diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index ca8b9a6..40e143b 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ clang-format -i emulator.c
 clang-format -i uxn.h
 clang-format -i uxn.c
 rm -f ./uxn
-cc -std=c89 -DDEBUG -Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wpedantic -Wshadow -Wextra -Werror=implicit-int -Werror=incompatible-pointer-types -Werror=int-conversion -Wvla -g -Og -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined uxn.c emulator.c -o bin/emulator
+cc -std=c89 -DDEBUG -Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wpedantic -Wshadow -Wextra -Werror=implicit-int -Werror=incompatible-pointer-types -Werror=int-conversion -Wvla -g -Og -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined uxn.c emulator.c -L/usr/local/lib -lSDL2 -o bin/emulator
 
 # run
 ./bin/emulator bin/boot.rom
diff --git a/emulator.c b/emulator.c
index 355e19c..653eb12 100644
--- a/emulator.c
+++ b/emulator.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+#include <SDL2/SDL.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include "uxn.h"
 
 /*
 Copyright (c) 2021 Devine Lu Linvega
@@ -12,6 +12,90 @@ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
 WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE.
 */
 
+#include "uxn.h"
+
+#define HOR 32
+#define VER 16
+#define PAD 2
+#define SZ (HOR * VER * 16)
+
+typedef unsigned char Uint8;
+
+int WIDTH = 8 * HOR + 8 * PAD * 2;
+int HEIGHT = 8 * (VER + 2) + 8 * PAD * 2;
+int FPS = 30, GUIDES = 1, BIGPIXEL = 0, ZOOM = 2;
+
+Uint32 theme[] = {
+	0x000000,
+	0xFFFFFF,
+	0x72DEC2,
+	0x666666,
+	0x222222};
+
+SDL_Window *gWindow;
+SDL_Renderer *gRenderer;
+SDL_Texture *gTexture;
+Uint32 *pixels;
+
+int
+error(char *msg, const char *err)
+{
+	printf("Error %s: %s\n", msg, err);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void
+clear(Uint32 *dst)
+{
+	int v, h;
+	for(v = 0; v < HEIGHT; v++)
+		for(h = 0; h < WIDTH; h++)
+			dst[v * WIDTH + h] = theme[0];
+}
+
+void
+redraw(Uint32 *dst)
+{
+	SDL_UpdateTexture(gTexture, NULL, dst, WIDTH * sizeof(Uint32));
+	SDL_RenderClear(gRenderer);
+	SDL_RenderCopy(gRenderer, gTexture, NULL, NULL);
+	SDL_RenderPresent(gRenderer);
+}
+
+void
+quit(void)
+{
+	free(pixels);
+	SDL_DestroyTexture(gTexture);
+	gTexture = NULL;
+	SDL_DestroyRenderer(gRenderer);
+	gRenderer = NULL;
+	SDL_DestroyWindow(gWindow);
+	gWindow = NULL;
+	SDL_Quit();
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+int
+init(void)
+{
+	if(SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0)
+		return error("Init", SDL_GetError());
+	gWindow = SDL_CreateWindow("Uxn", SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, WIDTH * ZOOM, HEIGHT * ZOOM, SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN);
+	if(gWindow == NULL)
+		return error("Window", SDL_GetError());
+	gRenderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(gWindow, -1, 0);
+	if(gRenderer == NULL)
+		return error("Renderer", SDL_GetError());
+	gTexture = SDL_CreateTexture(gRenderer, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB8888, SDL_TEXTUREACCESS_STATIC, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
+	if(gTexture == NULL)
+		return error("Texture", SDL_GetError());
+	if(!(pixels = (Uint32 *)malloc(WIDTH * HEIGHT * sizeof(Uint32))))
+		return error("Pixels", "Failed to allocate memory");
+	clear(pixels);
+	return 1;
+}
+
 void
 echos(Stack8 *s, Uint8 len, char *name)
 {
@@ -49,21 +133,68 @@ echof(Uxn *c)
 		getflag(&c->status, FLAG_COND) != 0);
 }
 
-int
-main(int argc, char *argv[])
+void
+domouse(SDL_Event *event)
 {
-	Uxn cpu;
+	(void)event;
+	printf("mouse\n");
+}
+
+void
+dokey(SDL_Event *event)
+{
+	(void)event;
+	printf("key\n");
+}
+
+int
+start(Uxn *u)
+{
+	int ticknext = 0;
+	evaluxn(u, u->vreset);
+	while(1) {
+		int tick = SDL_GetTicks();
+		SDL_Event event;
+		if(tick < ticknext)
+			SDL_Delay(ticknext - tick);
+		ticknext = tick + (1000 / FPS);
+		evaluxn(u, u->vframe);
+		while(SDL_PollEvent(&event) != 0) {
+			switch(event.type) {
+			case SDL_QUIT: quit(); break;
+			case SDL_MOUSEBUTTONUP:
+			case SDL_MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
+			case SDL_MOUSEMOTION: domouse(&event); break;
+			case SDL_KEYDOWN: dokey(&event); break;
+			case SDL_WINDOWEVENT:
+				if(event.window.event == SDL_WINDOWEVENT_EXPOSED)
+					redraw(pixels);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	Uxn u;
 
 	if(argc < 2)
-		return error(&cpu, "No input.", 0);
-	if(!load(&cpu, argv[1]))
-		return error(&cpu, "Load error", 0);
-	if(!boot(&cpu))
-		return error(&cpu, "Boot error", 0);
+		return error("Input", "Missing");
+	if(!bootuxn(&u))
+		return error("Boot", "Failed");
+	if(!loaduxn(&u, argv[1]))
+		return error("Load", "Failed");
+	if(!init())
+		return error("Init", "Failed");
 
