diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 4a0858f..d35a329 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,29 @@
         flake-utils.follows = "flake-utils";
       };
     };
+
+    # cranelift
+    rustc_cranelift_backend = {
+      url = "github:bjorn3/rustc_codegen_cranelift/dev";
+      flake = false;
+    };
+    rustc_cranelift_backend_src = {
+      url = "https://github.com/bjorn3/rustc_codegen_cranelift/releases/download/dev/cg_clif-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz";
+      flake = false;
+    };
+    #    # dependencies
+    #    rust_regex ={
+    #      url = "git+https://github.com/rust-lang/regex.git";
+    #      flake = false;
+    #    };
+    #    rust_portable_simd = {
+    #      url = "git+https://github.com/rust-lang/portable-simd.git";
+    #      flake = false;
+    #    };
+    #    rust_rand = {
+    #      url = "git+https://github.com/rust-random/rand.git";
+    #      flake = false;
+    #    };
   };
 
   outputs = {
@@ -37,60 +60,264 @@
     crane,
     flake-utils,
     rust-overlay,
+    rustc_cranelift_backend,
+    rustc_cranelift_backend_src,
+    #    rust_regex,
+    #    rust_portable_simd,
+    #    rust_rand,
     ...
   }:
     flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system: let
-      pkgs = import nixpkgs {
-        inherit system;
-        overlays = [(import rust-overlay)];
-      };
+        rcb_deps = let
+          c_rust = pkgs.rust-bin.fromRustupToolchainFile "${rustc_cranelift_backend}/rust-toolchain";
+        in
+          pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+            pname = "rustc_cranelift_backend_dependencies";
+            version = "1.0";
+            nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [git curl cacert c_rust];
+            src = "${rustc_cranelift_backend}";
+            # old implementation {{{
+            #"${rust_regex}" "${rust_portable_simd}" "${rust_rand}"
+            #];
+            #sourceRoot = "source";
+            #            preUnpack = ''
+            #            #set -x;
+            #            unpackCmdHooks=(_defaultUnpack);
+            #            checkForHashToName() {
+            #              case "$1" in
+            #                "regex")
+            #                    echo source/download/regex
+            #                    ;;
+            #                "portable-simd")
+            #                    echo source/download/portable-simd
+            #                    ;;
+            #                "rand")
+            #                    echo source/download/rand
+            #                    ;;
+            #                "rustc_codegen_cranelift")
+            #                    echo source
+            #                    ;;
+            #                *)
+            #                    echo "Warning: Unable to turn hash ($1) to name!" 1>&2
+            #                    echo "Using another method" 1>&2
+            #                    echo null;
+            #                    ;;
+            #                esac
+            #            }
+            #            fail() {
+            #              echo "$@";
+            #              exit 1;
+            #            }
+            #            _defaultUnpack(){
+            #                local fn="$1"
+            #                local destination
+            #                local finalDestination
+            #
+            #                # extrem hacky solution to turn the nix hash path to useful names:
+            #                destination="$(sed -n '2p' "$fn/Cargo.toml" | sed 's|name = "||' | sed 's|"||')"
+            #
+            #                finalDestination="$(checkForHashToName "$destination")"
+            #                 if [ "$finalDestination" = "null" ]; then
+            #                    if grep "Portable SIMD" "$fn"/README.md > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            #                      destination="portable-simd";
+            #                    else
+            #                      echo "Can not grep readme directly"
+            #                    fi
+            #                 fi
+            #
+            #                finalDestination="$(checkForHashToName "$destination")"
+            #                if [ "$finalDestination" = "null" ]; then
+            #                  fail "No idea how to turn your hash to a name, sorry!";
+            #                fi
+            #
+            #                echo "Final destination is '$finalDestination'"
+            #                destination="$finalDestination"
+            #                echo "Copying '$fn' to '$destination'"
+            #
+            #                mkdir --parents "$destination";
+            #                # We can't preserve hardlinks because they may have been
+            #                # introduced by store optimization, which might break things
+            #                # in the build.
+            #                cp -pr --reflink=auto -- "$fn"/. "$destination"
+            #                chmod -R u+w "$destination"
+            #            }
+            #            '';
+            # }}}
+            buildPhase = ''
+              bash ./y.sh prepare
+            '';
+            installPhase = ''
+              install -d $out/
+              cp -r ./. $out/
+            '';
+            fixupPhase = ''
+              set -x
+            ''; # skip it
+            CARGO = "${c_rust}/bin/cargo";
+            RUSTC = "${c_rust}/bin/rustc";
+            RUSTDOC = "${c_rust}/bin/rustdoc";
+            CARGO_HOME = "/build/cargo";
 
-      nightly = true;
-      rust =
-        if nightly
-        then pkgs.rust-bin.selectLatestNightlyWith (toolchain: toolchain.default)
-        else pkgs.rust-bin.stable.latest.default;
+            outputHashAlgo = "sha512";
+            outputHashMode = "recursive";
+            outputHash = "sha512-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
+AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==";
+          };
+        rcb = let
+          c_rust = pkgs.rust-bin.fromRustupToolchainFile "${rustc_cranelift_backend}/rust-toolchain";
+        in
+          pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+            pname = "rustc_cranelift_backend";
+            version = "1.0";
+            nativeBuildInputs = [c_rust];
+            src = "${rcb_deps}";
+            buildPhase = ''
+              bash ./y.sh build
+            '';
+            installPhase = ''
+              install -d $out/
+              cp -r ./dist/. $out/
+            '';
+            CARGO = "${c_rust}/bin/cargo";
+            RUSTC = "${c_rust}/bin/rustc";
+            RUSTDOC = "${c_rust}/bin/rustdoc";
+            CARGO_HOME = "/build/cargo";
+          };
+        c_rust = pkgs.rust-bin.fromRustupToolchainFile "${rustc_cranelift_backend}/rust-toolchain";
+        rcb_better = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+          pname = "rustc_cranelift_backend";
+          version = "1.0";
+          buildInputs = [c_rust];
+          nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [gawk fd];
+          srcs = ["${rustc_cranelift_backend_src}" "${c_rust}"];
+          sourceRoot = ".";
+          postUnpack = ''
+            rust_dir="$(fd . --max-depth 1 | awk '!/source/ && !/env-vars/')"
 
