diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6a1864f..96f6639 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *.o
 kuroko
+builtins.c
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 89cf9ce..78b515f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 CFLAGS = -g -O3 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Wno-unused-parameter -DDEBUG
-OBJS = $(patsubst %.c, %.o, $(sort $(wildcard *.c)))
+OBJS = $(patsubst %.c, %.o, $(filter-out builtins.o,$(sort $(wildcard *.c)))) builtins.o
 TARGET = kuroko
 
 all: ${TARGET}
 
+builtins.c: builtins.krk
+	echo "const char _builtins_src[] = {\n" > builtins.c
+	hexdump -v -e '16/1 "0x%02x,"' -e '"\n"' builtins.krk | sed s'/0x  ,//g' >> builtins.c
+	echo "};" >> builtins.c
+
 kuroko: ${OBJS}
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
-	@rm -f ${OBJS} ${TARGET}
+	@rm -f ${OBJS} ${TARGET} builtins.c
 
 tags: $(wildcard *.c) $(wildcard *.h)
 	@ctags --c-kinds=+lx *.c *.h
diff --git a/modules/__builtins__.krk b/builtins.krk
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/__builtins__.krk
rename to builtins.krk
diff --git a/vm.c b/vm.c
index cb4239f..f09e77b 100644
--- a/vm.c
+++ b/vm.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ static int callValue(KrkValue callee, int argCount);
 static int bindMethod(KrkClass * _class, KrkString * name);
 static int call(KrkClosure * closure, int argCount);
 
+extern const char _builtins_src[];
+
 static void resetStack() {
 	vm.stackTop = vm.stack;
 	vm.frameCount = 0;
@@ -463,7 +465,7 @@ void krk_initVM(int flags) {
 	krk_defineNative(&vm.builtins->fields, "set_tracing", krk_set_tracing);
 
 	/* Now read the builtins module */
-	KrkValue builtinsModule = krk_runfile(MODULE_PATH "/__builtins__.krk", 1, "__builtins__","__builtins__");
+	KrkValue builtinsModule = krk_interpret(_builtins_src,1,"__builtins__","__builtins__");
 	if (!IS_OBJECT(builtinsModule)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "VM startup failure: Failed to load __builtins__ module.\n");
 	} else {