diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d94a15f..ac78871 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 VERSION = $(shell git describe --tags)
 
 all:
+	-rm resources/*.so
+	touch resources/blank.so
+	-cp -a ~/go/src/go.wit.com/toolkits/*.so resources/    # embed the toolkit plugins in the binary
 	GO111MODULE=off go build -v -x \
 		    -ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION}"
 	./helloworld
diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index 4183d11..429b61c 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 var argv args
 
 type args struct {
-	Demo      string `arg:"positional"                   help:"this is just a demo"`
+	Demo string `arg:"positional"                   help:"this is just a demo"`
 }
 
 func (a args) Description() string {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 090a612..ac0e8ec 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"embed"
+
 	"go.wit.com/gui"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
@@ -11,8 +13,13 @@ var VERSION string
 // This is the beginning of our binary tree of widgets
 var myGui *gui.Node
 
+//go:embed resources/*
+var resources embed.FS
+
 func main() {
-	myGui = gui.New().Default()
+	myGui = gui.New()
+	myGui.InitEmbed(resources)
+	myGui.Default()
 
 	helloworld()