diff --git a/area_darwin.go b/area_darwin.go
index a767411..ecefc76 100644
--- a/area_darwin.go
+++ b/area_darwin.go
@@ -64,10 +64,8 @@ func areaInScrollView(scrollview C.id) C.id {
 
 func makeArea(parentWindow C.id, alternate bool) C.id {
 	area := objc_alloc(_goArea)
-println(area)
 	area = objc_msgSend_rect(area, _initWithFrame,
 		0, 0, 100, 100)
-println("out")
 	// TODO others?
 	area = newAreaScrollView(area)
 	addControl(parentWindow, area)
@@ -78,7 +76,7 @@ println("out")
 
 var (
 	_NSView = objc_getClass("NSView")
-	_NSView_Class = C.object_getClass(_NSView)
+	_NSView_Class = C.Class(unsafe.Pointer(_NSView))
 )
 
 func makeAreaClass(name string) (C.Class, error) {
diff --git a/bleh_darwin.m b/bleh_darwin.m
index fb57bb3..ac6182a 100644
--- a/bleh_darwin.m
+++ b/bleh_darwin.m
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ struct xrect objc_msgSend_stret_rect_noargs(id obj, SEL sel)
 
 id _objc_msgSend_rect(id obj, SEL sel, int64_t x, int64_t y, int64_t w, int64_t h)
 {
-printf("%s\n", class_getName(objc_getMetaClass("goArea")));
 	return objc_msgSend(obj, sel, OurRect());
 }
 
diff --git a/delegate_darwin.go b/delegate_darwin.go
index c60689d..7f14d04 100644
--- a/delegate_darwin.go
+++ b/delegate_darwin.go
@@ -64,9 +64,7 @@ func mkAppDelegate() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error adding NSApplication delegate buttonClicked: method (to handle button clicks): %v", err)
 	}
-	// TODO using objc_new() causes a segfault; find out why
-	// TODO make alloc followed by init (I thought NSObject provided its own init?)
-	appDelegate = objc_alloc(objc_getClass(_goAppDelegate))
+	appDelegate = objc_new(objc_getClass(_goAppDelegate))
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -111,7 +109,10 @@ func appDelegate_buttonClicked(self C.id, sel C.SEL, button C.id) {
 // this actually constructs the delegate class
 
 var (
-	_NSObject_Class = C.object_getClass(_NSObject)
+	// objc_getClass() says it returns an id but it's actually a Class
+	// thanks to Psy| in irc.freenode.net/##objc
+	// don't call object_getClass() on this then, as I originally thought — that returns the /metaclass/ (which we don't want, and in fact I wasn't even aware we COULD subclass the metaclass directly like this)
+	_NSObject_Class = C.Class(unsafe.Pointer(_NSObject))
 )
 
 func makeDelegateClass(name string) (C.Class, error) {