diff --git a/src/core/core_string.h b/src/core/core_string.h
index ebe23ae..1c68119 100644
--- a/src/core/core_string.h
+++ b/src/core/core_string.h
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ fn f64 f64_from_s8(s8_t string);
 #define s8_invalid s8_lit("<INVALID>")
 #define s8_lit(string) (s8_t){(char *)string, sizeof(string) - 1}
 #define s8_const_lit(string) { string, sizeof(string) - 1 }
+#define s8_struct(DATA) (s8_t){.str = (char *)&(DATA), .len = sizeof(DATA)}
+#define s8_array(DATA) (s8_t){.str = (char *)(DATA), .len = lengthof(DATA)}
+#define s8_array_lit(DATA) {.str = (char *)(DATA), .len = lengthof(DATA)}
 fn s8_t  s8_from_range(char *begin, char *end);
 fn s8_t  s8_from_char(char *string);
 fn s8_t  s8_copy(ma_arena_t *ma, s8_t string);
@@ -156,8 +159,6 @@ void    *sbin_read_data(stream_t *stream, i64 size);
 //
 // other
 #define s8_fmtspec(string) (int)(string).len, (string).str
-#define s8_struct(DATA) (s8_t){.str = (char *)&(DATA), .len = sizeof(DATA)}
-#define s8_array(DATA) (s8_t){.str = (char *)(DATA), .len = lengthof(DATA)}
 #define S8_CODE(...) s8_lit(#__VA_ARGS__)
 #define S8_FILE s8_lit(__FILE__)
 #define S8_FILE_AND_LINE s8_lit(FILE_AND_LINE)
diff --git a/src/ui/ui.c b/src/ui/ui.c
index ab20865..468ebf3 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui.c
+++ b/src/ui/ui.c
@@ -181,14 +181,6 @@ fn ui_signal_t ui__button(ui_code_loc_t loc, char *str, ...) {
     return signal;
 }
 
-#define ui_list_button(...) ui__list_button(UILOC, __VA_ARGS__)
-fn ui_signal_t ui__list_button(ui_code_loc_t loc, char *str, ...) {
-    S8_FMT(tcx.temp, str, string);
-    ui_box_t *box = ui_build_box_from_string(loc, (ui_box_flags_t){ .draw_text = true }, string);
-    ui_signal_t signal = ui_signal_from_box(box);
-    return signal;
-}
-
 #define ui_label(...) ui__label(UILOC, __VA_ARGS__)
 fn ui_box_t *ui__label(ui_code_loc_t loc, char *str, ...) {
     S8_FMT(tcx.temp, str, string);
@@ -267,7 +259,7 @@ fn void ui__draw_box(app_frame_t *frame, ui_box_t *box) {
     }
     if (ui_is_active_box(box)) {
         rect_color = accent1_color_global;
-        text_color = accent1_color_global;
+        text_color = white_color_global;
     }
 
