diff --git a/assets/prelude.ld b/assets/prelude.ld
index 6bd6fae..ee98016 100644
--- a/assets/prelude.ld
+++ b/assets/prelude.ld
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ fn self {
 	() -> base :process (:self)
 }
 
-fn send {
+fn send! {
 	"Sends a message to the specified process and returns the message."
 	(pid as :keyword, msg) -> {
 		base :process (:send, pid, msg)
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ fn link! {
 	(pid as :keyword) -> base :process (:link, pid)
 }
 
-fn spawn! {
+fn spawn {
 	"Spawns a process. Takes a 0-argument (nullary) function that will be executed as the new process. Returns a keyword process ID (pid) of the newly spawned process."
 	(f as :fn) -> {
 		let new_pid = base :process (:spawn, f)
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ fn spawn! {
 	}
 }
 
-fn fledge! {
+fn fledge {
 	"Spawns a process and then immediately unlinks from it. Takes a 0-argument (nullary) function that will be executed as the new process. Returns a keyword process ID (pid) of the newly fledged process."
 	(f as :fn) -> base :process (:spawn, f)
 }
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ fn monitor! {
 		else nil
 }
 
-fn flush! {
+fn flush {
 	"Clears the current process's mailbox and returns all the messages."
 	() -> base :process (:flush)
 }
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ fn sleep! {
 	(ms as :number) -> base :process (:sleep, ms)
 }
 
-fn await! {
+fn await {
 	"Parks the current process until it receives an exit signal from the passed process. Returns the result of a successful execution or panics if the awaited process panics. If the other process is not alive, returns `nil`."
 	(pid as :keyword) -> if monitor! (pid)
 			then receive {
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ fn hibernate! {
 	() -> receive { _ -> hibernate! () }
 }
 
-fn heed! {
+fn heed {
 	"Parks the current process until it receives a reply, and returns whatever is replied. Causes a panic if it gets anything other than a `(:reply, result)` tuple."
 	() -> receive {
 		(:reply, result) -> result
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ fn request_fetch! {
 }
 
 fn fetch {
-	"Requests the contents of the URL passed in. Returns a result tuple of `(:ok, {contents})` or `(:err, {status code})`."
+	"Requests the contents of the URL passed in. Returns a result tuple of (:ok, <contents>) or (:err, <status code>)."
 	(url) -> {
 		let pid = self ()
 		spawn! (fn () -> request_fetch! (pid, url))
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ fn turtle_listener () -> {
 	turtle_listener ()
 }
 
-fn spawn_turtle! {
+fn spawn_turtle {
 	"Spawns a new turtle in a new process. Methods on the turtle process mirror those of turtle graphics functions in prelude. Returns the pid of the new turtle."
 	() -> {
 		let pid = spawn! (fn () -> turtle_listener ())
@@ -1498,106 +1498,73 @@ fn llist {
 }
 
 &&& keyboard input
-fn key_pressed? {
+fn key_down? {
 	"Returns true ie the key is currently pressed. Keys are indicated by strings. For non-alphanumeric keys, consult the documentation to get key codes."
 	(key as :string) -> do keys_down > unbox > contains? (key, _)
 }
 
