diff --git a/ref/uxn.c b/ref/uxn.c
index 813ce74..9a3071f 100644
--- a/ref/uxn.c
+++ b/ref/uxn.c
@@ -23,16 +23,6 @@ typedef struct Uxn {
 
 int uxn_eval(Uxn *u, Uint16 pc);
 
-int
-system_load(Uxn *u, char *filename)
-{
-	FILE *f = fopen(filename, "rb");
-	if(!f) return 0;
-	fread(&u->ram[0x0100], 0xff00, 1, f);
-	fclose(f);
-	return 1;
-}
-
 int
 console_input(Uxn *u, char c, int type)
 {
@@ -161,14 +151,18 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	int i = 1;
 	Uxn u = {0};
+	FILE *f;
 	if(i == argc) {
 		fprintf(stdout, "usage: %s file.rom [args..]\n", argv[0]);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if(!system_load(&u, argv[i++])) {
+	f = fopen(argv[i++], "rb");
+	if(!f) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to initialize %s\n", argv[1]);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	fread(&u.ram[0x0100], 0xff00, 1, f);
+	fclose(f);
 	/* eval */
 	u.dev[0x17] = argc - i;
 	if(uxn_eval(&u, 0x0100)) {