-	/* print result */
-	echos(&cpu.wst, 0x40, "stack");
-	echom(&cpu.ram, 0x40, "ram");
-	echof(&cpu);
+	start(&u);
+
+	echos(&u.wst, 0x40, "stack");
+	echom(&u.ram, 0x40, "ram");
+	echof(&u);
+
+	quit();
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/uxn.c b/uxn.c
index 533a68f..253afcb 100644
--- a/uxn.c
+++ b/uxn.c
@@ -97,24 +97,44 @@ Uint8 opr[][2] = {
 /* clang-format on */
 
 int
-error(Uxn *u, char *name, int id)
+haltuxn(Uxn *u, char *name, int id)
 {
 	printf("Error: %s#%04x, at 0x%04x\n", name, id, u->counter);
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void
+inituxn(Uxn *u)
+{
+	size_t i;
+	char *cptr = (char *)u;
+	for(i = 0; i < sizeof u; i++)
+		cptr[i] = 0;
+}
+
 int
-doliteral(Uxn *u, Uint8 instr)
+loaduxn(Uxn *u, char *filepath)
+{
+	FILE *f;
+	if(!(f = fopen(filepath, "rb")))
+		return haltuxn(u, "Missing input.", 0);
+	fread(u->ram.dat, sizeof(u->ram.dat), 1, f);
+	printf("Uxn Loaded: %s\n", filepath);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+int
+lituxn(Uxn *u, Uint8 instr)
 {
 	if(u->wst.ptr >= 255)
-		return error(u, "Stack overflow", instr);
+		return haltuxn(u, "Stack overflow", instr);
 	wspush8(u, instr);
 	u->literal--;
 	return 1;
 }
 
 int
-dodevices(Uxn *u) /* experimental */
+devuxn(Uxn *u) /* experimental */
 {
 	if(u->ram.dat[0xfff1]) {
 		printf("%c", u->ram.dat[0xfff1]);
@@ -124,7 +144,7 @@ dodevices(Uxn *u) /* experimental */
 }
 
 int
-doopcode(Uxn *u, Uint8 instr)
+opcuxn(Uxn *u, Uint8 instr)
 {
 	Uint8 op = instr & 0x1f;
 	setflag(&u->status, FLAG_SHORT, (instr >> 5) & 1);
@@ -133,61 +153,40 @@ doopcode(Uxn *u, Uint8 instr)
 	if(getflag(&u->status, FLAG_SHORT))
 		op += 16;
 	if(u->wst.ptr < opr[op][0])
-		return error(u, "Stack underflow", op);
+		return haltuxn(u, "Stack underflow", op);
 	if(u->wst.ptr + opr[op][1] - opr[op][0] >= 255)
-		return error(u, "Stack overflow", instr);
+		return haltuxn(u, "Stack overflow", instr);
 	if(!getflag(&u->status, FLAG_COND) || (getflag(&u->status, FLAG_COND) && wspop8(u)))
 		(*ops[op])(u);
-	dodevices(u);
+	devuxn(u);
 	return 1;
 }
 
 int
-eval(Uxn *u)
+evaluxn(Uxn *u, Uint16 vec)
 {
-	Uint8 instr = u->ram.dat[u->ram.ptr++];
-	if(u->literal > 0)
-		return doliteral(u, instr);
-	else
-		return doopcode(u, instr);
+	u->ram.ptr = vec;
+	setflag(&u->status, FLAG_HALT, 0);
+	while(!(u->status & FLAG_HALT)) {
+		Uint8 instr = u->ram.dat[u->ram.ptr++];
+		u->counter++;
+		if(u->literal > 0)
+			return lituxn(u, instr);
+		else
+			return opcuxn(u, instr);
+	}
 	return 1;
 }
 
 int
-load(Uxn *u, char *filepath)
+bootuxn(Uxn *u)
 {
-	FILE *f;
-	if(!(f = fopen(filepath, "rb")))
-		return error(u, "Missing input.", 0);
-	fread(u->ram.dat, sizeof(u->ram.dat), 1, f);
-	return 1;
-}
-
-void
-reset(Uxn *u)
-{
-	size_t i;
-	char *cptr = (char *)u;
-	for(i = 0; i < sizeof u; i++)
-		cptr[i] = 0;
-}
-
-int
-boot(Uxn *u)
-{
-	reset(u);
+	inituxn(u);
 	u->vreset = mempeek16(u, 0xfffa);
 	u->vframe = mempeek16(u, 0xfffc);
 	u->verror = mempeek16(u, 0xfffe);
-	/* eval reset */
-	u->ram.ptr = u->vreset;
-	setflag(&u->status, FLAG_HALT, 0);
-	while(!(u->status & FLAG_HALT) && eval(u))
-		u->counter++;
-	/* eval frame */
-	u->ram.ptr = u->vframe;
-	setflag(&u->status, FLAG_HALT, 0);
-	while(!(u->status & FLAG_HALT) && eval(u))
-		u->counter++;
+	printf("Uxn Ready.\n");
 	return 1;
 }
+
+/* to start: evaluxn(u, u->vreset); */
diff --git a/uxn.h b/uxn.h
index a22468c..916b5a2 100644
--- a/uxn.h
+++ b/uxn.h
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ typedef struct {
 
 void setflag(Uint8 *status, char flag, int b);
 int getflag(Uint8 *status, char flag);
-int error(Uxn *c, char *name, int id);
-int load(Uxn *c, char *filepath);
-int boot(Uxn *c);
+int loaduxn(Uxn *c, char *filepath);
+int bootuxn(Uxn *c);
+int evaluxn(Uxn *u, Uint16 vec);
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