diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d42ac36..e6857d8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 # Nix
-/result
-/result-*
+result
+result-*
 
 # Rust
 /target
-
-# Helix
-/.helix
diff --git a/nixide-sys/tests/eval.rs b/nixide-sys/tests/eval.rs
index c417850..742b4d0 100644
--- a/nixide-sys/tests/eval.rs
+++ b/nixide-sys/tests/eval.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#![cfg(feature = "nix-expr-c")]
 #![cfg(test)]
 
 use std::{
diff --git a/nixide-sys/tests/flake.rs b/nixide-sys/tests/flake.rs
index d9f67c8..01fed21 100644
--- a/nixide-sys/tests/flake.rs
+++ b/nixide-sys/tests/flake.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#![cfg(feature = "nix-flake-c")]
 #![cfg(test)]
 
 use std::ptr;
diff --git a/nixide-sys/tests/memory.rs b/nixide-sys/tests/memory.rs
index 4ac8702..229b6bd 100644
--- a/nixide-sys/tests/memory.rs
+++ b/nixide-sys/tests/memory.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#![cfg(feature = "nix-expr-c")]
 #![cfg(test)]
 
 use std::ffi::CString;
diff --git a/nixide-sys/tests/primop.rs b/nixide-sys/tests/primop.rs
index 257faaf..ecfacf8 100644
--- a/nixide-sys/tests/primop.rs
+++ b/nixide-sys/tests/primop.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#![cfg(feature = "nix-expr-c")]
 #![cfg(test)]
 
 use std::{
diff --git a/nixide-sys/tests/store.rs b/nixide-sys/tests/store.rs
index b1c8171..bb12a33 100644
--- a/nixide-sys/tests/store.rs
+++ b/nixide-sys/tests/store.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#![cfg(feature = "nix-store-c")]
 #![cfg(test)]
 
 use std::{ffi::CString, ptr};
diff --git a/nixide/src/errors/context.rs b/nixide/src/errors/context.rs
index 6ea266e..39b1ea6 100644
--- a/nixide/src/errors/context.rs
+++ b/nixide/src/errors/context.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use std::ffi::c_void;
 use std::ptr::NonNull;
 
 use super::{NixError, NixideResult};
-use crate::stdext::{AsCPtr as _, CCharPtrExt as _};
+use crate::stdext::CCharPtrExt as _;
 use crate::sys;
 use crate::util::panic_issue_call_failed;
 use crate::util::wrap;
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ use crate::util::wrappers::AsInnerPtr;
 /// ```c
 /// assert(*(nix_err*)ctx == NIX_OK);
 /// ```
-///
 pub(crate) struct ErrorContext {
+    // XXX: TODO: add a RwLock to this (maybe Arc<RwLock>? or is that excessive?)
     inner: NonNull<sys::nix_c_context>,
 }
 
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ impl Into<NixideResult<()>> for &ErrorContext {
     ///
     /// This function will panic in the event that `value != sys::nix_err_NIX_OK`
     /// but that `context.get_code() == sys::nix_err_NIX_OK`
-    ///
     fn into(self) -> NixideResult<()> {
         let inner = match self.get_err() {
             Some(err) => err,
@@ -133,22 +132,37 @@ impl ErrorContext {
     ///
     /// Returns an error if no memory can be allocated for
     /// the underlying [sys::nix_c_context] struct.
-    ///
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         match NonNull::new(unsafe { sys::nix_c_context_create() }) {
             Some(inner) => ErrorContext { inner },
             None => panic!("[nixide] CRITICAL FAILURE: Out-Of-Memory condition reached - `sys::nix_c_context_create` allocation failed!"),
         }
+
+        // Initialize required libraries
+        // XXX: TODO: move this to a separate init function (maybe a Nix::init() function)
+        // unsafe {
+        //     NixErrorCode::from(
+        //         sys::nix_libutil_init(ctx.inner.as_ptr()),
+        //         "nix_libutil_init",
+        //     )?;
+        //     NixErrorCode::from(
+        //         sys::nix_libstore_init(ctx.inner.as_ptr()),
+        //         "nix_libstore_init",
+        //     )?;
+        //     NixErrorCode::from(
+        //         sys::nix_libexpr_init(ctx.inner.as_ptr()),
+        //         "nix_libexpr_init",
+        //     )?;
+        // };
     }
 
