diff --git a/desktop/sources/lisp/prelude.lisp b/desktop/sources/lisp/prelude.lisp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82c0999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/sources/lisp/prelude.lisp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+(echo "Loading prelude.lisp")
+
+(defn translate 
+    (r p)
+    (clone 
+        r
+        (rect 
+            (of p :x)
+            (of p :y)
+            (of r :w)
+            (of r :h))))
diff --git a/desktop/sources/scripts/lisp.js b/desktop/sources/scripts/lisp.js
index 07b4165..46a55d4 100644
--- a/desktop/sources/scripts/lisp.js
+++ b/desktop/sources/scripts/lisp.js
@@ -167,10 +167,12 @@ function Lisp (input, lib) {
   }
 
   this.parse = function (input) {
-    return parenthesize(tokenize(`(${input})`))
+    return parenthesize(tokenize(input))
   }
 
   this.toPixels = async function () {
-    return interpret(this.parse(input))
+    return interpret(this.parse(`(
+    (include "./sources/lisp/prelude.lisp") 
+    ${input})`))
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/glitch.lisp b/examples/glitch.lisp
index 5491fc8..064d5e1 100644
--- a/examples/glitch.lisp
+++ b/examples/glitch.lisp
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@
 (defn glitch 
   (rec) 
   (if (gt rec 1)
-  ((clone 
-    (rect (random 400) (random 400) 2 2)
-    (rect (random 400) (random 400) 
-(random 10) (random 30)))
-    (glitch (sub rec 1))))
-)
+    (
+      (translate
+        (rect (random 400) (random 400) (random 10) (random 10))
+        (pos (random 400) (random 400)))
+      (glitch (sub rec 1)))))
 
 (import 
   "../static/crystal.jpg"