 #{
-	& completed actor functions
-	self
-	send
- 	spawn! & <- is no longer a special form
-	yield!
-	sleep!
-	alive?
-	flush!
-
-	& wip actor functions
-	link!
-	monitor!
-	await!
-	heed!
-	unlink!
-	hibernate!
-
-	spawn_turtle!
-
-	key_pressed?
-	
-	& shared memory w/ rust
-	& `box`es are actually way cool
-	console
-	input
-	fetch_outbox
+	abs & math
+	add & math
+	alive? & processes
+	angle & math
+	any? & types and values
+	append & lists
+	assert! & errors
+	assoc & dicts
+	at & tuples, strings, lists
+	atan/2 & math
+	await & processes
+	back! & turtle graphics
+	background! & turtle graphics
+	between? & math
+	bg! & turtle graphics
+	bk! & turtle graphics
+	bool & bools
+	bool? & bools
+	box? & boxes
+	butlast & list, tuple, string
+	car & llist
+	cdr & llist
+	ceil & math
+	chars & strings
+	clear! & turtle graphics
+	coll? & dicts, tuples, lists
+	colors & turtle graphics
+	colours & turtle graphics
+	concat & list string
+	cons & llist
+	console & buffers
+	contains? & list, tuple, string
+	cos & math
+	count & list, tuple, string
+	dec & math
+	deg/rad &math
+	deg/turn &math
+	dict & dicts
+	dict? & dicts
+	dissoc & dicts
+	dist & math
+	div & math
+	div/0 & math
+	div/safe & math
+	doc! & io
+	downcase & string
+	each! & list
+	empty? & list string dict tuple
+	eq? & values
+	err & result
+	err? & result
+	even? & math
+	false? & bool
+	fd! & turtles
+	fetch & 
 	fetch_inbox
-	keys_down
-	
-	& a fetch fn
-	fetch
-	& await user input
-	read_input
-
-	abs
-	abs
-	add
-	angle
-	any?
-	append
-	assert!
-	assoc
-	& assoc?
-	at
-	atan/2
-	back!
-	background!
-	between?
-	bg!
-	bk!
-	bool
-	bool?
-	box?
-	butlast
-	car
-	cdr
-	ceil
-	chars
-	clear!
-	coll?
-	colors
-	colours
-	concat
-	condense
-	cons
-	console
-	contains?
-	cos
-	count
-	dec
-	deg/rad
-	deg/turn
-	dict
-	dict?
-	dissoc
-	dist
-	div
-	div/0
-	div/safe
-	doc!
-	downcase
-	each!
-	empty?
-	eq?
-	err
-	err?
-	even?
-	false?
-	fd!
+	fetch_outbox
 	filter
 	first
-	first
-	first
 	floor
+	flush
 	fn?
 	fold
 	foldr
@@ -1609,21 +1576,27 @@ fn key_pressed? {
 	has?
 	heading
 	heading/vector
+	heed
+	hibernate!
 	hideturtle!
 	home!
 	inc
-	indexed?
 	index_of
+	indexed?
 	indices_of
+	input
 	inv
 	inv/0
 	inv/safe
 	join
 	keep
+	key_down?
 	keys
+	keys_down
 	keyword?
 	last
 	left!
+	link!
 	list
 	list?
 	llist
@@ -1635,6 +1608,7 @@ fn key_pressed? {
 	mod
 	mod/0
 	mod/safe
+	monitor!
 	mult
 	neg
 	neg?
@@ -1665,6 +1639,7 @@ fn key_pressed? {
 	random
 	random_int
 	range
+	read_input
 	report!
 	rest
 	right!
@@ -1672,15 +1647,20 @@ fn key_pressed? {
 	round
 	rt!
 	second
+	self
+	send!
 	sentence
 	setheading!
 	show
 	showturtle!
 	sin
+	sleep!
 	slice
 	slice_n
 	some
 	some?
+	spawn 
+	spawn_turtle
 	split
 	sqrt
 	sqrt/safe
@@ -1703,6 +1683,7 @@ fn key_pressed? {
 	turtle_state
 	type
 	unbox
+	unlink!
 	unwrap!
 	unwrap_or
 	upcase
@@ -1711,5 +1692,6 @@ fn key_pressed? {
 	values
 	words
 	ws?
+	yield!
 	zero?
 }
diff --git a/janet/base.janet b/janet/base.janet
index ef68628..db2ad4d 100644
--- a/janet/base.janet
+++ b/janet/base.janet
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # A base library for Ludus
 # Only loaded in the prelude
 
-(import /src/scanner :as s)
+(import /janet/scanner :as s)
 
