diff --git a/9port.mkfile b/9port.mkfile
index b2fafd9..cf35d74 100644
--- a/9port.mkfile
+++ b/9port.mkfile
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ OFILES=\
 	client.$O\
 	util.$O\
 	node.$O\
-	nodetable.$O\
 
 HFILES=dat.h\
 	fns.h\
diff --git a/dat.h b/dat.h
index d28119f..5eb0a34 100644
--- a/dat.h
+++ b/dat.h
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 #include <keyboard.h>
 
 typedef enum {
-  CTL = 1
+  CTL = 0,
+  CPU = 1,
+  MEMORY = 2
 } FileType;
 
 typedef enum {
@@ -87,16 +89,4 @@ typedef struct {
   Handler* handlers;
   KuroMemory* memory;
   Channel* status; /* chan(WidowStatus) */
-} Node;
-
-typedef struct NodeRef NodeRef;
-
-struct NodeRef {
-  int fd[2];
-  uvlong id;
-  NodeRef* next;
-};
-
-typedef struct {
-  NodeRef* data[256];
-} NodeTable;
+} Node;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fns.h b/fns.h
index 757f3db..d38a81f 100644
--- a/fns.h
+++ b/fns.h
@@ -3,15 +3,12 @@ char* strcsw(char* s, char a, char b);
 char* uvlong_to_hex(uvlong input, char* buf);
 int ensure(char* path);
 
-void start_9p();
+void start_9p(Node* n);
 
 void kuro9p_set_mtpt(char* mtpt);
 void kuro9p_write(char* path, char* data, int len);
 char* kuro9p_read(char* path, char* buf, int len);
 
-void nodetbl_add(NodeTable* self, NodeRef* node);
-void nodetbl_del(NodeTable* self, uvlong id);
-
 void node_setup(Node* self, Handler* handlers, KuroMemory* memory);
 void node_execute(Node* self);
 void node_loop(void* data);
diff --git a/kuro.c b/kuro.c
index c9b2200..16619b5 100644
--- a/kuro.c
+++ b/kuro.c
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 
 static char* mtpt;
 
-int threadmaybackground(void) {
-  return 1;
+void srvthread(void* arg) {
+  Node* vm = (Node*)arg;
+  start_9p(vm);
 }
 
 void threadmain(int argc, char **argv)
@@ -13,15 +14,14 @@ void threadmain(int argc, char **argv)
     if (mtpt == nil) {
       sysfatal("KURO_MTPT not set");
     }
-
-    kuro9p_set_mtpt(mtpt);
     print("KURO_MTPT=%s\n", mtpt);
     
-    ARGBEGIN{
+    /* ARGBEGIN{
 
-    }ARGEND
+    }ARGEND */
     
-    threadcreate(start_9p, nil, 4096);
-    supervise_node(create_node(argc > 1 ? argv[0] : nil));
+    Node* vm = create_node(argc > 0 ? argv[0] : nil);
+    proccreate(srvthread, (void*)vm, 4096);
+    supervise_node(vm);
     threadexitsall(0);
 }
diff --git a/mkfile b/mkfile
index 9109813..1648411 100644
--- a/mkfile
+++ b/mkfile
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ OFILES=\
 	client.$O\
 	util.$O\
 	node.$O\
-	nodetable.$O\
 
 HFILES=dat.h\
 	fns.h\
diff --git a/node.c b/node.c
index a0be541..736ff2c 100644
--- a/node.c
+++ b/node.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ void node_execute(Node* self) {
 Node* create_node(char* filename) {
 
   initdraw(nil, nil, "kuro");
-  unlockdisplay(display);
 
   KuroMemory* self = (KuroMemory*)malloc(sizeof(KuroMemory));
   Node* node = (Node*)malloc(sizeof(Node));
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ void supervise_node(Node* self) {
   WindowStatus status;
   Rune kbd;
 
-  if ((mctl = initmouse(nil, screen)) == nil) {
+  if ((mctl = initmouse(nil, self->memory->img)) == nil) {
     sysfatal("couldn't initialize mctl");
   }
   if ((kctl = initkeyboard(nil)) == nil) {
@@ -84,20 +83,20 @@ void supervise_node(Node* self) {
   for (;;) {
     switch (alt(alts)) {
       case PORT_MOUSE:
-        print("got a mouse event");
+        print("got a mouse event\n");
         break;
       case PORT_RESIZE:
         /*if (getwindow(display, Refnone) < 0)
           sysfatal("couldn't resize");*/
-        print("got a resize event");
+        print("got a resize event\n");
         break;
       case PORT_KBD:
-        print("got a keypress");
+        print("got a keypress\n");
         break;
       case PORT_STATUS:
         switch(status) {
           case KURO_QUITS:
-            print("VM died - let's clean up the data");
+            print("VM died - let's clean up the data\n");
             goto cleanup;
           default:
             break;
diff --git a/nodetable.c b/nodetable.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 771f0b3..0000000
--- a/nodetable.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-#include "dat.h"
-#include "fns.h"
-
-void nodetbl_add(NodeTable* self, NodeRef* node) {
-  int i;
-  NodeRef* n;
-  if (self && node) {
-    i = (int)(node->id%256);
-    n = self->data[i];
-    if (n && n->next) {
-      n = n->next;
-    }
-    if (n) {
-      n->next = node;
-    } else {
-      n = node;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-void nodetbl_del(NodeTable* self, uvlong id) {
-  NodeRef* n;
-  NodeRef* nprev;
-  
-  if (self) {
-    for(int i = 0; i <= 255; i++) {
-      n = self->data[i];
-
-      while (n && n->id != id && n->next) {
-        nprev = n;
-        n = n->next;
-      }
-      if (n->id == id) {
-        if (nprev) {
-          nprev->next = n->next;
-        }
-        free(n);
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srv.c b/srv.c
index b0fb3af..497f47b 100644
--- a/srv.c
+++ b/srv.c
@@ -1,17 +1,7 @@
 #include "dat.h"
 #include "fns.h"
 
