diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 8c2340b..b9d5a01 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
       packages = forEachSupportedSystem ({ pkgs }: {
         default = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "mineschemer" ''
         LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${pkgs.raylib}/lib" \
-        ${pkgs.chez}/bin/scheme \
-          --script ${pkgs.writeText "main.scm" (builtins.readFile ./main.scm)} \
+        ${pkgs.chez}/bin/scheme              \
+          --script ${./main.scm}             \
+          ${./skins/classic.bmp}             \
           $@
         '';
       });
diff --git a/main.scm b/main.scm
index abe441f..01f91be 100644
--- a/main.scm
+++ b/main.scm
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@
 ; draw-game-over as a separate thing would be nice
 
 ; the game shows -99 when (- num-mines num-flagged) is less than -99
-(define (run-game mines width height seed)
+(define (run-game mines width height seed skin-path)
   (init-window (* width square-width) (* height square-width) "mineschemer")
   (set-target-fps 60)
 
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@
   (newline)
   (random-seed seed)
 
-  (let ([skin (load-skin "xp-flowers.bmp")]
+  (let ([skin (load-texture skin-path)]
 	[game (new-game mines width height)])
     ;; (display skin)
     ;; (newline)
@@ -734,10 +734,12 @@
   (time-nanosecond (current-time)))
 
 (unless (and
-	 (>= 4 (length (command-line-arguments)) 3)
-	 (for-all number? (map string->number (command-line-arguments))))
+	 (pair? (command-line-arguments))
+	 (>= 4 (length (cdr (command-line-arguments))) 3)
+	 (for-all number? (map string->number (cdr (command-line-arguments)))))
   (display "i need 3-4 numbers (MINES WIDTH HEIGHT SEED)")
   (exit 1))
 
-(apply run-game (append (map string->number (command-line-arguments))
-			(list (get-nano-seed))))
+; i really need some actual arg parsing this is embarassing 
+(apply run-game (append (map string->number (cdr (command-line-arguments)))
+			(list (get-nano-seed) (car (command-line-arguments)))))
diff --git a/skins/classic.bmp b/skins/classic.bmp
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diff --git a/skins/ewq-inverted-colors.bmp b/skins/ewq-inverted-colors.bmp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a59d0a0
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diff --git a/skins/xp-flowers.bmp b/skins/xp-flowers.bmp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5ea70f
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