 (defn bool [x] (if (= :^nil x) nil x))
 
diff --git a/janet/doc.janet b/janet/doc.janet
index 5802a27..a9d5073 100644
--- a/janet/doc.janet
+++ b/janet/doc.janet
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-(import /src/base :as base)
-(import /src/prelude :as prelude)
+(import /janet/base :as base)
+(import /janet/prelude :as prelude)
 
 (defn map-values [f dict] 
  (from-pairs (map (fn [[k v]] [k (f v)]) (pairs dict))))
@@ -23,20 +23,21 @@
  (string/join (map toc-entry sorted-names) "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "))
 
 (def topics {
- "math" ["abs" "add" "angle" "atan/2" "between?" "ceil" "cos" "dec" "deg/rad" "deg/turn" "dist" "div" "div/0" "div/safe" "even?" "floor" "gt?" "gte?" "heading/vector" "inc" "inv" "inv/0" "inv/safe" "lt?" "lte?" "max" "min" "mod" "mod/0" "mod/safe" "mult" "neg" "neg?" "odd?" "pi" "pos?" "rad/deg" "rad/turn" "random" "random_int" "range" "round" "sin" "sqrt" "sqrt/safe" "square" "sub" "sum_of_squares" "tan" "tau" "to_number" "turn/deg" "turn/rad" "zero?"]
- "boolean" ["and" "bool" "bool?" "false?" "not" "or" "true?"]
- "dicts" ["any?" "assoc" "assoc?" "coll?" "count" "dict" "dict?" "diff" "dissoc" "empty?" "get" "keys" "random" "update" "values"]
- "lists" ["any?" "append" "at" "butlast" "coll?" "concat" "count" "each!" "empty?" "filter" "first" "fold" "join" "keep" "last" "list" "list?" "map" "ordered?" "random" "range" "rest" "second" "sentence" "slice"]
+ "math" ["abs" "add" "angle" "atan/2" "between?" "ceil" "cos" "dec" "deg/rad" "deg/turn" "dist" "div" "div/0" "div/safe" "even?" "floor" "gt?" "gte?" "heading/vector" "inc" "inv" "inv/0" "inv/safe" "lt?" "lte?" "max" "min" "mod" "mod/0" "mod/safe" "mult" "neg" "neg?" "odd?" "pi" "pos?" "pow" "rad/deg" "rad/turn" "random" "random_int" "range" "round" "sin" "sqrt" "sqrt/safe" "square" "sub" "sum_of_squares" "tan" "tau" "to_number" "turn/deg" "turn/rad" "zero?"]
+ "bools" ["and" "bool" "bool?" "false?" "not" "or" "true?"]
+ "dicts" ["any?" "assoc" "coll?" "count" "dict" "dict?" "diff" "dissoc" "empty?" "get" "has?" "keys" "random" "update" "values"]
+ "lists" ["any?" "append" "at" "butlast" "coll?" "concat" "count" "each!" "empty?" "filter" "first" "fold" "index_of" "indexed?" "indices_of" "join" "keep" "last" "list" "list?" "map" "random" "range" "rest" "second" "sentence" "slice"]
  "llists" ["car" "cdr" "cons" "llist"]
- "sets" ["any?" "append" "coll?" "concat" "contains?" "count" "empty?" "omit" "random" "set" "set?"]
+ # "sets" ["any?" "append" "coll?" "concat" "contains?" "count" "empty?" "omit" "random" "set" "set?"]
  "tuples" ["any?" "at" "coll?" "count" "empty?" "first" "last" "ordered?" "rest" "second" "tuple?"]
- "strings" ["any?" "chars" "chars/safe" "concat" "count" "downcase" "empty?" "join" "sentence" "show" "slice" "split" "string" "string?" "strip" "to_number" "trim" "upcase" "words"]
- "types and values" ["assoc?" "bool?" "box?" "coll?" "dict?" "eq?" "fn?" "keyword?" "list?" "neq?" "nil?" "number?" "ordered?" "set?" "show" "some" "some?" "string?" "tuple?" "type"]
- "boxes and state" ["box?" "unbox" "store!" "update!"]
+ "strings" ["any?" "at" "chars" "chars/safe" "concat" "count" "downcase" "empty?" "join" "sentence" "show" "slice" "slice_n" "split" "string" "string?" "strip" "to_number" "trim" "upcase" "words"]
+ "types and values" ["bool?" "box?" "coll?" "dict?" "eq?" "fn?" "indexed?" "keyword?" "list?" "nil?" "number?" "set?" "show" "some" "some?" "string?" "tuple?" "type"]
+ "boxes" ["box?" "unbox" "store!" "update!"]
  "results" ["err" "err?" "ok" "ok?" "unwrap!" "unwrap_or"]
  "errors" ["assert!"]
- "turtle graphics" ["back!" "background!" "bk!" "clear!" "colors" "fd!" "forward!" "goto!" "heading" "heading/vector" "hideturtle!" "home!" "left!" "loadstate!" "lt!" "pc!" "pd!" "pencolor" "pencolor!" "pendown!" "pendown?" "penup!" "penwidth" "penwidth!" "position" "pu!" "pw!" "render_turtle!" "reset_turtle!" "right!" "rt!" "setheading!" "showturtle!" "turtle_state"]
- "environment and i/o" ["doc!" "print!" "report!" "state"]
+ "turtle graphics" ["back!" "background!" "bk!" "clear!" "colors" "fd!" "forward!" "goto!" "heading" "heading/vector" "hideturtle!" "home!" "left!" "loadstate!" "lt!" "pc!" "pd!" "pencolor" "pencolour" "pencolor!" "pencolour!" "pendown!" "pendown?" "penup!" "penwidth" "penwidth!" "position" "pu!" "pw!" "render_turtle!" "reset_turtle!" "right!" "rt!" "setheading!" "showturtle!" "spawn_turtle" "turtle_state"]
+ "environment and i/o" ["console" "doc!" "fetch_inbox" "fetch_outbox" "input" "key_down?" "keys_down" "print!" "read_input" "report!"]
+ "processes" ["alive?" "await" "fledge" "flush" "heed" "hibernate!" "monitor" "self" "send!" "sleep!" "spawn" "unlink!" "yield!"]
  })
 