     /// Check the error code and return an error if it's not `NIX_OK`.
-    ///
     pub fn peak(&self) -> NixideResult<()> {
         self.into()
     }
 
-    /// Equivalent to running `self.peak()` then `self.clear()`
     ///
+    /// Equivalent to running `self.peak()` then `self.clear()`
     pub fn pop(&mut self) -> NixideResult<()> {
         self.peak().and_then(|_| Ok(self.clear()))
     }
@@ -190,32 +204,24 @@ impl ErrorContext {
     /// }
     /// ```
     ///
-    #[allow(unused)]
-    pub fn set_err(&self, err: NixError, msg: &str) -> NixideResult<()> {
+    pub fn set_err(&self, err: NixError, msg: &str) {
         let ptr = unsafe { self.as_ptr() };
         assert!(!ptr.is_null(), "");
 
-        unsafe {
-            sys::nix_set_err_msg(ptr, err.err_code(), msg.as_c_ptr()?);
-        }
-
-        Ok(())
+        sys::nix_set_err_msg(ptr, err.into())
     }
 
     /// Returns [None] if [self.code] is [sys::nix_err_NIX_OK], and [Some] otherwise.
     ///
     /// # Nix C++ API Internals
-    ///
     /// ```cpp
     /// nix_err nix_err_code(const nix_c_context * read_context)
     /// {
     ///     return read_context->last_err_code;
     /// }
     /// ```
-    ///
     /// This function **never fails**.
-    ///
-    fn get_err(&self) -> Option<sys::nix_err> {
+    pub(super) fn get_err(&self) -> Option<sys::nix_err> {
         let err = unsafe { sys::nix_err_code(self.as_ptr()) };
 
         match err {
@@ -227,7 +233,6 @@ impl ErrorContext {
     /// Returns [None] if [self.code] is [sys::nix_err_NIX_OK], and [Some] otherwise.
     ///
     /// # Nix C++ API Internals
-    ///
     /// ```cpp
     /// const char * nix_err_msg(nix_c_context * context, const nix_c_context * read_context, unsigned int * n)
     /// {
@@ -244,7 +249,6 @@ impl ErrorContext {
     /// ```
     ///
     /// # Note
-    ///
     /// On failure [sys::nix_err_name] does the following if the error
     /// has the error code [sys::nix_err_NIX_OK]:
     /// ```cpp
@@ -253,8 +257,7 @@ impl ErrorContext {
     /// ```
     /// Hence we can just test whether the returned pointer is a `NULL` pointer,
     /// and avoid passing in a [sys::nix_c_context] struct.
-    ///
-    fn get_msg(&self) -> Option<String> {
+    pub(super) fn get_msg(&self) -> Option<String> {
         let ctx = ErrorContext::new();
         unsafe {
             // NOTE: an Err here only occurs when `self.get_code() == Ok(())`
@@ -295,14 +298,12 @@ impl ErrorContext {
     /// `nix_set_err_msg` will cause undefined behaviour if `context` is a null pointer (see below)
     /// due to [https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/issues/1208].
     /// So we should never assigned it [std::ptr::null_mut].
-    ///
     /// ```cpp
     /// if (context == nullptr) {
     ///     throw nix::Error("Nix C api error: %s", msg);
     /// }
     /// ```
-    ///
-    fn get_nix_err_name(&self) -> Option<String> {
+    pub(super) fn get_nix_err_name(&self) -> Option<String> {
         #[allow(unused_unsafe)] // XXX: TODO: remove this `unused_unsafe`
         unsafe {
             // NOTE: an Err here only occurs when "Last error was not a nix error"
@@ -348,14 +349,12 @@ impl ErrorContext {
     /// `nix_set_err_msg` will cause undefined behaviour if `context` is a null pointer (see below)
     /// due to [https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/issues/1208].
     /// So we should never assigned it [std::ptr::null_mut].
-    ///
     /// ```cpp
     /// if (context == nullptr) {
     ///     throw nix::Error("Nix C api error: %s", msg);
     /// }
     /// ```
-    ///
-    fn get_nix_err_info_msg(&self) -> Option<String> {
+    pub(super) fn get_nix_err_info_msg(&self) -> Option<String> {
         #[allow(unused_unsafe)] // XXX: TODO: remove this `unused_unsafe`
         unsafe {
             // NOTE: an Err here only occurs when "Last error was not a nix error"
diff --git a/nixide/src/errors/nix_error.rs b/nixide/src/errors/nix_error.rs
index 1d67312..5e3938e 100644
--- a/nixide/src/errors/nix_error.rs
+++ b/nixide/src/errors/nix_error.rs
@@ -113,18 +113,3 @@ impl Display for NixError {
         }
     }
 }
-
-impl NixError {
-    pub fn err_code(&self) -> sys::nix_err {
-        match self {
-            NixError::Overflow => sys::nix_err_NIX_ERR_OVERFLOW,
-            NixError::KeyNotFound(_) => sys::nix_err_NIX_ERR_NIX_ERROR,
-            NixError::ExprEval {
-                name: _,
-                info_msg: _,
-            } => sys::nix_err_NIX_ERR_NIX_ERROR,
-            NixError::Unknown => sys::nix_err_NIX_ERR_UNKNOWN,
-            NixError::Undocumented(err) => err.clone(),
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/nixide/src/expr/realised_string.rs b/nixide/src/expr/realised_string.rs
index a3dbc7c..5be5f8b 100644
--- a/nixide/src/expr/realised_string.rs
+++ b/nixide/src/expr/realised_string.rs
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ use crate::{EvalState, NixideResult, StorePath};
 
