diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 26311a2..1faff06 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 .idea
 cmake-build-debug
+.vscode
+cmake-build-release
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ef94106..b1e8003 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,11 @@ project(UnnamedMicroPythonConsole)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
 add_executable(UnnamedMicroPythonConsole main.cpp)
+
+add_subdirectory(dependencies/pocketpy)
+target_link_libraries(UnnamedMicroPythonConsole pocketpy)
+
+if(EMSCRIPTEN)
+    # exceptions must be enabled for emscripten
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -fexceptions")
+endif()
diff --git a/dependencies b/dependencies
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..0d9ce29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependencies
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 0d9ce296a60736ae7f3471b8aa11a49a6c2e73a8
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index bc8f460..a023d38 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-#include <iostream>
+#include "pocketpy.h"
 
 int main() {
-    std::cout << "Hello, World!" << std::endl;
+
+    pkpy::VM* vm = new pkpy::VM();
+
+    vm->exec("print('hello world')");
+
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/name_ideas.txt b/name_ideas.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00e10cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/name_ideas.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Microcreator
+Pycron