diff --git a/include/QF/pr_obj.h b/include/QF/pr_obj.h
index 243892d6b..e6b431057 100644
--- a/include/QF/pr_obj.h
+++ b/include/QF/pr_obj.h
@@ -145,6 +145,14 @@ typedef struct pr_ivar_list_s {
 } pr_ivar_list_t;
 typedef struct pr_ivar_s pr_ivar_t;
 
+typedef struct pr_static_instances_s {
+	// one per staticly instanced class per module (eg, 3 instances of Object
+	// will produce one of these structs with 3 pointers to those instances in
+	// instances[]
+	string_t    class_name;
+	pointer_t   instances[1];		// null terminated array of pr_id_t
+} pr_static_instances_t;
+
 typedef struct pr_symtab_s {
 	int         sel_ref_cnt;
 	pointer_t   refs;				// pr_sel_t
diff --git a/libs/ruamoko/rua_obj.c b/libs/ruamoko/rua_obj.c
index b8067c631..8c9862569 100644
--- a/libs/ruamoko/rua_obj.c
+++ b/libs/ruamoko/rua_obj.c
@@ -298,7 +298,53 @@ obj_find_message (progs_t *pr, pr_class_t *class, pr_sel_t *selector)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static pr_method_t *
+static void
+obj_send_initialize (progs_t *pr, pr_class_t *class)
+{
+	pr_method_list_t *method_list;
+	pr_method_t *method;
+	pr_sel_t   *sel;
+	pr_class_t *class_pointer;
+	pr_sel_t   *selector = sel_register_name (pr, "initialize");
+	int         i;
+
+	if (PR_CLS_ISINITIALIZED (class))
+		return;
+	class_pointer = &G_STRUCT (pr, pr_class_t, class->class_pointer);
+	PR_CLS_SETINITIALIZED (class);
+	PR_CLS_SETINITIALIZED (class_pointer);
+	if (class->super_class)
+		obj_send_initialize (pr, &G_STRUCT (pr, pr_class_t,
+											class->super_class));
+
+	method_list = &G_STRUCT (pr, pr_method_list_t, class_pointer->methods);
+	while (method_list) {
+		for (i = 0, method = method_list->method_list;
+			 i < method_list->method_count; i++, method++) {
+			sel = &G_STRUCT (pr, pr_sel_t, method->method_name);
+			if (sel->sel_id == selector->sel_id) {
+				int         size = pr->pr_param_size * MAX_PARMS;
+				pr_type_t  *params = alloca (size * sizeof (pr_type_t));
+				memcpy (params, *pr->pr_params, size * sizeof (pr_type_t));
+				PR_ExecuteProgram (pr, method->method_imp);
+				memcpy (*pr->pr_params, params, size * sizeof (pr_type_t));
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+		method_list = &G_STRUCT (pr, pr_method_list_t,
+								 method_list->method_next);
+	}
+}
+
+static func_t
+get_imp (progs_t *pr, pr_class_t *class, pr_sel_t *sel)
+{
+	pr_method_t *method = obj_find_message (pr, class, sel);
+
+	return method ? method->method_imp : 0;
+}
+
+static func_t
 obj_msg_lookup (progs_t *pr, pr_id_t *receiver, pr_sel_t *op)
 {
 	pr_class_t *class;
@@ -308,7 +354,7 @@ obj_msg_lookup (progs_t *pr, pr_id_t *receiver, pr_sel_t *op)
 	return obj_find_message (pr, class, op);
 }
 
-static pr_method_t *
+static func_t
 obj_msg_lookup_super (progs_t *pr, pr_super_t *super, pr_sel_t *op)
 {
 	pr_class_t *class;
@@ -317,7 +363,7 @@ obj_msg_lookup_super (progs_t *pr, pr_super_t *super, pr_sel_t *op)
 		return 0;
 
 	class = &G_STRUCT (pr, pr_class_t, super->class);
-	return obj_find_message (pr, class, op);
+	return get_imp (pr, class, op);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/tools/qwaq/main.c b/tools/qwaq/main.c
index 2e11b9c6a..5ace4d7f9 100644
--- a/tools/qwaq/main.c
+++ b/tools/qwaq/main.c
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ static edict_t *edicts;
 static int num_edicts;
 static int reserved_edicts;
 static progs_t pr;
-static void *membase;
-static int memsize = 16*1024*1024;
 
 static QFile *
 open_file (const char *path, int *len)
@@ -74,7 +72,7 @@ load_file (progs_t *pr, const char *name)
 {
 	QFile      *file;
 	int         size;
-	void       *sym;
+	char       *sym;
 
 	file = open_file (name, &size);
 	if (!file) {
@@ -83,7 +81,8 @@ load_file (progs_t *pr, const char *name)
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
-	sym = malloc (size);
+	sym = malloc (size + 1);
+	sym[size] = 0;
 	Qread (file, sym, size);
 	return sym;
 }
@@ -109,9 +108,6 @@ init_qf (void)
 	Sys_Init_Cvars ();
 	Cmd_Init ();
 
-	membase = malloc (memsize);
-	Memory_Init (membase, memsize);
-
 	Cvar_Get ("pr_debug", "1", 0, 0, 0);
 	Cvar_Get ("pr_boundscheck", "0", 0, 0, 0);
 
diff --git a/tools/qwaq/test.r b/tools/qwaq/test.r
index ad343c37e..44b420ddd 100644
--- a/tools/qwaq/test.r
+++ b/tools/qwaq/test.r
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 
 @implementation Foo
 
++ (void) initialize
+{
+	print ("+initialize\n");
+}
+
 -run
 {
 	print ("Hello world\n");