diff --git a/src/lifters/vmexit.cpp b/src/lifters/vmexit.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b758b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lifters/vmexit.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include <vm_lifters.hpp>
+
+namespace vm
+{
+    lifters_t::lifter_callback_t lifters_t::vmexit =
+        [ & ]( 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 ) { ir_builder->CreateRetVoid(); };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/vmp_rtn.cpp b/src/vmp_rtn.cpp
index 0277be6..1e1520e 100644
--- a/src/vmp_rtn.cpp
+++ b/src/vmp_rtn.cpp
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ namespace vm
         flags = ir_builder->CreateAlloca( ir_builder->getInt64Ty(), nullptr, "flags" );
 
         create_virtual_stack();
-        // TODO: copy arg1 (array) onto the local stack...
-        // ir_builder->CreateMemCpy(...
+        for ( auto idx = 0u; idx < 21; ++idx )
+        {
+            auto val = ir_builder->CreateLoad( llvm_fptr->getArg( idx ) );
+            val->setAlignment( llvm::Align( 1 ) );
+            push( 8, val );
+        }
         create_virtual_registers();
     }
 
@@ -31,11 +35,11 @@ namespace vm
 
     void vmp_rtn_t::create_routine( void )
     {
-        // function has no arguments and returns void... maybe change this in the future as i learn
-        // more and more LLVM...
-        auto func_ty =
-            llvm::FunctionType::get( llvm::Type::getVoidTy( *llvm_ctx ),
-                                     { llvm::ArrayType::get( llvm::IntegerType::get( *llvm_ctx, 64 ), 21 ) }, false );
+        std::vector< llvm::Type * > arg_types;
+        for ( auto idx = 0u; idx < 21; ++idx )
+            arg_types.push_back( llvm::PointerType::get( llvm::IntegerType::get( *llvm_ctx, 64 ), 0ull ) );
+
+        auto func_ty = llvm::FunctionType::get( llvm::Type::getVoidTy( *llvm_ctx ), arg_types, false );
 
         // convert the rtn_begin address to a hex string and prepend "rtn_" to it...
         std::stringstream rtn_name;