 (defn capitalize [str]
diff --git a/janet/errors.janet b/janet/errors.janet
index 5380409..ce7abc8 100644
--- a/janet/errors.janet
+++ b/janet/errors.janet
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(import /src/base :as b)
+(import /janet/base :as b)
 
 (defn- get-line [source line]
  ((string/split "\n" source) (dec line)))
diff --git a/janet/interpreter.janet b/janet/interpreter.janet
index f6a5e53..02c179d 100644
--- a/janet/interpreter.janet
+++ b/janet/interpreter.janet
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # A tree walk interpreter for ludus
 
-(import /src/base :as b)
+(import /janet/base :as b)
 
 (var interpret nil)
 (var match-pattern nil)
diff --git a/janet/ludus.janet b/janet/ludus.janet
index 72aadef..bb7da3d 100644
--- a/janet/ludus.janet
+++ b/janet/ludus.janet
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 # devised in order to run under wasm
 # takes a string, returns a string with a json object
 # (try (os/cd "janet") ([_] nil)) # for REPL
-(import /src/scanner :as s)
-(import /src/parser :as p)
-(import /src/validate :as v)
-(import /src/interpreter :as i)
-(import /src/errors :as e)
-(import /src/base :as b)
-(import /src/prelude :as prelude)
-(import /src/json :as j)
+(import /janet/scanner :as s)
+(import /janet/parser :as p)
+(import /janet/validate :as v)
+(import /janet/interpreter :as i)
+(import /janet/errors :as e)
+(import /janet/base :as b)
+(import /janet/prelude :as prelude)
+(import /janet/json :as j)
 
