diff --git a/include/vm_lifters.hpp b/include/vm_lifters.hpp
index e69de29..94c7808 100644
--- a/include/vm_lifters.hpp
+++ b/include/vm_lifters.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <vmp_rtn.hpp>
+#include <vmprofiler.hpp>
+
+#include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/Constants.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/DerivedTypes.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/IRBuilder.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/IRPrintingPasses.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/PassManager.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/Type.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/Verifier.h"
+#include "llvm/Pass.h"
+
+namespace vmp2::lifters
+{
+    bool lift( vm::vmp_rtn_t *rtn, const vm::instrs::code_block_t &vm_code_block, const vm::instrs::virt_instr_t &vinstr,
+               llvm::IRBuilder<> *ir_builder );
+}
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diff --git a/include/vmp_rtn.hpp b/include/vmp_rtn.hpp
index fa46aef..4a08eb5 100644
--- a/include/vmp_rtn.hpp
+++ b/include/vmp_rtn.hpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace vm
         explicit vmp_rtn_t( llvm::LLVMContext *llvm_ctx, llvm::Module *llvm_module, std::uintptr_t rtn_begin,
                             std::vector< vm::instrs::code_block_t > vmp2_code_blocks );
 
+        ~vmp_rtn_t();
         llvm::Function *lift( void );
 
       private:
@@ -30,9 +31,10 @@ namespace vm
         llvm::Module *llvm_module;
 
         std::uintptr_t rtn_begin;
-        std::shared_ptr< llvm::Function > llvm_fptr;
+        llvm::Function* llvm_fptr;
         std::shared_ptr< llvm::IRBuilder<> > ir_builder;
-        std::vector< std::shared_ptr< llvm::BasicBlock > > llvm_code_blocks;
+        llvm::AllocaInst *virutal_registers;
+        std::vector< llvm::BasicBlock * > llvm_code_blocks;
         std::vector< vm::instrs::code_block_t > vmp2_code_blocks;
     };
 } // namespace vm
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diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index dcb2e34..7fde48e 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -4,20 +4,6 @@
 #include <vmprofiler.hpp>
 #include <xtils.hpp>
 
-#include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h"
-#include "llvm/IR/Constants.h"
-#include "llvm/IR/DerivedTypes.h"
-#include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
-#include "llvm/IR/IRBuilder.h"
-#include "llvm/IR/IRPrintingPasses.h"
-#include "llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h"
-#include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
-#include "llvm/IR/PassManager.h"
-#include "llvm/IR/Type.h"
-#include "llvm/IR/Verifier.h"
-#include "llvm/Pass.h"
-#include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
-
 using namespace llvm;
 
 int main( int argc, const char *argv[] )
diff --git a/src/vmp_rtn.cpp b/src/vmp_rtn.cpp
index 5f49f6b..fa8938d 100644
--- a/src/vmp_rtn.cpp
+++ b/src/vmp_rtn.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <vm_lifters.hpp>
 #include <vmp_rtn.hpp>
 
 namespace vm
@@ -13,12 +14,31 @@ namespace vm
         // convert the rtn_begin address to a hex string and prepend "rtn_" to it...
         std::stringstream rtn_name;
         rtn_name << "rtn_" << std::hex << rtn_begin;
-        const llvm::Twine rtn_twine( rtn_name.str() );
 
-        llvm_fptr = std::shared_ptr< llvm::Function >( llvm::Function::Create(
-            func_ty, llvm::GlobalValue::LinkageTypes::ExternalLinkage, rtn_twine, *llvm_module ) );
+        llvm_fptr = llvm::Function::Create( func_ty, llvm::GlobalValue::LinkageTypes::ExternalLinkage,
+                                            rtn_name.str().c_str(), *llvm_module );
 
+        for ( const auto &vmp2_code_block : vmp2_code_blocks )
+        {
+            // create basic block name... block_xxxxxxxx format...
+            std::stringstream blk_name;
+            blk_name << "blk_" << std::hex << vmp2_code_block.vip_begin;
+            llvm_code_blocks.push_back( llvm::BasicBlock::Create( *llvm_ctx, blk_name.str().c_str(), llvm_fptr ) );
+        }
+
+        // set the insert point to the first code block...
         ir_builder = std::make_shared< llvm::IRBuilder<> >( *llvm_ctx );
+        ir_builder->SetInsertPoint( llvm_code_blocks[ 0 ] );
+
+        // allocate virtual register space...
+        virutal_registers = ir_builder->CreateAlloca(
+            llvm::ArrayType::get( llvm::IntegerType::get( *llvm_ctx, 64 ), 24 ), nullptr, "vregs" );
+
+        llvm_fptr->print( llvm::outs() );
+    }
+
+    vmp_rtn_t::~vmp_rtn_t()
+    {
     }
 
     llvm::Function *vmp_rtn_t::lift( void )