diff --git a/dependencies/vmprofiler b/dependencies/vmprofiler
index 647eeef..ef9e9c1 160000
--- a/dependencies/vmprofiler
+++ b/dependencies/vmprofiler
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 647eeef8face8101523452e93f21312b64ef20fb
+Subproject commit ef9e9c1cb2f69abfc5ea070db71ef57b4316bb87
diff --git a/include/vm_lifters.hpp b/include/vm_lifters.hpp
index 94c7808..1063bba 100644
--- a/include/vm_lifters.hpp
+++ b/include/vm_lifters.hpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
+#include <functional>
 #include <vmp_rtn.hpp>
 #include <vmprofiler.hpp>
 
@@ -17,6 +18,20 @@
 
 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 );
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    using lifter_callback_t =
+        std::function< void( 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 ) >;
+
+    extern lifter_callback_t lconstq;
+    inline std::map< vm::handler::mnemonic_t, lifter_callback_t * > lifters = { { vm::handler::LCONSTQ, &lconstq } };
+
+    inline 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 )
+    {
+        if ( vinstr.mnemonic_t == vm::handler::INVALID || lifters.find( vinstr.mnemonic_t ) == lifters.end() )
+            return false;
+
+        ( *( lifters[ vinstr.mnemonic_t ] ) )( rtn, vm_code_block, vinstr, ir_builder );
+        return true;
+    }
+} // namespace vmp2::lifters
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/vmp_rtn.hpp b/include/vmp_rtn.hpp
index 4a08eb5..fa88dc4 100644
--- a/include/vmp_rtn.hpp
+++ b/include/vmp_rtn.hpp
@@ -23,17 +23,14 @@ 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:
         llvm::LLVMContext *llvm_ctx;
         llvm::Module *llvm_module;
-
+      private:
         std::uintptr_t rtn_begin;
-        llvm::Function* llvm_fptr;
+        llvm::Function *llvm_fptr;
         std::shared_ptr< llvm::IRBuilder<> > ir_builder;
-        llvm::AllocaInst *virutal_registers;
+        llvm::AllocaInst *virutal_registers, *virtual_stack;
         std::vector< llvm::BasicBlock * > llvm_code_blocks;
         std::vector< vm::instrs::code_block_t > vmp2_code_blocks;
     };
diff --git a/src/lifters/lconst.cpp b/src/lifters/lconst.cpp
index e69de29..55e6b4c 100644
--- a/src/lifters/lconst.cpp
+++ b/src/lifters/lconst.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include <vm_lifters.hpp>
+
+namespace vmp2::lifters
+{
+    lifter_callback_t lconstq = [ & ]( 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 ) {
+        auto push_val = llvm::ConstantInt::get( llvm::IntegerType::getInt64Ty( *rtn->llvm_ctx ), vinstr.operand.imm.u );
+    };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 7fde48e..66d17f1 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -65,4 +65,5 @@ int main( int argc, const char *argv[] )
     Module llvm_module( "VMProtect 2 Static Devirtualizer", llvm_ctx );
 
     vm::vmp_rtn_t vmp_rtn( &llvm_ctx, &llvm_module, first_block->vip_begin, vmp_code_blocks );
+    vmp_rtn.lift();
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/vmp_rtn.cpp b/src/vmp_rtn.cpp
index fa8938d..ee8f895 100644
--- a/src/vmp_rtn.cpp
+++ b/src/vmp_rtn.cpp
@@ -34,15 +34,28 @@ namespace vm
         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()
-    {
+        // allocate stack space...
+        virtual_stack = ir_builder->CreateAlloca( llvm::ArrayType::get( llvm::IntegerType::get( *llvm_ctx, 8 ), 1024 ),
+                                                  nullptr, "stack" );
     }
 
     llvm::Function *vmp_rtn_t::lift( void )
     {
-        return {};
+        auto &code_blocks = llvm_fptr->getBasicBlockList();
+        for ( auto idx = 0u; idx < code_blocks.size(); ++idx )
+        {
+            for ( auto &vinstr : vmp2_code_blocks[ idx ].vinstrs )
+            {
+                if ( !vmp2::lifters::lift( this, vmp2_code_blocks[ idx ], vinstr, ir_builder.get() ) )
+                {
+                    std::printf( "> failed to devirtualize virtual instruction with vm handler index = %d\n",
+                                 vinstr.opcode );
+
+                    llvm_fptr->print( llvm::outs() );
+                    return nullptr;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return llvm_fptr;
     }
 } // namespace vm
\ No newline at end of file