     if (box->flags.draw_rect) {
@@ -320,7 +312,7 @@ fn void ui_serial_subtype(void *p, type_t *type, s8_t name) {
     switch(type->kind) {
     case type_kind_i8: {
         i8 *n = (i8 *)p;
-        if (ui_list_button("%S: %d##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
+        if (ui_button("%S: %d##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
             f32 delta = ui->event->mouse_delta.x;
             n[0] += (i8)delta;
         }
@@ -328,7 +320,7 @@ fn void ui_serial_subtype(void *p, type_t *type, s8_t name) {
     } break;
     case type_kind_i16: {
         i16 *n = (i16 *)p;
-        if (ui_list_button("%S: %d##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
+        if (ui_button("%S: %d##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
             f32 delta = ui->event->mouse_delta.x;
             n[0] += (i16)delta;
         }
@@ -336,7 +328,7 @@ fn void ui_serial_subtype(void *p, type_t *type, s8_t name) {
     } break;
     case type_kind_i32: {
         i32 *n = (i32 *)p;
-        if (ui_list_button("%S: %d##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
+        if (ui_button("%S: %d##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
             f32 delta = ui->event->mouse_delta.x;
             n[0] += (i32)delta;
         }
@@ -344,7 +336,7 @@ fn void ui_serial_subtype(void *p, type_t *type, s8_t name) {
     } break;
     case type_kind_i64: {
         i64 *n = (i64 *)p;
-        if (ui_list_button("%S: %lld##slider%S", name, (long long)*n, name).dragging) {
+        if (ui_button("%S: %lld##slider%S", name, (long long)*n, name).dragging) {
             f32 delta = ui->event->mouse_delta.x;
             n[0] += (i64)delta;
         }
@@ -352,7 +344,7 @@ fn void ui_serial_subtype(void *p, type_t *type, s8_t name) {
     } break;
     case type_kind_u8: {
         u8 *n = (u8 *)p;
-        if (ui_list_button("%S: %u##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
+        if (ui_button("%S: %u##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
             f32 delta = ui->event->mouse_delta.x;
             n[0] += (u8)delta;
         }
@@ -360,7 +352,7 @@ fn void ui_serial_subtype(void *p, type_t *type, s8_t name) {
     } break;
     case type_kind_u16: {
         u16 *n = (u16 *)p;
-        if (ui_list_button("%S: %u##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
+        if (ui_button("%S: %u##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
             f32 delta = ui->event->mouse_delta.x;
             n[0] += (u16)delta;
         }
@@ -368,7 +360,7 @@ fn void ui_serial_subtype(void *p, type_t *type, s8_t name) {
     } break;
     case type_kind_u32: {
         u32 *n = (u32 *)p;
-        if (ui_list_button("%S: %u##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
+        if (ui_button("%S: %u##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
             f32 delta = ui->event->mouse_delta.x;
             n[0] += (u32)delta;
         }
@@ -376,7 +368,7 @@ fn void ui_serial_subtype(void *p, type_t *type, s8_t name) {
     } break;
     case type_kind_u64: {
         u64 *n = (u64 *)p;
-        if (ui_list_button("%S: %llu##slider%S", name, (unsigned long long)*n, name).dragging) {
+        if (ui_button("%S: %llu##slider%S", name, (unsigned long long)*n, name).dragging) {
             f32 delta = ui->event->mouse_delta.x;
             n[0] += (u64)delta;
         }
@@ -384,35 +376,35 @@ fn void ui_serial_subtype(void *p, type_t *type, s8_t name) {
     } break;
     case type_kind_b8: {
         b8 *n = (b8 *)p;
-        if (ui_list_button("%S: %s", name, *n ? "true" : "false").clicked) {
+        if (ui_button("%S: %s", name, *n ? "true" : "false").clicked) {
             *n = !*n;
         }
         return;
     } break;
     case type_kind_b16: {
         b16 *n = (b16 *)p;
-        if (ui_list_button("%S: %s", name, *n ? "true" : "false").clicked) {
+        if (ui_button("%S: %s", name, *n ? "true" : "false").clicked) {
             *n = !*n;
         }
         return;
     } break;
     case type_kind_b32: {
         b32 *n = (b32 *)p;
-        if (ui_list_button("%S: %s", name, *n ? "true" : "false").clicked) {
+        if (ui_button("%S: %s", name, *n ? "true" : "false").clicked) {
             *n = !*n;
         }
         return;
     } break;
     case type_kind_b64: {
         b64 *n = (b64 *)p;
-        if (ui_list_button("%S: %s", name, *n ? "true" : "false").clicked) {
+        if (ui_button("%S: %s", name, *n ? "true" : "false").clicked) {
             *n = !*n;
         }
         return;
     } break;
     case type_kind_f32: {
         f32 *n = (f32 *)p;
-        if (ui_list_button("%S: %f##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
+        if (ui_button("%S: %f##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
             f32 delta = ui->event->mouse_delta.x;
             n[0] += delta;
         }
@@ -420,7 +412,7 @@ fn void ui_serial_subtype(void *p, type_t *type, s8_t name) {
     } break;
     case type_kind_f64: {
         f64 *n = (f64 *)p;
-        if (ui_list_button("%S: %f##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
+        if (ui_button("%S: %f##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
             f32 delta = ui->event->mouse_delta.x;
             n[0] += delta;
         }
@@ -428,7 +420,7 @@ fn void ui_serial_subtype(void *p, type_t *type, s8_t name) {
     } break;
     case type_kind_isize: {
         isize *n = (isize *)p;
-        if (ui_list_button("%S: %lld##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
+        if (ui_button("%S: %lld##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
             f32 delta = ui->event->mouse_delta.x;
             n[0] += (isize)delta;
         }
@@ -436,7 +428,7 @@ fn void ui_serial_subtype(void *p, type_t *type, s8_t name) {
     } break;
     case type_kind_usize: {
         usize *n = (usize *)p;
-        if (ui_list_button("%S: %llu##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
+        if (ui_button("%S: %llu##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
             f32 delta = ui->event->mouse_delta.x;
             n[0] += (usize)delta;
         }
@@ -444,7 +436,7 @@ fn void ui_serial_subtype(void *p, type_t *type, s8_t name) {
     } break;
     case type_kind_int: {
         int *n = (int *)p;
-        if (ui_list_button("%S: %d##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
+        if (ui_button("%S: %d##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
             f32 delta = ui->event->mouse_delta.x;
             n[0] += (int)delta;
         }
@@ -452,7 +444,7 @@ fn void ui_serial_subtype(void *p, type_t *type, s8_t name) {
     } break;
     case type_kind_char: {
         char *n = (char *)p;
-        if (ui_list_button("%S: %c##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
+        if (ui_button("%S: %c##slider%S", name, *n, name).dragging) {
             f32 delta = ui->event->mouse_delta.x;
             n[0] += (char)delta;
         }
@@ -468,7 +460,7 @@ fn void ui_serial_subtype(void *p, type_t *type, s8_t name) {
     if (type->kind == type_kind_enum) {
         i64 value = ti_enum_read_value(p, type);
         s8_t string_value = ti_enum_value_to_name(value, type);
-        if (ui_list_button("%S: %S = %S", name, type->name, string_value).clicked) {
+        if (ui_button("%S: %S = %S", name, type->name, string_value).clicked) {
             i64 new_value = ti_enum_next_value(p, value, type);
             ti_enum_write_value(p, new_value, type);
         }
@@ -527,12 +519,12 @@ fn void ui_demo_update(app_frame_t *frame) {
 
