diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 719ccf91..74e7e26a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ vendor/pcre
 *.so
 *.dylib
 *.dll
+*.a
 bin/
 scratch/
 tools/build_helpers
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8f76ddbb..12d267cb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 	url = https://github.com/dsrw/godot.git
 	branch = enu
 	ignore = untracked
-[submodule "vendor/pcre2"]
-	path = vendor/pcre2
-	url = https://github.com/PhilipHazel/pcre2.git
+[submodule "vendor/pcre"]
+	path = vendor/pcre
+	url = https://github.com/luvit/pcre
diff --git a/app/libenu.a b/app/libenu.a
deleted file mode 100644
index f2f58d1c..00000000
Binary files a/app/libenu.a and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/enu.nimble b/enu.nimble
index f1b166c2..f53a289a 100644
--- a/enu.nimble
+++ b/enu.nimble
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ requires "nim >= 2.0.2",
   "https://github.com/dsrw/model_citizen 0.19.2",
   "https://github.com/dsrw/nanoid.nim 0.2.1", "cligen 1.6.17",
   "https://github.com/treeform/pretty",
-  "https://github.com/theAkito/xxnimterop",
   "chroma", "markdown", "chronicles", "dotenv", "nimibook", "metrics#51f1227",
   "zippy"
 
diff --git a/ios.sh b/ios.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ddef8734..00000000
--- a/ios.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-nim c --os:ios --debugger:native -o:dist/ios/Enu/libenu.a -t:'-Ivendor/pcre -miphoneos-version-min=12.0 --sysroot=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS.sdk -mcpu=apple-a10' -l:'-target aarch64-ios --sysroot=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS.sdk' src/enu.nim
-
-
-# TARGET=ios nim c -o:app/enu.simulator.a -t:'-mios-simulator-version-min=12.0 --sysroot=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator.sdk -mcpu=apple-a10' -l:'-target arm64-apple-ios-simulator --sysroot=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator.sdk' src/enu.nim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/config.nims b/src/config.nims
index 10f9de96..86419ab8 100644
--- a/src/config.nims
+++ b/src/config.nims
@@ -50,15 +50,15 @@ if defined(release):
 
 # --passC:"-I/opt/homebrew/include"
 
---define:usePcreHeader
---passC:"-Ivendor/pcre"
-
 if project_name() == "enu":
   if host_os == "ios":
+    --define:use_pcre_header
+    --define:"chronicles_colors=None"
+    --passC:"-Ivendor/pcre -miphoneos-version-min=12.0 --sysroot=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS.sdk -mcpu=apple-a10"
+    --passL:"-target aarch64-ios --sysroot=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS.sdk"
     --app:staticlib
   else:
     --app:lib
-    --passL:"-Lvendor/pcre/.libs -lpcre"
   --no_main
 else:
   --define:
diff --git a/src/controllers/script_controllers/host_bridge_utils.nim b/src/controllers/script_controllers/host_bridge_utils.nim
index 88053aa4..cf30159a 100644
--- a/src/controllers/script_controllers/host_bridge_utils.nim
+++ b/src/controllers/script_controllers/host_bridge_utils.nim
@@ -125,7 +125,12 @@ macro bridged_from_vm(
     result.add quote do:
       mixin implement_routine
       debug "implementing routine", name = `proc_name`
-      `self`.interpreter.implement_routine "*",
+      const pkg_name =
+        when host_os == "ios":
+          "unknown"
+        else:
+          "enu"
+      `self`.interpreter.implement_routine pkg_name,
         `module_name`,
         `proc_impl_name`,
         proc(a {.inject.}: VmArgs) {.gcsafe.} =
diff --git a/src/libs/eval.nim b/src/libs/eval.nim
index 93f67d01..c0d48bf5 100644
--- a/src/libs/eval.nim
+++ b/src/libs/eval.nim
@@ -156,8 +156,6 @@ proc loadModule*(
     if iface.module != nil and iface.module.name.s == moduleName and
         fileName == toFullPath(i.graph.config, iface.module.info):
       module = iface.module
-      print "@@@@module ", iface.module.info
-      discard posix.raise SIGINT
       break
 
   if module.isNil:
diff --git a/tools/build_ios.sh b/tools/build_ios.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..947fd7c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build_ios.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+export SDK=$(xcrun --sdk iphoneos --show-sdk-path)
+export CC=$(xcrun --sdk iphoneos -f clang)
+export CFLAGS="-arch arm64 -isysroot $SDK -mios-version-min=12.0"
+export LDFLAGS="-arch arm64 -isysroot $SDK"
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/../vendor/pcre"
+./configure --disable-shared --disable-cpp --enable-unicode-properties --enable-pcre16 --enable-pcre32 --host=arm-apple-darwin
+make
+
+cd ../..
+
+nim c --os:ios --debugger:native -o:libenu.a src/enu.nim
+
+libtool -static -o app/libenu.a libenu.a vendor/pcre/.libs/libpcre.a
diff --git a/vendor/pcre b/vendor/pcre
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..5c78f7d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/pcre
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 5c78f7d5d7f41bdd4be4867ef3a1030af3e973e3