (panic_stage) {
+        0 => {
+            panic_stage = 1;
+            _ = panicking.fetchAdd(1, .seq_cst);
+
+            {
+                const stderr = std.debug.lockStderrWriter(&.{});
+                defer std.debug.unlockStderrWriter();
+
+                dumpSegfaultInfoWindows(info, msg, label, stderr);
+            }
+
+            waitForOtherThreadToFinishPanicking();
+        },
+        1 => {
+            panic_stage = 2;
+            std.fs.File.stderr().writeAll("aborting due to recursive panic\n") catch {};
+        },
+        else => {},
+    };
+    std.posix.abort();
 }
 
-fn dumpSegfaultInfoWindows(info: *windows.EXCEPTION_POINTERS, msg: u8, label: ?[]const u8) void {
-    var segfaultBuffer: [4096]u8 = undefined;
-
-    var stderr = std.fs.File.stderr().writer(&segfaultBuffer);
-
+fn dumpSegfaultInfoWindows(info: *windows.EXCEPTION_POINTERS, msg: u8, label: ?[]const u8, stderr: *std.io.Writer) void {
     _ = switch (msg) {
-        0 => stderr.interface.print("{s}\n", .{label.?}),
-        1 => stderr.interface.print("Segmentation fault at address 0x{x}\n", .{info.ExceptionRecord.ExceptionInformation[1]}),
-        2 => stderr.interface.print("Illegal instruction at address 0x{x}\n", .{info.ContextRecord.getRegs().ip}),
+        0 => stderr.print("{s}\n", .{label.?}),
+        1 => stderr.print("Segmentation fault at address 0x{x}\n", .{info.ExceptionRecord.ExceptionInformation[1]}),
+        2 => stderr.print("Illegal instruction at address 0x{x}\n", .{info.ContextRecord.getRegs().ip}),
         else => unreachable,
     } catch std.posix.abort();
 
-    std.debug.dumpStackTraceFromBase(info.ContextRecord, &stderr.interface);
+    std.debug.dumpStackTraceFromBase(info.ContextRecord, stderr);
 }
 
 pub fn dumpStackPointerAddr(prefix: []const u8) void {
diff --git a/engine/main.zig b/engine/main.zig
index d24d718..58da28a 100644
--- a/engine/main.zig
+++ b/engine/main.zig
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
         var iterations: u32 = 0;
         var BUFFER: [8192]u8 = undefined;
 
-        while (iterations < 32) : (iterations += 1) {
+        while (iterations < 8) : (iterations += 1) {
             if (fileExists("content") or fileExists("content.pak")) {
                 break;
             }
@@ -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/physics/src/physicsSystem.zig b/engine/physics/src/physicsSystem.zig
index d2dc85d..698e274 100644
--- a/engine/physics/src/physicsSystem.zig
+++ b/engine/physics/src/physicsSystem.zig
@@ -236,10 +236,11 @@ pub const PhysicsRuntime = struct {
         // self.system.update(0.01, .{}) catch {};
         {
             const interface = self.system.getBodyInterfaceMut();
-
+            _ = interface;
             var iterator = self.idToEntity.keyIterator();
             while (iterator.next()) |bodyId| {
-                interface.removeAndDestroyBody(bodyId.*);
+                _ = bodyId;
+                // interface.removeAndDestroyBody(bodyId.*);
             }
         }