diff --git a/main.rkt b/main.rkt
index 848d25b..edee26e 100644
--- a/main.rkt
+++ b/main.rkt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #lang racket/base
-(require (only-in (planet mb/pollen/tools) as-list named-xexpr? decode tee ƒ)
-         (only-in (planet mb/pollen/main-helper) split-metas require-extras))
+(require (planet mb/pollen/tools)
+         (planet mb/pollen/main-helper))
 
 (provide (except-out (all-from-out racket/base) #%module-begin)
          (rename-out [module-begin #%module-begin]))
@@ -22,52 +22,38 @@
    ; doclang2_raw is a clone of scribble/doclang2 with decode disabled
    ; helpful because it collects & exports content via 'doc
    (module pollen-inner (planet mb/pollen/doclang2_raw)
+     ; use same requires as top of main.rkt 
+     ; (can't import them from surrounding module due to submodule rules)
      (require (planet mb/pollen/tools)
-              (planet mb/pollen/template) ; for navigation functions
               (planet mb/pollen/main-helper)) ; for split-metas and get-here
      (require-and-provide-extras) ; brings in the project require files
      
      ; #%top binding catches ids that aren't defined
      ; here, convert them to basic xexpr
      ; #%top is a syntax transformer that returns a function
-     ; ƒ x captures all the args (vs. ƒ(x), which only catches one)
+     ; λ x captures all the args (vs. λ(x), which only catches one)
      ; and id is not spliced because it's syntax, not a true variable
      (define-syntax-rule (#%top . id)
-       (ƒ x `(id ,@x)))
+       (λ x `(id ,@x)))
      
      expr ... ; body of module   
      (define inner-here here) ; set up a hook for 'here (different name to avoid macrofication)
-     (provide (all-defined-out))
-     (provide (all-from-out ; pollen file should bring its requires
-               (planet mb/pollen/tools)
-               (planet mb/pollen/template)))) 
+     (provide (all-defined-out))) 
    
    (require 'pollen-inner) ; provides 'doc
    
    (define text (as-list doc)) ; if single line, text will be a string
-   (set! text (if (named-xexpr? text) ; different setup depending on whether we have
-                  `(main ,text) ; a whole xexpr or
-                  `(main ,@text))) ; just xexpr content
+   (define main (append
+                 (merge-newlines 
+                 ; different setup depending on whether we have
+                 (if (named-xexpr? text) 
+                     `(main ,text) ; a whole xexpr or
+                     `(main ,@text))) ; just xexpr content 
+                 (list (meta "here" inner-here)))) ; append inner-here as meta
    
-   ; take out the metas so they don't goof up decoding
-   (define-values (raw-main metas) (split-metas text))
-   
-   ; splice in any included files
-   ; todo: is this a safe operation?
-   ; assume that main will never have an attr field
-   ; because attr would parse out as content.
-   (set! raw-main (splice-xexpr-content raw-main))
-   
-   ; decode
-   (define main (decode raw-main))
-   
-   ; append metas to decoded 
-   (when metas
-     (set! main (append main metas)))
-   
-   (provide main text ; module language add-ons
-            (except-out (all-from-out 'pollen-inner) inner-here) ; everything from user 
-            (rename-out (inner-here here))) ; change back to 'here
+   (provide main)
    
    (module+ main 
-     ((tee (ƒ(x)x) (ƒ(x)(format "named-xexpr? ~a" (named-xexpr? main)))) main)))) 
+     (print main)
+     (displayln "")
+     (displayln (format "named-xexpr? ~a" (named-xexpr? main)))))) 
diff --git a/tests/pollen-lang-test.p b/tests/pollen-lang-test.p
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acd2418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pollen-lang-test.p
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#lang planet mb/pollen
+
+◊meta["metakey" "metavalue"]
+
+Hello world
+   
+Goodnight moon
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