diff --git a/docs/TODO.txt b/docs/TODO.txt
index 139bc91..c5a1818 100644
--- a/docs/TODO.txt
+++ b/docs/TODO.txt
@@ -36,16 +36,14 @@ DONE: slice and dot notation around the builtin _index and _dot functions
 DONE: maximum recursion/function depth
 DONE: better sugar for _push, _pop, _length
 DONE: nested compound assignment bug
-
-
-TODO: hooks on the external libraries, triggered on import
+DONE: hooks on the external libraries, triggered on import
 
 
 TODO: standard library
 TODO: external script runner library
 TODO: document how it all works
 TODO: packaging for release?
-TODO: test embedding
+TODO: test embedding in a game
 
 NOPE: a = b = c = 1;
 NOPE: functions return a set number of values
diff --git a/repl/lib_standard.c b/repl/lib_standard.c
index d86e979..5ad4bee 100644
--- a/repl/lib_standard.c
+++ b/repl/lib_standard.c
@@ -42,22 +42,20 @@ int hookStandard(Interpreter* interpreter, Literal identifier, Literal alias) {
 		{NULL, NULL}
 	};
 
-	/* TODO: too exhuasted to fix this right now
 	//store the library in an aliased dictionary
 	if (!IS_NULL(alias)) {
-		//get the alias as a string
-		Literal dictName = TO_STRING_LITERAL( copyString(AS_IDENTIFIER(alias), alias.as.identifier.length), alias.as.identifier.length );
-
 		//make sure the name isn't taken
-		if (existsLiteralDictionary(&interpreter->scope->variables, dictName)) {
+		if (isDelcaredScopeVariable(interpreter->scope, alias)) {
 			interpreter->errorOutput("Can't override an existing variable\n");
-			freeLiteral(dictName);
+			freeLiteral(alias);
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		//create the dictionary to load up with functions
 		LiteralDictionary* dictionary = ALLOCATE(LiteralDictionary, 1);
 		initLiteralDictionary(dictionary);
 
+		//load the dict with functions
 		for (int i = 0; natives[i].name; i++) {
 			Literal name = TO_STRING_LITERAL(copyString(natives[i].name, strlen(natives[i].name)), strlen(natives[i].name));
 			Literal func = TO_FUNCTION_LITERAL((void*)natives[i].fn, 0);
@@ -78,16 +76,14 @@ int hookStandard(Interpreter* interpreter, Literal identifier, Literal alias) {
 
 		//set scope
 		Literal dict = TO_DICTIONARY_LITERAL(dictionary);
-		setLiteralDictionary(&interpreter->scope->variables, dictName, dict);
-		setLiteralDictionary(&interpreter->scope->types, dictName, type);
+		declareScopeVariable(interpreter->scope, alias, type);
+		setScopeVariable(interpreter->scope, alias, dict, false);
 
 		//cleanup
 		freeLiteral(dict);
 		freeLiteral(type);
-		freeLiteral(dictName);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	*/
 
 	//default
 	for (int i = 0; natives[i].name; i++) {
diff --git a/repl/makefile b/repl/makefile
index b3ddf7c..494cd56 100644
--- a/repl/makefile
+++ b/repl/makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CC=gcc
 
 IDIR+=. ../source
-CFLAGS+=$(addprefix -I,$(IDIR)) -g -Wall -W -pedantic -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-function -Wno-unused-variable
+CFLAGS+=$(addprefix -I,$(IDIR)) -g -Wall -W -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-function -Wno-unused-variable
 LIBS+=-ltoy
 
 ODIR = obj
diff --git a/scripts/small.toy b/scripts/small.toy
index 314be54..445f223 100644
--- a/scripts/small.toy
+++ b/scripts/small.toy
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-fn omitFirstInteger(arg1: int, ...rest) {
-	//rest comes in as an array of any
-	return rest;
-}
 
-print omitFirstInteger(1, 2, 3);
\ No newline at end of file
+
+import standard as std;
+
+print std;
diff --git a/scripts/test/lib/interactions.toy b/scripts/test/lib/interactions.toy
index f4e1c64..a2a7134 100644
--- a/scripts/test/lib/interactions.toy
+++ b/scripts/test/lib/interactions.toy
@@ -39,4 +39,12 @@
 }
 
 
+//test importing as an alias
+{
+	import standard as std;
+
+	assert std["clock"]().length() == 24, "import library as alias failed";
+}
+
+
 print "All good";
diff --git a/source/makefile b/source/makefile
index e3287e5..b2bfdde 100644
--- a/source/makefile
+++ b/source/makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CC=gcc
 
 IDIR+=.
-CFLAGS+=$(addprefix -I,$(IDIR)) -g -Wall -W -pedantic -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-function -Wno-unused-variable
+CFLAGS+=$(addprefix -I,$(IDIR)) -g -Wall -W -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-function -Wno-unused-variable
 LIBS+=
 
 ODIR = obj
diff --git a/test/makefile b/test/makefile
index 80c0946..c35bf41 100644
--- a/test/makefile
+++ b/test/makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CC=gcc
 
 IDIR +=. ../source
-CFLAGS +=$(addprefix -I,$(IDIR)) -g -Wall -W -pedantic -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-function -Wno-unused-variable
+CFLAGS +=$(addprefix -I,$(IDIR)) -g -Wall -W -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-function -Wno-unused-variable
 LIBS +=
 
 ODIR = obj