diff --git a/lib/arm/move_instruction.rb b/lib/arm/move_instruction.rb
index d0392378..db268d67 100644
--- a/lib/arm/move_instruction.rb
+++ b/lib/arm/move_instruction.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ module Arm
       io.write_uint32 val
     end
     def shift val , by
-      raise "Not integer #{val}:#{val.class}" unless val.is_a? Fixnum
+      raise "Not integer #{val}:#{val.class} in #{inspect}" unless val.is_a? Fixnum
       val << by
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/core/kernel.rb b/lib/core/kernel.rb
index 948ce326..379ad1f1 100644
--- a/lib/core/kernel.rb
+++ b/lib/core/kernel.rb
@@ -73,6 +73,40 @@ module Core
         b.callne( utoa_function  )
         return utoa_function
       end
+
+      # testing method, hand coded fibo, expects arg in 1 , so pass 2 in, first bogy
+      # result comes in 0
+      # a hand coded version of the fibonachi numbers
+      #  not my hand off course, found in the net from a basic introduction
+      def fibo context
+        fibo_function = Vm::Function.new(:fibo , [Vm::Integer , Vm::Integer] , Vm::Integer )
+        result = fibo_function.args[0]
+        int =fibo_function.args[1]
+        i = Vm::Integer.new(2)
+        f1 = Vm::Integer.new(3)
+        f2 = Vm::Integer.new(4)
+        loop_block = Vm::Block.new("loop")
+        fibo_function.body.instance_eval do
+          cmp( int , 1)
+          mov( result, int , condition_code: :le)
+          mov( :pc , :lr , condition_code: :le)
+          push [  i , f1 , f2 , :lr]
+          mov( f1 , 1)
+          mov(f2 , 0)
+          sub( i , int , 2)
+          add_code loop_block
+        end
+        loop_block.instance_eval do
+          add( f1 , f1 , f2)
+          sub( f2 , f1 , f2)
+          sub( i , i , 1 , update_status: 1)
+          bpl( loop_block )
+          mov( result , f1 )
+          pop [ i , f1 , f2 , :pc]
+        end
+        fibo_function
+      end
+
     end
     
     extend ClassMethods
diff --git a/lib/elf/object_writer.rb b/lib/elf/object_writer.rb
index 70182c91..8ed57d61 100644
--- a/lib/elf/object_writer.rb
+++ b/lib/elf/object_writer.rb
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ require 'elf/string_table_section'
 module Elf
 
   class ObjectWriter
-    def initialize(target)
+    def initialize(program , target)
       @object = Elf::ObjectFile.new(target)
-
+      @program = program
       sym_strtab = Elf::StringTableSection.new(".strtab")
       @object.add_section sym_strtab
       @symbol_table = Elf::SymbolTableSection.new(".symtab", sym_strtab)
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ module Elf
 
       @text = Elf::TextSection.new(".text")
       @object.add_section @text
+      
+      program.link_at( 0 , program.context )
+    
+      binary = program.assemble(StringIO.new )
+      
+      blocks = program.functions.collect{ |f| [f.entry , f.exit , f.body] } 
+      blocks += [program.entry , program.exit , program.main]
+      blocks.flatten.each do |b|
+        add_symbol b.name.to_s , b.position
+      end
+      set_text binary.string      
     end
 
     def set_text(text)
diff --git a/test/arm/test_all.rb b/test/arm/test_all.rb
index 31a27379..10f08b26 100644
--- a/test/arm/test_all.rb
+++ b/test/arm/test_all.rb
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ require_relative "test_logic"
 require_relative "test_move"
 require_relative "test_memory"
 require_relative "test_compare"
+require_relative "test_small_program"
diff --git a/test/arm/test_fibo.rb b/test/arm/test_fibo.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86990622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/arm/test_fibo.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+require_relative 'helper'
+
+class TestFibo < MiniTest::Test
+  
+  def setup
+    @program = Vm::Program.new "Arm"
+  end
+
+  # a hand coded version of the fibonachi numbers
+  #  not my hand off course, found in the net from a basic introduction
+  def test_fibo
+    int = Vm::Integer.new(1) # the one is funny, but the fibo is _really_ tight code and reuses registers
+    fibo = utoa = @program.get_or_create_function(:fibo)
+    @program.main.mov( int , 10 )
+    @program.main.call( fibo )
+    #could put ...
+    write 20 , "fibo"
+  end
+  
+  #helper to write the file
+  def write len ,name
+    writer = Elf::ObjectWriter.new(@program , Elf::Constants::TARGET_ARM)
+    writer.save("#{name}_test.o")    
+  end
+  
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_small_program.rb b/test/arm/test_small_program.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from test/test_small_program.rb
rename to test/arm/test_small_program.rb
diff --git a/test/test_all.rb b/test/test_all.rb
index 2d53d83c..259bc17d 100644
--- a/test/test_all.rb
+++ b/test/test_all.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 require_relative "arm/test_all"
-require_relative "test_small_program"
 #require_relative "test_runner"
 require_relative "parser/test_all"
diff --git a/test/test_runner.rb b/test/test_runner.rb
index a687da02..e2267057 100644
--- a/test/test_runner.rb
+++ b/test/test_runner.rb
@@ -35,18 +35,8 @@ class TestRunner < MiniTest::Test
       end
     end
 
-    program.link_at( 0 , program.context )
-    
-    binary = program.assemble(StringIO.new )
-    assert binary
-    writer = Elf::ObjectWriter.new(Elf::Constants::TARGET_ARM)
-    blocks = program.functions.collect{ |f| [f.entry , f.exit , f.body] } 
-    blocks += [program.entry , program.exit , program.main]
-    blocks.flatten.each do |b|
-      writer.add_symbol b.name.to_s , b.position
-    end
+    writer = Elf::ObjectWriter.new(program , Elf::Constants::TARGET_ARM)
 
-    writer.set_text binary.string
     writer.save(file.gsub(".rb" , ".o"))
 
 #    puts program.to_yaml