diff --git a/samples/calc-zig/build.bat b/samples/calc-zig/build.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c1c2ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/calc-zig/build.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+@echo off
+
+:: compile wasm module
+set wasmFlags=--target=wasm32^
+       --no-standard-libraries ^
+       -fno-builtin ^
+       -Wl,--no-entry ^
+       -Wl,--export-dynamic ^
+       -g ^
+       -O2 ^
+       -mbulk-memory ^
+       -D__ORCA__ ^
+       -isystem ..\..\src\libc-shim\include ^
+       -I..\..\ext -I ..\..\src
+
+clang %wasmFlags% -o .\liborca.a ..\..\src\orca.c ..\..\src\libc-shim\src\*.c
+IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 EXIT /B %ERRORLEVEL%
+
+zig build bundle
diff --git a/samples/calc-zig/build.zig b/samples/calc-zig/build.zig
index 044f6f6..7cd4236 100644
--- a/samples/calc-zig/build.zig
+++ b/samples/calc-zig/build.zig
@@ -1,48 +1,96 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 
-pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
+fn addSourceString(str: []const u8, strings: *std.ArrayList(u8), sources: *std.ArrayList([]const u8)) !void {
+    var begin = strings.items.len;
+    try strings.appendSlice(str);
+    var realstring = strings.items[begin..];
+    try sources.append(realstring);
+}
+
+pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
     const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
-
-    // builds the wasm module out of the orca C sources and main.zig
-    const lib = b.addSharedLibrary(.{
-        .name = "module",
-        .root_source_file = .{ .path = "src/main.zig" },
-        .target = std.zig.CrossTarget{
-            .cpu_arch = .wasm32,
-            .os_tag = .freestanding,
-        },
-        .optimize = optimize,
-    });
-    lib.rdynamic = true;
-
-    // const orca_sources = [_][]const u8{"../../src/orca.c"}; //, "../../src/libc-shim/src/*.c"
-    const orca_sources = [_][]const u8{ "../../src/orca.c", "../../src/libc-shim/src/string.c" };
-    const orca_compile_opts = [_][]const u8{
-        "-D__ORCA__",
-        "--no-standard-libraries",
-        "-fno-builtin",
-        "-I../../src",
-        "-I../../src/libc-shim/include",
-        "-I../../ext",
-        "-Wl,--export-all",
-        "-g",
+    const wasm_target = std.zig.CrossTarget{
+        .cpu_arch = .wasm32,
+        .os_tag = .freestanding,
     };
 
-    // -isystem ..\..\src\libc-shim\include ^
-    // -I..\..\ext -I ..\..\src
+    //NOTE(reuben) - Ideally we would build the orca wasm lib and link it all within build.zig, but there
+    //               seems to be a bug where the -mbulk-memory flag is ignored and memory.copy and
+    //               memory.fill instructions aren't generated, leading the memcpy and memset instructions
+    //               to become infinitely recursive, crashing the program. So for now we build the orca
+    //               wasm lib with clang and link it in here.
 
-    lib.addIncludePath(.{ .path = "../../src" });
-    lib.addIncludePath(.{ .path = "../../src/libc-shim/include" });
-    lib.addIncludePath(.{ .path = "../../ext" });
-    lib.addCSourceFiles(&orca_sources, &orca_compile_opts);
+    // var orca_source_strings = try std.ArrayList(u8).initCapacity(b.allocator, 1024 * 4);
+    // var orca_sources = try std.ArrayList([]const u8).initCapacity(b.allocator, 128);
+    // defer orca_source_strings.deinit();
+    // defer orca_sources.deinit();
+
+    // {
+    //     try addSourceString("../../src/orca.c", &orca_source_strings, &orca_sources);
+
+    //     var libc_shim_dir = try std.fs.cwd().openIterableDir("../../src/libc-shim/src", .{});
+    //     var walker = try libc_shim_dir.walk(b.allocator);
+    //     defer walker.deinit();
+
+    //     while (try walker.next()) |entry| {
+    //         const extension = std.fs.path.extension(entry.path);
+    //         if (std.mem.eql(u8, extension, ".c")) {
+    //             var path_buffer: [std.fs.MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
+    //             var abs_path = try libc_shim_dir.dir.realpath(entry.path, &path_buffer);
+    //             try addSourceString(abs_path, &orca_source_strings, &orca_sources);
+    //             // std.debug.print("adding libc shim source: {s}\n", .{abs_path});
+    //         }
+    //     }
+    // }
+
+    // const orca_compile_opts = [_][]const u8{
+    //     "-D__ORCA__",
+    //     "--no-standard-libraries",
+    //     "-fno-builtin",
+    //     "-isystem ../../src/libc-shim/include",
+    //     "-I../../src",
+    //     "-I../../ext",
+    //     "-O2",
+    //     "-mbulk-memory",
+    //     "-Wl,--no-entry",
+    //     "-Wl,--export-all",
+    //     "-g",
+    // };
+
+    // var orca_lib = b.addStaticLibrary(.{
+    //     .name = "orca",
+    //     .target = wasm_target,
+    //     .optimize = optimize,
+    // });
+    // orca_lib.rdynamic = true;
+    // orca_lib.addIncludePath(.{ .path = "../../src" });
+    // orca_lib.addIncludePath(.{ .path = "../../src/libc-shim/include" });
+    // orca_lib.addIncludePath(.{ .path = "../../ext" });
+    // orca_lib.addCSourceFiles(orca_sources.items, &orca_compile_opts);
+    // b.installArtifact(orca_lib);
+
+    // builds the wasm module out of the orca C sources and main.zig
+    const wasm_lib = b.addSharedLibrary(.{
+        .name = "module",
+        .root_source_file = .{ .path = "src/main.zig" },
+        .target = wasm_target,
+        .optimize = optimize,
+    });
+    wasm_lib.rdynamic = true;
 
     const orca_module: *std.Build.Module = b.createModule(.{
         .source_file = .{ .path = "../../src/orca.zig" },
     });
-    lib.addModule("orca", orca_module);
+    wasm_lib.addIncludePath(.{ .path = "../../src" });
+    wasm_lib.addIncludePath(.{ .path = "../../src/libc-shim/include" });
+    wasm_lib.addIncludePath(.{ .path = "../../ext" });
+    wasm_lib.addModule("orca", orca_module);
+    // wasm_lib.linkLibrary(orca_lib);
+    wasm_lib.addLibraryPath(.{ .path = "." });
+    wasm_lib.linkSystemLibrary("orca");
 
-    // copies the wasm module into zig-out/lib
-    b.installArtifact(lib);
+    // copies the wasm module into zig-out/wasm_lib
+    b.installArtifact(wasm_lib);
 
     // Runs the orca build command
     const bundle_cmd_str = [_][]const u8{ "orca", "bundle", "--orca-dir", "../..", "--name", "Calc", "--icon", "icon.png", "--resource-dir", "data", "zig-out/lib/module.wasm" };