diff --git a/src/scanner.janet b/src/scanner.janet
index 6cbbe78..1375bd7 100644
--- a/src/scanner.janet
+++ b/src/scanner.janet
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 (def reserved-words
   "List of Ludus reserved words."
   ## see ludus-spec repo for more info
-  {"as" :as ## impl
+  {
+   "as" :as ## impl
    "box" :ref
    "do" :do ## impl
    "else" :else ## impl
@@ -10,21 +11,23 @@
    "if" :if ## impl
    "import" :import ## impl
    "let" :let ## impl
-   "loop" :loop ## impl
    "match" :match ## impl
    "nil" :nil ## impl -> literal word
    "ns" :ns ## impl
    "panic!" :panic ## impl (should _not_ be a function)
    "pkg" :pkg
-   "recur" :recur ## impl
+   "repeat" :repeat ## impl
+   "test" :test
    "then" :then ## impl
    "true" :true ## impl -> literal word
    "use" :use ## wip
-   "with" :with ## impl
    "when" :when ## impl, replaces cond
-   "repeat" :repeat ## syntax sugar over "loop": still unclear what this syntax could be
-   "test" :test
-   })
+   "with" :with ## impl
+   # removing loop & recur from the language
+   # they aren't necessary
+   # "loop" :loop ## impl
+   # "recur" :recur ## impl   
+  })
 
 (def literal-words {"true" true
                     "false" false