 (defn ludus [source]
  # if we can't load prelude, bail
diff --git a/janet/parser.janet b/janet/parser.janet
index edb84d0..97b4cdf 100644
--- a/janet/parser.janet
+++ b/janet/parser.janet
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ### A recursive descent parser for Ludus
 
 ### We still need to scan some things
-(import /src/scanner :as s)
+(import /janet/scanner :as s)
 
 # stash janet type
 (def janet-type type)
@@ -698,6 +698,25 @@
    @{:type :match :data [to-match clauses] :token origin})
   ([err] err)))
 
+(defn- receive [parser]
+ (def origin (current parser))
+ (def ast {:type :receive :data @[] :token origin})
+ (def clauses @[])
+ (expect parser :receive)
+ (advance parser)
+ (try
+  (do
+   (def open-brace (current parser))
+   (expect parser :lbrace) (advance parser)
+   (accept-many parser :newline)
+   (while (not (check parser :rbrace))
+    (when (check parser :eof) 
+     (error {:type :error :token open-brace :msg "unclosed brace"}))
+    (array/push clauses (match-clause parser)))
+   (advance parser)
+   @{:type :receive :data [clauses] :token origin})
+  ([err] err)))
+
 # {pattern} = {nonbinding} {terminators}
 (defn- with-clause [parser]
  (try
@@ -973,7 +992,7 @@
  (def body (nonbinding parser))
  {:type :test :data [desc body] :token origin})
 
-### loops and repeates
+### loops and repeats
 (defn- loopp [parser]
  (def origin (current parser))
  (expect parser :loop) (advance parser)
@@ -1031,9 +1050,10 @@
   :startdict (dict parser)
   :startset (sett parser)
   :word (word-expr parser)
-  :pkg-name (pkg-name parser)
+  # :pkg-name (pkg-name parser)
   :recur (recur parser)
   :panic (panicc parser)
+  :do (doo parser)
   (panic parser (string "expected simple expression, got " (type curr)))
  )
 )
@@ -1072,6 +1092,7 @@
   :when (whenn parser)
   :match (matchh parser)
   :with (withh parser)
+  :receive (receive parser)
 
   # do
   :do (doo parser)
@@ -1114,12 +1135,13 @@
   :startdict (dict parser)
   :startset (sett parser)
   :word (word-expr parser)
-  :pkg-name (pkg-name parser)
+  # :pkg-name (pkg-name parser)
   :recur (recur parser)
   :if (iff parser)
   :when (whenn parser)
   :match (matchh parser)
-  :with (withh parser)
+  :receive (receive parser)
+  # :with (withh parser)
   :do (doo parser)
   :lbrace (block parser)
   :loop (loopp parser)
diff --git a/janet/prelude.janet b/janet/prelude.janet
index ef92a71..57a36c0 100644
--- a/janet/prelude.janet
+++ b/janet/prelude.janet
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
-(import /src/base :as b)
-(import /src/scanner :as s)
-(import /src/parser :as p)
-(import /src/validate :as v)
-(import /src/interpreter :as i)
-(import /src/errors :as e)
+(import /janet/base :as b)
+(import /janet/scanner :as s)
+(import /janet/parser :as p)
+(import /janet/validate :as v)
+(import /janet/interpreter :as i)
+(import /janet/errors :as e)
 
 (def pkg (do 
   (def pre-ctx @{:^parent {"base" b/base}})
-  (def pre-src (slurp "../assets/prelude.ld"))
+  (def pre-src (slurp "./assets/prelude.ld"))
   (def pre-scanned (s/scan pre-src :prelude))
   (def pre-parsed (p/parse pre-scanned))
   (def parse-errors (pre-parsed :errors))
   (when (any? parse-errors) (each err parse-errors (e/parse-error err)) (break :error))
-  (def pre-validated (v/valid pre-parsed pre-ctx))
-  (def validation-errors (pre-validated :errors))
-  (when (any? validation-errors) (each err validation-errors (e/validation-error err)) (break :error))
+  # (def pre-validated (v/valid pre-parsed pre-ctx))
+  # (def validation-errors (pre-validated :errors))
+  # (when (any? validation-errors) (each err validation-errors (e/validation-error err)) (break :error))
   (try 
    (i/interpret (pre-parsed :ast) pre-ctx)
    ([err] (e/runtime-error err) :error))))
@@ -27,16 +27,16 @@
   (set (ctx "^type") nil)
   ctx))
 