-      craneLib = (crane.mkLib pkgs).overrideToolchain rust;
+            # remove unneeded stuff
+            rm -r "$rust_dir"/{bin,nix-support,share};
+            rm -r "$rust_dir"/lib/rustlib/{etc,src,rustc-src};
 
-      nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
-        pkg-config
-        mold
-      ];
-      buildInputs = with pkgs; [
-        openssl
-        lua54Packages.stdlib
-      ];
+            cp -r "$rust_dir"/. source/extra_dependencies
+            rm -r "$rust_dir"
+            cd source
+            '';
+          postPatch = ''
+            # patch bins
+            for file in $(fd . --type file);do
+                file="$(file --mime "$file" | awk 'BEGIN{FS=":"}/application\/x-pie-executable/{print $1}')";
+                if [ "$file" ]; then
+                    echo "file: '$file' matches";
+                    correct_interpreter_path="$(ldd "$file" | tail -n1 | awk 'BEGIN{FS="=> "} {print $2}' | awk 'BEGIN{FS=" "}{print $1}')"
+                    echo "correct interpreter path is: '$correct_interpreter_path'"
+                    patchelf --set-interpreter "$correct_interpreter_path" "$file"
 
-      craneBuild = craneLib.buildPackage {
-        src = craneLib.cleanCargoSource ./.;
+                    if [ "$(patchelf --print-interpreter "$file")" = "$correct_interpreter_path" ];then
+                      echo "Set interpreter";
+                    else
+                      echo "Failed to set interprter, the interpreter still is $(patchelf --print-interpreter )";
+                      exit 1
+                    fi
+                fi
+            done
 
-        doCheck = true;
-        inherit nativeBuildInputs buildInputs;
-      };
-    in {
-      packages.default = craneBuild;
+            # patch libs
+            all_files=$(mktemp);
+            for file in $(fd .);do
+                canonical_path="$(readlink -f "$file")"
+                file="$(file --mime "$canonical_path" | awk 'BEGIN{FS=":"}/application\/x-sharedlib/{print $1}')";
+                if [ "$file" ]; then
+                    echo "$file" >> $all_files;
+                fi
+            done
+            while read -r file; do
+                echo "___________________";
+                echo "Checking file: '$file'";
+                is_missing="$(ldd "$file" | awk 'BEGIN{FS="=>"}{if (/not found/){print $1}}')"
+                if [ "$is_missing" ];then
+                    echo "Warning: The following things are missing:";
+                    for line in $is_missing; do
+                        echo "  $line";
+                    done
+                    echo
+                    for line in $is_missing; do
+                        echo "Searching for a substitute for '$line'"
+                        substitute="$(grep "$line" "$all_files" | awk 'BEGIN{FS=" "}{print $1}' | tail -n1)";
+                        if [ "$substitute" ]; then
+                            echo "Found '$substitute', which can substitute '$line'"
+                            echo "Patching.."
+                            patchelf --replace-needed "$line" "$(readlink -f "$substitute")" "$file";
+                        else
+                            echo "Error: Failed to find a substitute"
+                        fi
+                    done
+                else
+                    echo "This file is not missing anything"
+                fi
+            done < $all_files
+            rm $all_files
+          '';
+          installPhase = ''
+            install -d $out/
+            cp -r ./. $out/
+          '';
+        };
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+          inherit system;
+          overlays = [(import rust-overlay)];
+        };
 
-      app.default = {
-        type = "app";
-        program = "${self.packages.${system}.default}/bin/trinitix";
-      };
+        nightly = true;
+        rust =
+          if nightly
+          then pkgs.rust-bin.selectLatestNightlyWith (toolchain: toolchain.default)
+          else pkgs.rust-bin.stable.latest.default;
 
-      devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
-        packages = with pkgs; [
-          nil
-          alejandra
-          statix
-          ltex-ls
+        craneLib = (crane.mkLib pkgs).overrideToolchain rust;
 
-          rust
-          rust-analyzer
-          cargo-edit
-          cargo-expand
+        nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+          pkg-config
+          mold
+          rcb_better
+          #self.packages."${system}".cranelift-deps
         ];
-        inherit nativeBuildInputs buildInputs;
-      };
-    });
+        buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+          openssl
+        ];
+
+        craneBuild = craneLib.buildPackage {
+          src = craneLib.cleanCargoSource ./.;
+
+          doCheck = true;
+          inherit nativeBuildInputs buildInputs;
+        };
+      in {
+        packages = {
+          default = craneBuild;
+          cranelift = rcb_better;
+          cranelift-deps = c_rust;
+        };
+
+        app.default = {
+          type = "app";
+          program = "${self.packages.${system}.default}/bin/trinitix";
+        };
+
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          packages = with pkgs; [
+            nil
+            alejandra
+            statix
+            ltex-ls
+
+            rust
+            rust-analyzer
+            cargo-edit
+            cargo-expand
+          ];
+          inherit nativeBuildInputs buildInputs;
+        };
+      });
 }
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