diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index a96bd06..329b3b7 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,27 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 mkdir -p out
 
-dotnet run --project lang/Nub.Lang example out/out.qbe
+echo "setup..."
 
-gcc -c -g -fno-stack-protector -fno-builtin std/gc.c -o out/gc.o
-nasm -g -felf64 std/runtime.asm -o out/runtime.o
+dotnet publish -c Release src/compiler/Nub.Lang > /dev/null
+
+if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] ; then
+    printf "\x1b[31mYour compiler is not compiling!\x1b[0m\n"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+set -e
+
+echo "compiling..."
+
+nub example out/out.qbe
+
+gcc -c -g -fno-stack-protector -fno-builtin src/runtime/gc.c -o out/gc.o
+nasm -g -felf64 src/runtime/runtime.asm -o out/runtime.o
 
 qbe out/out.qbe > out/out.s
 gcc -c -g out/out.s -o out/out.o
 
 gcc -no-pie -nostartfiles -o out/program out/gc.o out/runtime.o out/out.o
+
+echo "done..."
diff --git a/lang/.gitignore b/src/compiler/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/.gitignore
rename to src/compiler/.gitignore
diff --git a/lang/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/.gitignore b/src/compiler/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/.gitignore
rename to src/compiler/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/.gitignore
diff --git a/lang/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/.name b/src/compiler/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/.name
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/.name
rename to src/compiler/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/.name
diff --git a/lang/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/codeStyles/codeStyleConfig.xml b/src/compiler/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/codeStyles/codeStyleConfig.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/codeStyles/codeStyleConfig.xml
rename to src/compiler/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/codeStyles/codeStyleConfig.xml
diff --git a/lang/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/encodings.xml b/src/compiler/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/encodings.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/encodings.xml
rename to src/compiler/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/encodings.xml
diff --git a/lang/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/indexLayout.xml b/src/compiler/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/indexLayout.xml
similarity index 74%
rename from lang/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/indexLayout.xml
rename to src/compiler/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/indexLayout.xml
index d39e765..4a53b21 100644
--- a/lang/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/indexLayout.xml
+++ b/src/compiler/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/indexLayout.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 <project version="4">
   <component name="UserContentModel">
     <attachedFolders>
-      <Path>../example</Path>
-      <Path>../std</Path>
+      <Path>../../example</Path>
+      <Path>../core</Path>
     </attachedFolders>
     <explicitIncludes />
     <explicitExcludes />
diff --git a/lang/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/vcs.xml b/src/compiler/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/vcs.xml
similarity index 71%
rename from lang/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/vcs.xml
rename to src/compiler/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/vcs.xml
index 6c0b863..64713b8 100644
--- a/lang/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/vcs.xml
+++ b/src/compiler/.idea/.idea.Nub.Lang/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$/../.." vcs="Git" />
     <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$/.." vcs="Git" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang.sln b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang.sln
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang.sln
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang.sln
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Backend/Generator.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Backend/Generator.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Backend/Generator.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Backend/Generator.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/IdentifierToken.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/IdentifierToken.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/IdentifierToken.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/IdentifierToken.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/Lexer.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/Lexer.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/Lexer.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/Lexer.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/LiteralToken.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/LiteralToken.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/LiteralToken.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/LiteralToken.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/SymbolToken.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/SymbolToken.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/SymbolToken.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/SymbolToken.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/Token.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/Token.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/Token.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Lexing/Token.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/BinaryExpressionNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/BinaryExpressionNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/BinaryExpressionNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/BinaryExpressionNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/BlockNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/BlockNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/BlockNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/BlockNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/BreakNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/BreakNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/BreakNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/BreakNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ContinueNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ContinueNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ContinueNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ContinueNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/DefinitionNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/DefinitionNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/DefinitionNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/DefinitionNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ExpressionNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ExpressionNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ExpressionNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ExpressionNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ExternFuncDefinitionNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ExternFuncDefinitionNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ExternFuncDefinitionNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ExternFuncDefinitionNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/FuncCall.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/FuncCall.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/FuncCall.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/FuncCall.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/FuncCallExpressionNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/FuncCallExpressionNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/FuncCallExpressionNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/FuncCallExpressionNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/FuncCallStatementNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/FuncCallStatementNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/FuncCallStatementNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/FuncCallStatementNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/IdentifierNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/IdentifierNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/IdentifierNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/IdentifierNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/IfNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/IfNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/IfNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/IfNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/LiteralNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/LiteralNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/LiteralNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/LiteralNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/LocalFuncDefinitionNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/LocalFuncDefinitionNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/LocalFuncDefinitionNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/LocalFuncDefinitionNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ModuleNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ModuleNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ModuleNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ModuleNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/Node.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/Node.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/Node.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/Node.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/Parser.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/Parser.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/Parser.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/Parser.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ReturnNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ReturnNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ReturnNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/ReturnNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/StatementNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/StatementNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/StatementNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/StatementNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/StructDefinitionNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/StructDefinitionNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/StructDefinitionNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/StructDefinitionNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/StructInitializerNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/StructInitializerNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/StructInitializerNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/StructInitializerNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/StructMemberAccessorNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/StructMemberAccessorNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/StructMemberAccessorNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/StructMemberAccessorNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/VariableAssignmentNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/VariableAssignmentNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/VariableAssignmentNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/VariableAssignmentNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/VariableReassignmentNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/VariableReassignmentNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/VariableReassignmentNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/VariableReassignmentNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/WhileNode.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/WhileNode.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/WhileNode.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Parsing/WhileNode.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Typing/ExpressionTyper.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Typing/ExpressionTyper.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Typing/ExpressionTyper.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Frontend/Typing/ExpressionTyper.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/FuncParameter.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/FuncParameter.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/FuncParameter.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/FuncParameter.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Nub.Lang.csproj b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Nub.Lang.csproj
similarity index 76%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Nub.Lang.csproj
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Nub.Lang.csproj
index 85b4959..ee51912 100644
--- a/lang/Nub.Lang/Nub.Lang.csproj
+++ b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Nub.Lang.csproj
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
+        <AssemblyName>nub</AssemblyName>
         <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
         <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+        <PublishAot>true</PublishAot>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/NubType.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/NubType.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/NubType.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/NubType.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Optional.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Optional.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Optional.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Optional.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Program.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Program.cs
similarity index 96%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Program.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Program.cs
index c43156e..955028a 100644
--- a/lang/Nub.Lang/Program.cs
+++ b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Program.cs
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ internal static class Program
         typer.Populate();
 
         var generator = new Generator(definitions);
-        var asm = generator.Generate();
+        var result = generator.Generate();
 
-        File.WriteAllText(output, asm);
+        File.WriteAllText(output, result);
         return 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/StructField.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/StructField.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/StructField.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/StructField.cs
diff --git a/lang/Nub.Lang/Variant.cs b/src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Variant.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/Nub.Lang/Variant.cs
rename to src/compiler/Nub.Lang/Variant.cs
diff --git a/std/gc.c b/src/runtime/gc.c
similarity index 100%
rename from std/gc.c
rename to src/runtime/gc.c
diff --git a/std/runtime.asm b/src/runtime/runtime.asm
similarity index 100%
rename from std/runtime.asm
rename to src/runtime/runtime.asm