 pub struct RealisedString {
     inner: NonNull<sys::nix_realised_string>,
+    // pub path: LazyCell<StorePath, Box<fn() -> StorePath>>,
     pub path: StorePath,
-    pub children:
-        LazyArray<StorePath, fn(&LazyArray<StorePath, fn(usize) -> StorePath>, usize) -> StorePath>,
+    pub children: LazyArray<StorePath, fn(&LazyArray<StorePath, fn(usize) -> StorePath>, usize) -> StorePath>>,
 }
 
 impl AsInnerPtr<sys::nix_realised_string> for RealisedString {
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ impl RealisedString {
         Ok(Self {
             inner,
             path: Self::parse_path(inner.as_ptr(), state),
+            // children: LazyArray::new(size, delegate as fn(usize) -> StorePath),
             children: LazyArray::<StorePath, Box<dyn Fn(usize) -> StorePath>>::new(
                 size,
                 Box::new(delegate),
diff --git a/nixide/src/lib.rs b/nixide/src/lib.rs
index 2acbdd1..dd127c6 100644
--- a/nixide/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nixide/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ mod version;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "expr")]
 mod expr;
-#[cfg(feature = "flake")]
-mod flake;
 #[cfg(feature = "store")]
 mod store;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "flake")]
+mod flake;
+
 pub use errors::{NixError, NixideError, NixideResult};
-pub use verbosity::{set_verbosity, NixVerbosity};
+pub use verbosity::NixVerbosity;
 pub use version::NixVersion;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "expr")]
diff --git a/nixide/src/stdext/cchar_ptr_ext.rs b/nixide/src/stdext/cchar_ptr_ext.rs
index 0a91b86..733ed98 100644
--- a/nixide/src/stdext/cchar_ptr_ext.rs
+++ b/nixide/src/stdext/cchar_ptr_ext.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@ use crate::errors::new_nixide_error;
 use crate::NixideResult;
 
 pub trait AsCPtr<T> {
-    #[allow(unused)]
     fn as_c_ptr(&self) -> NixideResult<*const T>;
 
-    #[allow(unused)]
     fn into_c_ptr(self) -> NixideResult<*mut T>;
 }
 
@@ -33,10 +31,8 @@ where
 }
 
 pub trait CCharPtrExt {
-    #[allow(unused)]
     fn to_utf8_string(self) -> NixideResult<String>;
 
-    #[allow(unused)]
     fn to_utf8_string_n(self, n: usize) -> NixideResult<String>;
 }
 
diff --git a/nixide/src/stdext/mod.rs b/nixide/src/stdext/mod.rs
index d30c295..fe17913 100644
--- a/nixide/src/stdext/mod.rs
+++ b/nixide/src/stdext/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 mod cchar_ptr_ext;
 
