diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 62f7ed6..3972966 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@
                 {
                     "root_module": "src/main.rs",
                     "edition": "2018",
+                    "deps": [{
+                        "crate": 1,
+                        "name": "hello",
+                    }],
+                },
+                {
+                    "root_module": "include/hello.rs",
+                    "edition": "2018",
                     "deps": [],
                 },
             ]
diff --git a/compile.sh b/compile.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3786f22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compile.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+rustc --crate-type=lib include/hello.rs
+rustc --extern hello=libhello.rlib src/main.rs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/hello.rs b/include/hello.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fda37c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/hello.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/// prints a hello world message
+pub fn print_hello() {
+    println!("Hello World!");
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 588039a..0a25bc6 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
-fn foo() {}
 fn main() {
-    std::asm!()
-    println!("Hello, world!");
+    std::assert!(true);
+    hello::print_hello();
 }