diff --git a/source/runtime.cpp b/source/runtime.cpp
index 05a93ed..29c2cd4 100644
--- a/source/runtime.cpp
+++ b/source/runtime.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import app;
 
 import coral;
 import coral.files;
+import coral.io;
 import coral.math;
 import coral.sequence;
 
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ extern "C" int main(int argc, char const * const * argv) {
 			}
 
 			coral::stack<coral::u8> script_source{allocator};
-
 			{
 				coral::u8 stream_buffer[1024]{0};
 				coral::sequence_writer script_writer{&script_source};
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ extern "C" int main(int argc, char const * const * argv) {
 			}
 
 			vm.with_object(vm.compile(coral::slice{script_source.begin(), script_source.end()}.as_chars()), [&](kym::bound_object & script) {
-				vm.with_object(script.call({}), [&](kym::bound_object config) {
+				vm.with_object(script.call({}), [&](kym::bound_object & config) {
 					constexpr auto as_u16 = [](coral::i64 value) -> coral::optional<coral::i16> {
 						if ((value >= 0) && (value <= coral::u16_max))
 							return static_cast<coral::u16>(value);
@@ -62,16 +62,7 @@ extern "C" int main(int argc, char const * const * argv) {
 						return system.log(app::log_level::error, "failed to initialize window");
 
 					vm.with_object(config.get_field("title"), [&](kym::bound_object & title) {
-						coral::stack<coral::u8, 128> title_buffer{&system.thread_safe_allocator()};
-						coral::sequence_writer title_writer{&title_buffer};
-
-						if (!title.stringify(title_writer).is_ok()) {
-							system.log(app::log_level::error,
-								"failed to decode `title` property of config");
-
-							return;
-						}
-
+						// TODO: implement.
 						is_config_loaded = true;
 					});
 				});
@@ -80,7 +71,6 @@ extern "C" int main(int argc, char const * const * argv) {
 
 		if (!is_config_loaded) {
 			coral::stack<coral::u8> error_message{&system.thread_safe_allocator()};
-
 			{
 				coral::sequence_writer error_writer{&error_message};