diff --git a/src/runtime/runtime.asm b/src/runtime/runtime.asm
index aa8559a..f710165 100644
--- a/src/runtime/runtime.asm
+++ b/src/runtime/runtime.asm
@@ -1,31 +1,36 @@
 global _start
-extern main, gc_init
+extern main
 
 section .text
 _start:
-    call gc_init
-    call main
-	mov rdi,  rax
-    mov rax, 60
+    ; Extract argc and argv from the stack
+    mov rdi, [rsp]        ; rdi = argc
+    lea rsi, [rsp + 8]    ; rsi = argv (pointer to array of strings)
+
+    ; Call main(argc, argv)
+    call main             ; main returns int in rax
+
+    ; Exit with main's return value
+    mov rdi, rax          ; exit code
+    mov rax, 60           ; syscall: exit
     syscall
 
 global nub_strcmp
 
-section .text
 nub_strcmp:
-	xor rdx, rdx
+    xor rdx, rdx
 .loop:
-	mov al, [rsi + rdx]
-	mov bl, [rdi + rdx]
-	inc rdx
-	cmp al, bl
-	jne .not_equal
-	cmp al, 0
-	je .equal
-	jmp .loop
+    mov al, [rsi + rdx]
+    mov bl, [rdi + rdx]
+    inc rdx
+    cmp al, bl
+    jne .not_equal
+    cmp al, 0
+    je .equal
+    jmp .loop
 .not_equal:
-	mov rax, 0
-	ret
+    mov rax, 0
+    ret
 .equal:
-	mov rax, 1
-	ret
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+    mov rax, 1
+    ret
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