                 if (tweak->type->kind == type_kind_b32) {
                     b32 *n = (b32 *)tweak->ptr;
-                    if (ui_list_button("%S: %s##slider%S", tweak->name, *n ? "true" : "false", tweak->name).clicked) {
+                    if (ui_button("%S: %s##slider%S", tweak->name, *n ? "true" : "false", tweak->name).clicked) {
                         *n = !*n;
                     }
                 } else if (tweak->type->kind == type_kind_f32) {
                     f32 *n = (f32 *)tweak->ptr;
-                    ui_signal_t signal = ui_list_button("%S: %f##slider%S", tweak->name, *n, tweak->name);
+                    ui_signal_t signal = ui_button("%S: %f##slider%S", tweak->name, *n, tweak->name);
                     if (signal.dragging) {
                         f32 size = tweak->max - tweak->min;
                         v2f32_t string_size = rn_measure_string(rn_state.main_font, signal.box->string);
diff --git a/src/wasm_app/main.c b/src/wasm_app/main.c
index 1f8ccea..1829757 100644
--- a/src/wasm_app/main.c
+++ b/src/wasm_app/main.c
@@ -24,24 +24,23 @@
 #include "render/font.c"
 #include "render/render_opengl.c"
 #include "wasm_app.gen.c"
-
 #include "ui/ui_iter.c"
 #include "ui/ui.c"
 
 fn void app_init(f32 dpr) {
     ma_arena_t *perm = &tcx._perm;
-    mt_embed_file(font_liberation_mono, "package/liberation-mono.ttf");
+    mt_embed_file(font_data, "package/liberation-mono.ttf");
     mt_tweak_f32(font_size, 50, 4, 200);
     mt_tweak_f32(_font_size, 50, 50, 50);
 