-(def post/src (slurp "postlude.ld"))
+# (def post/src (slurp "postlude.ld"))
 
-(def post/ast (do
-  (def post-ctx @{:^parent ctx})
-  (def post-scanned (s/scan post/src :postlude))
-  (def post-parsed (p/parse post-scanned))
-  (def parse-errors (post-parsed :errors))
-  (when (any? parse-errors) (each err parse-errors (e/parse-error err)) (break :error))
-  (def post-validated (v/valid post-parsed post-ctx))
-  (def validation-errors (post-validated :errors))
-  (when (any? validation-errors) (each err validation-errors (e/validation-error err)) (break :error))
-  (post-parsed :ast)))
+# (def post/ast (do
+#   (def post-ctx @{:^parent ctx})
+#   (def post-scanned (s/scan post/src :postlude))
+#   (def post-parsed (p/parse post-scanned))
+#   (def parse-errors (post-parsed :errors))
+#   (when (any? parse-errors) (each err parse-errors (e/parse-error err)) (break :error))
+#   # (def post-validated (v/valid post-parsed post-ctx))
+#   # (def validation-errors (post-validated :errors))
+#   # (when (any? validation-errors) (each err validation-errors (e/validation-error err)) (break :error))
+#   (post-parsed :ast)))
 
diff --git a/janet/scanner.janet b/janet/scanner.janet
index e593728..4c7a801 100644
--- a/janet/scanner.janet
+++ b/janet/scanner.janet
@@ -9,20 +9,21 @@
    "false" :false ## impl -> literal word
    "fn" :fn ## impl
    "if" :if ## impl
-   "import" :import ## impl
+   # "import" :import ## impl
    "let" :let ## impl
    "loop" :loop ## impl
    "match" :match ## impl
    "nil" :nil ## impl -> literal word
-   "ns" :ns ## impl
+   # "ns" :ns ## impl
    "panic!" :panic ## impl (should _not_ be a function)
-   "pkg" :pkg
+   # "pkg" :pkg
+   "receive" :receive
    "recur" :recur ## impl   
    "repeat" :repeat ## impl
-   "test" :test
+   # "test" :test
    "then" :then ## impl
    "true" :true ## impl -> literal word
-   "use" :use ## wip
+   # "use" :use ## wip
    "when" :when ## impl, replaces cond
    "with" :with ## impl  
   })
diff --git a/janet/validate.janet b/janet/validate.janet
index 88c3501..7cf3e11 100644
--- a/janet/validate.janet
+++ b/janet/validate.janet
@@ -286,6 +286,13 @@ Deferred until a later iteration of Ludus:
  (match-clauses validator clauses)
  validator)
 
+(defn- receive [validator]
+ (def ast (validator :ast))
+ (def [clauses] (ast :data))
+ (match-clauses validator clauses)
+ validator)
+
+
 (defn- declare [validator fnn]
  (def status (validator :status))
  (def declared (get status :declared @{}))
@@ -758,6 +765,7 @@ Deferred until a later iteration of Ludus:
    :loop (loopp validator)
    :recur (recur validator)
    :box (box validator)
+   :receive (receive validator)
    (error (string "unknown node type " type)))))
 
 (set validate validate*)
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index baeb882..da2a169 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -38,3 +38,8 @@ release:
 serve:
     live-server pkg
 
+# build the documentation
+doc:
+    janet janet/doc.janet
+    -rm doc/prelude.md
+    mv prelude.md doc/