diff --git a/createAst.js b/createAst.js
index 5f19326..466508f 100644
--- a/createAst.js
+++ b/createAst.js
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@ export default function createAst(location) {
 	log(location);
 	log(ast);
 
-	return ast;
+	return ast || [];
 }
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diff --git a/test/console.v b/lib/console.v
similarity index 85%
rename from test/console.v
rename to lib/console.v
index 0c5110c..6f428e2 100644
--- a/test/console.v
+++ b/lib/console.v
@@ -1,58 +1,60 @@
-static console;
-
-import chalk from 'chalk';
-import tk from 'terminal-kit';
-import ansi from 'sisteransi';
-
-restore {
-	const {terminal} = tk;
-	terminal.on('key', function(name, matches, data) {
-		if (name === 'CTRL_C') {
-			process.exit(2);
-		}
-	});
-	
-	this.write(ansi.cursor.hide);
-}
-
-log(a) {
-	if(typeof a === 'number') a = chalk.yellow(a); 
-
-	// const string = a.toString();
-
-	process.stdout.write(a + '\n');
-}
-
-choice(message, choices, type) {
-	const {terminal} = tk;
-	type ??= 'string';
-
-	return new Promise(res => {
-		
-		// terminal.saveCursor();
-
-		for(const part of message.split(/\x1b\[39m/g)) {
-			terminal.cyan(part);
-		}
-		terminal.cyan('\n');
-
-		terminal.singleColumnMenu(choices, (error, response) => {
-			// terminal.restoreCursor();
-			this.write(ansi.cursor.left + ansi.cursor.up(4 + response.selectedIndex));
-			terminal.cyan(`${message} `);
-			terminal.grabInput(false);
-			// terminal.move
-
-			terminal(response.selectedText + '\n').eraseDisplayBelow();
-			if(type === 'string') {
-				res(response.selectedText);
-			} else {
-				res(response.selectedIndex);
-			}
-		});
-	});
-}
-
-write(a) {
-	process.stdout.write(a);
+static console;
+
+import chalk from 'chalk';
+import tk from 'terminal-kit';
+import ansi from 'sisteransi';
+
+restore {
+	const {terminal} = tk;
+	terminal.on('key', function(name, matches, data) {
+		if (name === 'CTRL_C') {
+			process.exit(2);
+		}
+	});
+	
+	this.write(ansi.cursor.hide);
+}
+
+log(a) {
+	if(typeof a === 'number') a = chalk.yellow(a); 
+
+	// const string = a.toString();
+
+	process.stdout.write(a + '\n');
+}
+
+choice(message, choices, type) {
+	const {terminal} = tk;
+	type ??= 'string';
+
+	return new Promise(res => {
+
+		for(const part of message.split(/\x1b\[39m/g)) {
+			terminal.cyan(part);
+		}
+		terminal.cyan('\n');
+
+		terminal.singleColumnMenu(choices, (error, response) => {
+			// terminal.restoreCursor();
+			this.write(ansi.cursor.left + ansi.cursor.up(choices.length + 2));
+			terminal.cyan(`${message} `);
+			terminal.grabInput(false);
+			// terminal.move
+
+			terminal(response.selectedText + '\n').eraseDisplayBelow();
+			if(type === 'string') {
+				res(response.selectedText);
+			} else {
+				res(response.selectedIndex);
+			}
+		});
+	});
+}
+
+write(a) {
+	process.stdout.write(a);
+}
+
+clear {
+	this.write(ansi.erase.screen);
 }
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diff --git a/run.js b/run.js
index 09cbfec..1f83c50 100755
--- a/run.js
+++ b/run.js
@@ -3,40 +3,33 @@ import debug from 'debug';
 const log = debug('vogue:cli');
 const systemLocation = resolve(process.argv[2]);
 
-import { parse, resolve } from 'path';
+import { parse, resolve, dirname } from 'path';
 import { readdirSync, lstatSync } from 'fs';
 
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import Module from './Module.js';
 import System from './System.js';
 import './extensions.js';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 // globals inside grammar context
 import minify from './minify.js';
 
 const { get, set } = _;
+const standardLibrary = resolve(fileURLToPath(dirname(import.meta.url)), 'lib');
 
 (async () => {
 	// TODO simplify this line gaddam
 	log('reading', systemLocation, '...');
-	const files = readdirSync(systemLocation);
+	const files = [
+		...readdirSync(systemLocation).map(v => resolve(systemLocation, v)),
+		...readdirSync(standardLibrary).map(v => resolve(standardLibrary, v))
+	];
 	const fullpaths = files
-		.map(v => resolve(systemLocation, v))
 		.filter(v => lstatSync(v).isFile())
 		.filter(v => parse(v).ext === '.v');
 	for(const path of fullpaths) log(path);
 	log('parsing modules...');
 	const modules = await Promise.all(fullpaths.map(loc => Module.create(loc, systemLocation)));
-
-	// const modules = 
-	// 	(await Promise.all(
-	// 		readdirSync(systemLocation)
-	// 		.map(v => resolve(systemLocation, v))
-	// 		.map(v => { log(v); return v; })
-	// 		.map(loc => Module.create(loc))
-	// 	)).reduce((acc, val) => {
-	// 		set(acc, val.name.full, val);
-	// 		return acc;
-	// 	}, {});
 	
 	const sys = new System(modules, systemLocation);
 })()
diff --git a/test/main.v b/test/main.v
index 3670586..c78697b 100644
--- a/test/main.v
+++ b/test/main.v
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ async restore {
 	console.log('~ Welcome to Vogue ~');
 	// process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(console, null, 2))
 	this.currentSave ??= create('world', {});
-	const choice = await console.choice('select a thing', ['a', 'b', 'c']);
+	const choice = await console.choice('select a thing', ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']);
 }
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