-pub(crate) use cchar_ptr_ext::{AsCPtr, CCharPtrExt};
+pub(crate) use cchar_ptr_ext::CCharPtrExt;
 pub(crate) use stdext::*;
diff --git a/nixide/src/util/lazy_array.rs b/nixide/src/util/lazy_array.rs
index 6b4b1a5..2808314 100644
--- a/nixide/src/util/lazy_array.rs
+++ b/nixide/src/util/lazy_array.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-use std::cell::{Ref, RefCell};
+use std::cell::RefCell;
+use std::rc::Rc;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct LazyArray<T, F>
 where
     F: Fn(usize) -> T,
 {
-    inner: RefCell<Vec<Option<T>>>,
+    inner: Rc<RefCell<Vec<Option<T>>>>,
     size: usize,
     delegate: F,
 }
@@ -21,25 +22,58 @@ where
         }
 
         LazyArray {
-            inner: RefCell::new(vec),
+            inner: Rc::new(RefCell::new(vec)),
             size,
             delegate,
         }
     }
 
-    /// Returns `None` if `index >= self.size` otherwise always succeeds
+    /// Returns `None` if `index < self.size` otherwise always succeeds
     /// (unless of course the callback you supply panics).
     ///
-    pub fn get<'a>(&'a mut self, index: usize) -> Option<Ref<'a, Option<T>>> {
-        let borrowed = self.inner.borrow();
+    // pub fn get(&mut self, index: usize) -> Option<&T> {
+    //     // let x = self.inner.get(index).copied().and_then(|value| match value {
+    //     //     Some(value) => Some(value),
+    //     //     None => {
+    //     //         // store the value first
+    //     //         let value = (self.delegate)(index);
+    //     //         self.inner[index] = Some(value);
 
+    //     //         // now get a reference to it
+    //     //         if let Some(v) = &self.inner[index] {
+    //     //             return Some(v);
+    //     //         }
+    //     //         None
+    //     //     }
+    //     // })
+    //     match self.inner.clone().borrow().get(index) {
+    //         Some(Some(value)) => Some(value),
+    //         Some(None) => {
+    //             let mut inner = self.inner.clone().borrow_mut();
+    //             // store the value first
+    //             inner[index] = Some((self.delegate)(index));
+
+    //             // now get a reference to it
+    //             inner[index].as_ref()
+    //         }
+    //         None => None,
+    //     }
+    // }
+    pub fn get(&mut self, index: usize) -> Option<Rc<T>> {
         if index >= self.size {
             return None;
-        } else if borrowed[index].is_none() {
-            let value = (self.delegate)(index);
-            self.inner.borrow_mut()[index] = Some(value);
         }
 
-        Some(Ref::map(borrowed, |v| &v[index]))
+        // let inner = self.inner.borrow();
+        if let Some(value) = self.inner.borrow()[index].as_ref() {
+            return Some(Rc::new(value));
+        }
+
+        // drop(inner); // explicitly drop the borrow
+
+        let value = (self.delegate)(index);
+        self.inner.borrow_mut()[index] = Some(value);
+
+        Some(Rc::new(self.inner.borrow()[index].unwrap()))
     }
 }
diff --git a/nixide/src/util/wrappers.rs b/nixide/src/util/wrappers.rs
index 938187c..c3e4b07 100644
--- a/nixide/src/util/wrappers.rs
+++ b/nixide/src/util/wrappers.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ pub trait AsInnerPtr<T> {
     /// Although this function isn't inherently `unsafe`, it is
     /// marked as such intentionally to force calls to be wrapped
     /// in `unsafe` blocks for clarity.
-    #[allow(unused)]
     unsafe fn as_ptr(&self) -> *mut T;
 
     /// Returns a shared reference to the inner `libnix` C struct.
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ pub trait AsInnerPtr<T> {
     /// Although this function isn't inherently `unsafe`, it is
     /// marked as such intentionally to force calls to be wrapped
     /// in `unsafe` blocks for clarity.
-    #[allow(unused)]
     unsafe fn as_ref(&self) -> &T;
 
     /// Returns a unique reference to the inner `libnix` C struct.
@@ -30,6 +28,5 @@ pub trait AsInnerPtr<T> {
     /// Although this function isn't inherently `unsafe`, it is
     /// marked as such intentionally to force calls to be wrapped
     /// in `unsafe` blocks for clarity.
-    #[allow(unused)]
     unsafe fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T;
 }