diff --git a/repl/repl_main.c b/repl/repl_main.c
index 690b666..2f51250 100644
--- a/repl/repl_main.c
+++ b/repl/repl_main.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #define INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE 2048
 
-void repl() {
+void repl(const char* initialInput) {
 	//repl does it's own thing for now
 	bool error = false;
 
@@ -36,11 +36,12 @@ void repl() {
 	// Toy_injectNativeHook(&interpreter, "timer", Toy_hookTimer);
 
 	for(;;) {
-		printf("> ");
-
-		//handle EOF for exits
-		if (!fgets(input, INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE, stdin)) {
-			break;
+		if (!initialInput) {
+			//handle EOF for exits
+			printf("> ");
+			if (!fgets(input, INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE, stdin)) {
+				break;
+			}
 		}
 
 		//escape the repl (length of 5 to accomodate the newline)
@@ -53,8 +54,8 @@ void repl() {
 		Toy_Parser parser;
 		Toy_Compiler compiler;
 
-		Toy_initLexer(&lexer, input);
-		Toy_private_setComments(&lexer, false); //BUGFIX: disable comments here
+		Toy_initLexer(&lexer, initialInput ? initialInput : input);
+		Toy_private_setComments(&lexer, initialInput != NULL); //BUGFIX: disable comments here
 		Toy_initParser(&parser, &lexer);
 		Toy_initCompiler(&compiler);
 
@@ -89,6 +90,11 @@ void repl() {
 		Toy_freeCompiler(&compiler);
 		Toy_freeParser(&parser);
 		error = false;
+
+		if (initialInput) {
+			free((void*)initialInput);
+			initialInput = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	Toy_freeInterpreter(&interpreter);
@@ -204,7 +210,20 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	repl();
+	const char* initialSource = NULL;
+	if (Toy_commandLine.initialfile) {
+		//only works on toy files
+		const char* s = strrchr(Toy_commandLine.initialfile, '.');
+		if (!s || strcmp(s, ".toy")) {
+			fprintf(stderr, TOY_CC_ERROR "Bad file extension passed to %s (expected '.toy', found '%s')" TOY_CC_RESET, argv[0], s);
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		size_t size;
+		initialSource = Toy_readFile(Toy_commandLine.initialfile, &size);
+	}
+
+	repl(initialSource);
 
 	//lib cleanup
 	Toy_freeDriveDictionary();
diff --git a/scripts/level.toy b/scripts/level.toy
index 5fd6bbd..29479ba 100644
--- a/scripts/level.toy
+++ b/scripts/level.toy
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ var tileset: [int: string] const = [
 ];
 
 //variables
-var posX: int = 5;
-var posY: int = 5;
+var posX: int = 4;
+var posY: int = 4;
 
 //functions
 fn draw() {
@@ -59,3 +59,5 @@ fn move(xrel: int, yrel: int) {
 	draw();
 }
 
+//initial display
+move(0, 0);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/source/toy_common.c b/source/toy_common.c
index 9b0df00..5275fdc 100644
--- a/source/toy_common.c
+++ b/source/toy_common.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ void Toy_initCommandLine(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
 	Toy_commandLine.compilefile = NULL;
 	Toy_commandLine.outfile = "out.tb";
 	Toy_commandLine.source = NULL;
+	Toy_commandLine.initialfile = NULL;
 	Toy_commandLine.verbose = false;
 
 	for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) { //start at 1 to skip the program name
@@ -79,6 +80,13 @@ void Toy_initCommandLine(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		if ((!strcmp(argv[i], "-t") || !strcmp(argv[i], "--initial")) && i + 1 < argc) {
+			Toy_commandLine.initialfile = (char*)argv[i + 1];
+			i++;
+			Toy_commandLine.error = false;
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		//option without a flag + ending in .tb = binary input
 		if (i < argc) {
 			if (strncmp(&(argv[i][strlen(argv[i]) - 3]), ".tb", 3) == 0) {
@@ -94,7 +102,7 @@ void Toy_initCommandLine(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
 }
 
 void Toy_usageCommandLine(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
-	printf("Usage: %s [ file.tb | -h | -v | [ -d ][ -f file.toy | -i source | -c file.toy [ -o outfile.tb ]]]\n\n", argv[0]);
+	printf("Usage: %s [ file.tb | -h | -v | -d | -f file.toy | -i source | -c file.toy -o out.tb | -t file.toy ]\n\n", argv[0]);
 }
 
 void Toy_helpCommandLine(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
@@ -108,6 +116,7 @@ void Toy_helpCommandLine(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
 	printf("-i\t| --input source\tParse, compile and execute this given string of source code.\n\n");
 	printf("-c\t| --compile filename\tParse and compile the specified source file into an output file.\n\n");
 	printf("-o\t| --output outfile\tName of the output file built with --compile (default: out.tb).\n\n");
+	printf("-t\t| --initial filename\tStart the repl as normal, after first running the given file.\n\n");
 }
 
 void Toy_copyrightCommandLine(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
diff --git a/source/toy_common.h b/source/toy_common.h
index f2ce327..3b1b415 100644
--- a/source/toy_common.h
+++ b/source/toy_common.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	char* compilefile;
 	char* outfile; //defaults to out.tb
 	char* source;
+	char* initialfile;
 	bool verbose;
 } Toy_CommandLine;