diff --git a/include/decomp/decomp.hpp b/include/decomp/decomp.hpp
index 018472e..027f1f7 100644
--- a/include/decomp/decomp.hpp
+++ b/include/decomp/decomp.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <linuxpe>
 #include <optional>
 #include <set>
+#include <tuple>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include <decomp/routine.hpp>
@@ -21,11 +22,11 @@ class decomp_t {
 
   std::vector<routine_t> rtns();
   std::vector<std::uint8_t> lib();
-  std::vector<coff::image_t*> objs();
+  std::vector<std::vector<std::uint8_t>> objs();
+
   recomp::symbol_table_t* syms();
   std::map<coff::section_header_t*, std::size_t>& scn_hash_tbl();
-  std::optional<recomp::symbol_table_t*> decompose(
-      const std::string&& entry_sym);
+  std::optional<recomp::symbol_table_t*> decompose(std::string& entry_sym);
 
  private:
   std::uint32_t ext_used_syms(const std::string&& entry_sym);
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ class decomp_t {
                          coff::symbol_t* s);
 
   const std::vector<std::uint8_t> m_lib;
-  std::vector<coff::image_t*> m_objs;
+  std::vector<std::vector<std::uint8_t>> m_objs;
   std::vector<routine_t> m_rtns;
   std::set<sym_data_t> m_used_syms;
   std::set<coff::image_t*> m_processed_objs;
diff --git a/include/decomp/symbol.hpp b/include/decomp/symbol.hpp
index 40659aa..069e65c 100644
--- a/include/decomp/symbol.hpp
+++ b/include/decomp/symbol.hpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class symbol_t {
 
   std::size_t hash();
   static std::size_t hash(const std::string& sym);
-  static std::string name(coff::image_t* img, coff::symbol_t* sym);
+  static std::string name(const coff::image_t* img, coff::symbol_t* sym);
 
  private:
   std::string m_name;
diff --git a/src/tests/demo/main.cpp b/src/tests/demo/main.cpp
index 66f13a8..43c47ab 100644
--- a/src/tests/demo/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/demo/main.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     return result;
   };
 
-  theo::theo_t t(fdata, {allocator, copier, resolver}, "main");
+  theo::theo_t t(fdata, {allocator, copier, resolver}, "EntryPoint");
   auto res = t.decompose();
 
   if (!res.has_value()) {
diff --git a/src/tests/demolib/main.cpp b/src/tests/demolib/main.cpp
index 6003bb3..cf42f3a 100644
--- a/src/tests/demolib/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/demolib/main.cpp
@@ -6,18 +6,20 @@ extern "C" int MessageBoxA(void* hWnd,
                            void* uType);
 
 struct test_t {
+  char* c;
+  char* c2;
   char buff[0x2000];
 };
 
-test_t t = {};
+test_t t = {"Hello", "World", {}};
 
 OBF extern "C" void EntryPoint() {
   t.buff[0] = 1;
-  t.buff[1] = 2;
+  t.buff[1] = 1;
 
   if (t.buff[0])
-    MessageBoxA(nullptr, "Hello World", "Hello World", nullptr);
+    MessageBoxA(nullptr, t.c, t.c2, nullptr);
 
   if (t.buff[1])
-    MessageBoxA(nullptr, "Hello World 1", "Hello World 1", nullptr);
+    MessageBoxA(nullptr, t.c, t.c2, nullptr);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/theo/decomp/decomp.cpp b/src/theo/decomp/decomp.cpp
index 3bf0361..5bb401c 100644
--- a/src/theo/decomp/decomp.cpp
+++ b/src/theo/decomp/decomp.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ decomp_t::decomp_t(std::vector<std::uint8_t>& lib, recomp::symbol_table_t* syms)
     : m_lib(lib), m_syms(syms) {}
 
 std::optional<recomp::symbol_table_t*> decomp_t::decompose(
-    const std::string&& entry_sym) {
+    std::string& entry_sym) {
   // extract obj files from the archive file...
   //
   ar::view<false> lib(m_lib.data(), m_lib.size());
@@ -17,25 +17,29 @@ std::optional<recomp::symbol_table_t*> decomp_t::decompose(
         //
         if (!itr.second.is_symbol_table() && !itr.second.is_string_table()) {
           spdlog::info("extracted obj from archive: {}", itr.first);
-          m_objs.push_back(reinterpret_cast<coff::image_t*>(itr.second.data()));
+          std::vector<std::uint8_t> data(itr.second.begin(), itr.second.end());
+          m_objs.push_back(data);
         }
       });
 