-static NodeTable nodes;
-static QLock id_lock;
-
-static uvlong get_next_id(void) {
-  static uvlong id = 0;
-  uvlong next;
-  qlock(&id_lock);
-  next = ++id;
-  qunlock(&id_lock);
-  return next;
-}
+static Node* node;
 
 Aux* create_aux(FileType t) {
   Aux* self = (Aux*)malloc(sizeof(Aux));
@@ -35,42 +25,13 @@ void kuro_read(Req* r) {
   Aux* a = (Aux*)r->fid->file->aux;
   switch (a->type) {
     case CTL:
+    case MEMORY:
     default:
     respond(r, nil);
     break;
   }
 }
 
-
-void new_window(char* filename, int new) {
-  int rw_fd[2];
-  char client_fd[32] = {0};
-  char client_id[32] = {0};
-  uvlong id;
-  NodeRef* noderef;
-
-  pipe(rw_fd);
-  id = get_next_id();
-
-  noderef = (NodeRef*)malloc(sizeof(NodeRef));
-  noderef->id = id;
-  noderef->fd[0] = rw_fd[0];
-  noderef->fd[1] = rw_fd[1];
-  nodetbl_add(&nodes, noderef);
-
-  sprintf(client_fd, "%d", rw_fd[1]);
-  sprintf(client_id, "%d", id);
-
-  rfork(RFNAMEG);
-  char* a[] = { "kuro", "-p", client_fd, "-i", client_id, new ? "-n" : filename, new ? filename : 0, 0 };
-  exec("./kuro", a);
-}
-
-void newwindowthread(void* arg) {
-  char* filename = (char*)arg;
-  new_window(filename, 1);
-}
-
 void write_ctl(Req* r) {
   char cmd[16] = {0};
   char* c = r->ifcall.data;
@@ -92,13 +53,11 @@ void write_ctl(Req* r) {
   print("cmd: %s\n", cmd);
   print("arg: %s\n", c);
 
-  if (strequ(cmd, "new")) {
-    threadcreate(newwindowthread, c, 256);
-    respond(r, nil);
-  } else {
+
     print("unknown command...\n");
+    r->ofcall.count = r->ifcall.count;
     respond(r, nil);
-  }
+  
 }
 
 void kuro_write(Req* r) {
@@ -107,6 +66,7 @@ void kuro_write(Req* r) {
     case CTL:
       write_ctl(r);
       break;
+    case CPU:
     default:
       respond(r, nil);
       break;
@@ -119,21 +79,25 @@ char* mk_mtpt(char* parent, char* buf) {
   return buf;
 }
 
-void start_9p() {
+void start_9p(Node* n) {
+  node = n;
   char* mtpt_base = getenv("KURO_MTPT");
-  if (mtpt_base) {
-    char mtpt[256] = "TESTING LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY; AYEYEYEYEYE";
-    
+  
+  if (mtpt_base && n) {
+    char mtpt[256] = {0};
     mk_mtpt(mtpt_base, mtpt);
-    int i = ensure(mtpt);
-    print("%d result of ensure\n", i);
-    print("%s\n", mtpt);
+    
+    if (ensure(mtpt)) {
+      print("kuro fsys: %s\n", mtpt);
+    } else {
+      sysfatal("couldn't create fsys at %s\n", mtpt);
+    }
+
     Srv srv = { .read = kuro_read, .write = kuro_write };
     Tree* tree = alloctree(nil, nil, DMDIR | 0777, fs_destroy_file);
     srv.tree = tree;
-    closefile(createfile(tree->root, "ctl", nil, DMAPPEND | 0600, create_aux(CTL)));
-    closefile(tree->root);
-    /* TODO: figure out how to kill the server cleanly so we don't need MREPL */
+    closefile(createfile(tree->root, "ctl", nil, 0600, create_aux(CTL)));
+    
     threadpostmountsrv(&srv, nil, mtpt, MREPL | MCREATE);
     threadexits(0);
   }