diff --git a/components.hpp b/components.hpp
index 725555f..f5c6a3d 100644
--- a/components.hpp
+++ b/components.hpp
@@ -1,28 +1,30 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "dinkyecs.hpp"
 
-struct Player {
-  DinkyECS::Entity entity;
-};
+namespace Components {
+  struct Player {
+    DinkyECS::Entity entity;
+  };
 
-struct Position {
-  Point location;
-};
+  struct Position {
+    Point location;
+  };
 
-struct Motion {
-  int dx;
-  int dy;
-};
+  struct Motion {
+    int dx;
+    int dy;
+  };
 
-struct Combat {
-  int hp;
-  int damage;
-};
+  struct Combat {
+    int hp;
+    int damage;
+  };
 
-struct Treasure {
-  int amount;
-};
+  struct Treasure {
+    int amount;
+  };
 
-struct Tile {
-  std::string chr = "!";
-};
+  struct Tile {
+    std::string chr = "!";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/gui.cpp b/gui.cpp
index 7f3049b..3868b8e 100644
--- a/gui.cpp
+++ b/gui.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ using std::string;
 using namespace fmt;
 using namespace std::chrono_literals;
 using namespace ftxui;
+using namespace Components;
 
 std::array<sf::Color, 10> VALUES{
   sf::Color{1, 4, 2},  // black
@@ -116,8 +117,9 @@ void GUI::create_renderer() {
   });
 }
 
-void GUI::handle_events() {
+bool GUI::handle_events() {
   sf::Event event;
+  bool event_happened = false;
   auto player = $world.get<Player>();
   auto& player_motion = $world.component<Motion>(player.entity);
 
@@ -127,21 +129,28 @@ void GUI::handle_events() {
     } else if(event.type ==  sf::Event::KeyPressed) {
       if(sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::Left)) {
         player_motion.dx = -1;
+        event_happened = true;
       } else if(sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::Right)) {
         player_motion.dx = 1;
+        event_happened = true;
       } else if(sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::Up)) {
         player_motion.dy = -1;
+        event_happened = true;
       } else if(sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::Down)) {
         player_motion.dy = 1;
+        event_happened = true;
       }
-
-      // COMPOSE system? You create a bunch of callbacks and then combine them into
-      // a single run over the data?
-      System::enemy_pathing($world, $game_map, player);
-      System::motion($world, $game_map);
-      System::combat($world, player);
     }
   }
+
+  return event_happened;
+}
+
+void GUI::run_systems() {
+  auto player = $world.get<Player>();
+  System::enemy_pathing($world, $game_map, player);
+  System::motion($world, $game_map);
+  System::combat($world, player);
 }
 
 void GUI::burn() {
@@ -225,7 +234,10 @@ int GUI::main() {
 
   while($window.isOpen()) {
     render_scene();
-    handle_events();
+
+    if(handle_events()) {
+      run_systems();
+    }
 
     std::this_thread::sleep_for(10ms);
   }
diff --git a/gui.hpp b/gui.hpp
index 3cf8fab..07b6a6b 100644
--- a/gui.hpp
+++ b/gui.hpp
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ class GUI {
   sf::Font $font;
   sf::Text $ui_text;
   sf::Text $map_text;
-  bool $shake_it = false;
-  bool $burn_baby_burn = false;
   std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8_utf16<wchar_t>> $converter;
   sf::RenderWindow $window;
   Screen $screen;
@@ -65,11 +63,12 @@ public:
   sf::Color color(int val);
   void create_renderer();
   void render_scene();
-  void handle_events();
+  bool handle_events();
   void draw_screen(bool clear=true, float map_off_x=0.0f, float map_off_y=0.0f);
   void shake();
   void burn();
   void configure_world();
+  void run_systems();
 
   int main();
 };
diff --git a/scripts/reset_build.sh b/scripts/reset_build.sh
index 11e8d63..9d56a7f 100755
--- a/scripts/reset_build.sh
+++ b/scripts/reset_build.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ mkdir subprojects
 mv packagecache ./subprojects/
 mkdir builddir
 cp wraps/*.wrap subprojects/
-meson setup --default-library=static --prefer-static builddir
+# on OSX you can't do this with static
+meson setup builddir
diff --git a/systems.cpp b/systems.cpp
index 2a9b30e..46f01c0 100644
--- a/systems.cpp
+++ b/systems.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "systems.hpp"
 
+using namespace Components;
+
 void System::enemy_pathing(DinkyECS::World &world, Map &game_map, Player &player) {
   // move enemies system
   world.system<Position, Motion>([&](const auto &ent, auto &position, auto &motion) {
diff --git a/systems.hpp b/systems.hpp
index 9a7a19a..97e69d0 100644
--- a/systems.hpp
+++ b/systems.hpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 namespace System {
   void motion(DinkyECS::World &world, Map &game_map);
-  void combat(DinkyECS::World &world, Player &player);
+  void combat(DinkyECS::World &world, Components::Player &player);
   void draw_entities(DinkyECS::World &world, ftxui::Canvas &canvas);
-  void enemy_pathing(DinkyECS::World &world, Map &game_map, Player &player);
+  void enemy_pathing(DinkyECS::World &world, Map &game_map, Components::Player &player);
 }