-  std::for_each(m_objs.begin(), m_objs.end(), [&](coff::image_t* img) {
-    for (auto idx = 0u; idx < img->file_header.num_symbols; ++idx) {
-      auto sym = img->get_symbol(idx);
-      auto sym_name = symbol_t::name(img, sym);
-      if (sym_name.length()) {
-        auto sym_hash = symbol_t::hash(sym_name.data());
-        auto sym_size =
-            sym->has_section()
-                ? next_sym(img, img->get_section(sym->section_index - 1), sym)
-                : 0u;
-
-        m_lookup_tbl[sym_hash].push_back({img, sym, sym_size});
-      }
-    }
-  });
+  std::for_each(
+      m_objs.begin(), m_objs.end(), [&](std::vector<std::uint8_t>& img_data) {
+        auto img = reinterpret_cast<coff::image_t*>(img_data.data());
+        for (auto idx = 0u; idx < img->file_header.num_symbols - 1; ++idx) {
+          auto sym = img->get_symbol(idx);
+          auto sym_name = symbol_t::name(img, sym);
+          if (sym_name.length()) {
+            auto sym_hash = symbol_t::hash(sym_name.data());
+            auto sym_size =
+                sym->has_section()
+                    ? next_sym(img, img->get_section(sym->section_index - 1),
+                               sym)
+                    : 0u;
+
+            m_lookup_tbl[sym_hash].emplace_back(img, sym, sym_size);
+          }
+        }
+      });
 
   // extract used symbols from objs and create a nice little set of them so that
   // we can easily decompose them... no need deal with every single symbol...
@@ -47,6 +51,7 @@ std::optional<recomp::symbol_table_t*> decomp_t::decompose(
   //
   std::for_each(m_used_syms.begin(), m_used_syms.end(), [&](sym_data_t data) {
     auto [img, sym, size] = data;
+
     // populate section hash table with sections for the img of this
     // symbol... only populate the hash table if its not been populated for
     // this obj before...
@@ -173,7 +178,7 @@ std::uint32_t decomp_t::next_sym(coff::image_t* img,
   for (auto idx = 0u; idx < img->file_header.num_symbols; ++idx) {
     auto q = img->get_symbol(idx);
     if (q->derived_type == coff::derived_type_id::function &&
-        q->section_index == s->section_index)
+        q->section_index == s->section_index && q != s)
       if (q->value > s->value && q->value < res)
         res = q->value;
   }
@@ -244,7 +249,7 @@ std::vector<std::uint8_t> decomp_t::lib() {
   return m_lib;
 }
 
-std::vector<coff::image_t*> decomp_t::objs() {
+std::vector<std::vector<std::uint8_t>> decomp_t::objs() {
   return m_objs;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/theo/decomp/symbol.cpp b/src/theo/decomp/symbol.cpp
index d07f974..34e4860 100644
--- a/src/theo/decomp/symbol.cpp
+++ b/src/theo/decomp/symbol.cpp
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ std::size_t symbol_t::hash(const std::string& sym) {
   return std::hash<std::string>{}(sym);
 }
 
-std::string symbol_t::name(coff::image_t* img, coff::symbol_t* sym) {
+std::string symbol_t::name(const coff::image_t* img, coff::symbol_t* sym) {
   if (sym->has_section() &&
       sym->storage_class == coff::storage_class_id::private_symbol &&
       sym->derived_type == coff::derived_type_id::none) {
     auto scn = img->get_section(sym->section_index - 1);
-    auto res = std::string(scn->name.to_string(img->get_strings()))
+    auto res = std::string(scn->name.to_string(img->get_strings()).data())
                    .append("#")
                    .append(std::to_string(sym->section_index))
                    .append("!")
diff --git a/src/theo/recomp/recomp.cpp b/src/theo/recomp/recomp.cpp
index d3175ca..a1881be 100644
--- a/src/theo/recomp/recomp.cpp
+++ b/src/theo/recomp/recomp.cpp
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ void recomp_t::resolve() {
           auto scn_sym =
               m_dcmp->syms()->sym_from_hash(m_dcmp->scn_hash_tbl()[sym.scn()]);
 
-          m_copier(scn_sym.value()->allocated_at() + reloc.offset(),
-                   &allocated_at, sizeof(allocated_at));
+          *reinterpret_cast<std::uintptr_t*>(scn_sym.value()->data().data() +
+                                             reloc.offset()) = allocated_at;
           break;
         }
         case decomp::sym_type_t::function: {
diff --git a/src/theo/theo.cpp b/src/theo/theo.cpp
index e5fc55d..5b237b4 100644
--- a/src/theo/theo.cpp
+++ b/src/theo/theo.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ theo_t::theo_t(std::vector<std::uint8_t>& lib,
 }
 
 std::optional<std::uint32_t> theo_t::decompose() {
-  auto res = m_dcmp.decompose(m_entry_sym.data());
+  auto res = m_dcmp.decompose(m_entry_sym);
   if (!res.has_value()) {
     spdlog::error("failed to decompose...\n");
     return {};