diff --git a/src/commands/create.ts b/src/commands/create.ts
index b1f6b64..a74140c 100644
--- a/src/commands/create.ts
+++ b/src/commands/create.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ export default async function create(module: string, name: string, id: string) {
   const functions = 'default' in imported ? imported.default : imported;
   id ??= uuid.v4().replace(/-/g, '').toUpperCase();
   system.instances.set(id, {
-    config: {},
-    ram: {},
+    privateScope: {
+      config: {},
+      ram: {}
+    },
     module: module,
     functions
   });
diff --git a/src/commands/ls.ts b/src/commands/ls.ts
index 17b6ba6..541d101 100644
--- a/src/commands/ls.ts
+++ b/src/commands/ls.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default function ls(flags: any) {
       console.log('  ' + autoColorString(id.substring(0, 8)) + chalk.ansi256(242)(' (' + instance.module + ')'));
     }
 
-    for(const [configKey, configVal] of Object.entries(instance.config)) {
+    for(const [configKey, configVal] of Object.entries(instance.privateScope.config)) {
       console.log('    ' + chalk.ansi256(240)(configKey + ': ' + configVal));
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/commands/save.ts b/src/commands/save.ts
index 5e97c1f..0603984 100644
--- a/src/commands/save.ts
+++ b/src/commands/save.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export default function save() {
   };
   for(const [id, info] of system.instances.entries()) {
     obj.instances[id] = {
-      config: info.config,
+      config: info.privateScope.config,
       module: info.module
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/externals.d.ts b/src/externals.d.ts
index 23a0863..737a2e5 100644
--- a/src/externals.d.ts
+++ b/src/externals.d.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,42 @@
 declare module "serverline";
 declare module "telnet";
-declare module "@kernel:base";
+declare module "@kernel:base" {
+  function exec(command: string, echo?: boolean): any;
+  function autoColorString(str: string): string;
+  function reverseAliasMap(): Map<string, string>
+  type Instance = {
+    module: string;
+    functions: {
+      [name: string]: (...args: any[]) => any
+    };
+    privateScope: {
+      config: { [name: string]: any };
+      ram: { [name: string]: any };
+    }
+  };
+  type Id = string;
+  type ParsedSystemState = {
+    handoff: string,
+    instances: {
+      [id: Id]: {
+        config: any,
+        module: string
+      }
+    },
+    aliases: {
+      [alias: string]: Id
+    }
+  };
+  type System = {
+    aliases: Map<string, string>;
+    instances: Map<string, Instance>;
+    handoff: string;
+  }
+  const system: System;
+}
 declare module "@kernel:log-hook";
 declare module "@commands:executor";
 declare module "@commands:create";
 declare module "@commands:ls";
 declare module "@commands:save";
-declare module "@builtin:systemd";
-declare module "@builtin:sshd";
 declare module "@echo off";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 827e2ee..b633848 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /// <reference path="./externals.d.ts" />
 
+import { Instance, ParsedSystemState } from '@kernel:base';
 import '@kernel:log-hook';
 import createExecutor from '@commands:executor';
 import create from '@commands:create';
@@ -15,12 +16,7 @@ import md5 from 'md5';
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 const [ startupFile ] = args;
 
-type Instance = {
-  config: any;
-  ram: any;
-  module: string;
-  functions: any;
-};
+export type Id = string;
 
 export const system = {
   instances: new Map<string, Instance>(),
@@ -80,7 +76,7 @@ export const kernel = {
     if(!(fn in instance.functions)) {
       throw new Error('FUNCTION_DOES_NOT_EXIST_ON_INVOCATION_TARGET');
     }
-    const bound = instance.functions[fn].bind(instance);
+    const bound = instance.functions[fn].bind(instance.privateScope);
     await bound(...args);
   },
   async script(path: string) {
@@ -100,15 +96,12 @@ const executor = createExecutor(kernel);
 (async () => {
 
   if(existsSync('.system')) {
-    const state: any = JSON.parse(readFileSync('.system').toString());
+    const state: ParsedSystemState = JSON.parse(readFileSync('.system').toString());
     system.handoff = state.handoff;
-    for(const [id, info] of Object.entries<any>(state.instances)) {
-      const [alias] =
-      Object.entries(state.aliases)
-      .find(([,tryId]) => tryId === id)
-      ?? [undefined];
+    for(const [id, info] of Object.entries(state.instances)) {
+      const [alias] = Object.entries(state.aliases).find(([,tryId]) => tryId === id) ?? [undefined];
       await kernel.create(info.module, alias, id);
-      system.instances.get(id).config = info.config;
+      system.instances.get(id).privateScope.config = info.config;
     }
     checkpoint('System State Restored');
   }
diff --git a/src/logHook.ts b/src/logHook.ts
index dc4f769..12592b0 100644
--- a/src/logHook.ts
+++ b/src/logHook.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import { EventEmitter } from 'events'
 
 const events = new EventEmitter();
 
-process.stdout.write = (function(write): any {
-  return function(string: string, encoding: any, fileDescriptor: any) {
-    // const ansiCodes = /[\u001b\u009b][[()#;?]*(?:[0-9]{1,4}(?:;[0-9]{0,4})*)?[0-9A-ORZcf-nqry=><]/g;
-    // appendFileSync('.log', string);
+type WriteFunction = typeof process.stdout.write;
+
+process.stdout.write = (function(write: WriteFunction): WriteFunction {
+  return function(string: string): boolean {
     events.emit('data', string);
-    write.apply(process.stdout, arguments);
+
+    return write.apply(process.stdout, arguments);
   };
 })(process.stdout.write);
 
diff --git a/src/modules/sshd.ts b/src/modules/sshd.ts
index 5d9ecea..496cb1d 100644
--- a/src/modules/sshd.ts
+++ b/src/modules/sshd.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import telnet from 'telnet';
-import { exec } from '@kernel:base';
+import { exec, Instance } from '@kernel:base';
 import log from '@kernel:log-hook';
 
-export function start() {
+
+
+export function start(this: Instance["privateScope"]) {
   telnet.createServer(function (client: any) {
   
     // make unicode characters work properly
diff --git a/src/modules/systemd.ts b/src/modules/systemd.ts
index 896701c..199cdda 100644
--- a/src/modules/systemd.ts
+++ b/src/modules/systemd.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import { exec } from '@kernel:base';
 
+// export default {
+//   config: {
+
+//   }
+// }
+
 export function boot() {
   for(const [name, script] of Object.entries(this.config)) {
-    exec(script);
+    exec(script as string);
   }
 }