-    rn_init(perm, s8_array(font_liberation_mono), font_size * dpr);
+    rn_init(perm, font_data, font_size * dpr);
     ui_demo_init(perm);
 }
 
 fn b32 app_update(app_frame_t *frame) {
     if (!f32_are_equal(font_size, _font_size)) {
         _font_size = font_size;
-        rn_reload_font(s8_array(font_liberation_mono), font_size);
+        rn_reload_font(font_data, font_size);
         debugf("reloading font");
     }
     ui_demo_update(frame);
diff --git a/src/wasm_app/wasm_app.gen.c b/src/wasm_app/wasm_app.gen.c
index 7335349..000b8d6 100644
--- a/src/wasm_app/wasm_app.gen.c
+++ b/src/wasm_app/wasm_app.gen.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-u8 font_liberation_mono[] = {
+gb_read_only u8 font_data_data[] = {
 0,1,0,0,0,16,1,0,0,4,0,0,70,70,84,77,81,159,21,185,0,1,166,108,0,0,0,28,71,68,69,70,2,208,0,36,0,1,166,68,0,0,0,40,79,83,47,50,249,32,119,56,0,0,1,136,0,0,0,96,99,109,97,112,
 86,141,58,69,0,0,7,52,0,0,6,214,99,118,116,32,77,22,94,181,0,0,25,128,0,0,2,60,102,112,103,109,115,211,35,176,0,0,14,12,0,0,7,5,103,97,115,112,0,24,0,9,0,1,166,52,0,0,0,16,103,108,121,102,
 110,248,53,199,0,0,33,0,0,1,104,60,104,101,97,100,249,30,158,54,0,0,1,12,0,0,0,54,104,104,101,97,11,89,2,89,0,0,1,68,0,0,0,36,104,109,116,120,185,156,200,204,0,0,1,232,0,0,5,74,108,111,99,97,
@@ -1691,9 +1691,10 @@ u8 font_liberation_mono[] = {
 255,255,0,3,0,1,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,24,0,32,0,0,0,2,0,1,0,1,2,160,0,1,0,4,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,201,137,111,49,0,0,0,0,189,118,137,36,
 0,0,0,0,202,159,29,99,
 };
+gb_read_only s8_t font_data = s8_array_lit(font_data_data);
 gb f32 font_size = 50;
 gb f32 _font_size = 50;
-mt_tweak_t tweak_table[] = {
+gb_read_only mt_tweak_t tweak_table[] = {
 {type(f32), s8_const_lit("font_size"), &font_size, 4, 200},
 {type(f32), s8_const_lit("_font_size"), &_font_size, 50, 50},
 
diff --git a/src/wasm_app/wasm_app.meta.c b/src/wasm_app/wasm_app.meta.c
index f835531..51e7d67 100644
--- a/src/wasm_app/wasm_app.meta.c
+++ b/src/wasm_app/wasm_app.meta.c
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ void mt_wasm_app(ma_arena_t *arena) {
                 parser_expect(par, lex_kind_close_paren);
                 s8_t relpath = s8_printf(arena, "../%S", path->string);
                 s8_t content = OS_ReadFile(&Perm, relpath);
-                cg_byte_array_from_data_ex(sb_embeds, content, var_name->string);
+
+                sb8_printf(sb_embeds, "gb_read_only ");
+                cg_byte_array_from_data_ex(sb_embeds, content, s8_printf(arena, "%S_data", var_name->string));
+                sb8_printf(sb_embeds, "gb_read_only s8_t %S = s8_array_lit(%S_data);\n", var_name->string, var_name->string);
                 matched = true;
             }
 
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ void mt_wasm_app(ma_arena_t *arena) {
     for (cg_tweak_t *it = first_tweak; it; it = it->next) {
         sb8_printf(sb_embeds, "gb %S %S = %S;\n", it->type->name, it->name, it->value);
     }
-    sb8_printf(sb_embeds, "mt_tweak_t tweak_table[] = {\n");
+    sb8_printf(sb_embeds, "gb_read_only mt_tweak_t tweak_table[] = {\n");
     for (cg_tweak_t *it = first_tweak; it; it = it->next) {
         sb8_printf(sb_embeds, "{type(%S), s8_const_lit(\"%S\"), &%S, %S, %S},\n", it->type->name, it->name, it->name, it->min, it->max);
     }