diff --git a/src/core/core.c b/src/core/core.c
index 8c60f21..9730afc 100644
--- a/src/core/core.c
+++ b/src/core/core.c
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@
 #define STB_SPRINTF_IMPLEMENTATION
 #include "stb_sprintf.h"
 #include "core_string.c"
-#include "log.c"
+#include "core_log.c"
 #include "core_lexer.c"
 #include "core_type_info.c"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/core/core.h b/src/core/core.h
index 5ca991b..71d67f3 100644
--- a/src/core/core.h
+++ b/src/core/core.h
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@
 #include "core_lexer.h"
 #include "core_math.h"
 #include "core_intrin.h"
-#include "core_type_info.h"
\ No newline at end of file
+#include "core_type_info.h"
+#include "core_log.h"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/core/core_defines.h b/src/core/core_defines.h
index 0833d62..d6e164a 100644
--- a/src/core/core_defines.h
+++ b/src/core/core_defines.h
@@ -230,6 +230,3 @@ typedef double f64;
     } while (0)
 #define DLLS_REMOVE(first, node) DLLS_REMOVE_MOD(first, node, next, prev)
 
-void debugf(const char *string, ...);
-void panicf(const char *string, ...);
-
diff --git a/src/core/log.c b/src/core/core_log.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/log.c
rename to src/core/core_log.c
diff --git a/src/core/core_log.h b/src/core/core_log.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5a2b7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/core_log.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+** [ ] investigate: how to design api! (minimal platform code)
+**     [ ] ryan and allen do some kind of log data structure, is that worth anything?
+**     [ ] how programming languages do it?
+**     [ ] probably want to log stuff without it being in my face all the time
+** [ ] want to warn user without quiting with option of silencing
+**     (use case: lexing error but don't care)
+** [ ] wasm doesn't handle console logging without new line XD
+*/
+void debugf(const char *string, ...);
+void debugexf(const char *string, ...);
+void panicf(const char *string, ...);