diff --git a/smop/Makefile b/smop/Makefile
index 567c6855..41987aa6 100644
--- a/smop/Makefile
+++ b/smop/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ALL = \*.m
 all: mybench.py 
 	$(PYTHON) -c "import mybench ; mybench.mybench()"
 
-octave.py: primes.m interp2.m meshgrid.m repmat.m
+octave.py: primes.m interp2.m meshgrid.m repmat.m magic.m
 	$(PYTHON) main.py $^ -r core -o $@
 
 #octave.py:
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -f a.* *.pyc solver.so solver.py octave.so
 
 solver.py: solver.m r8_random.m 
-	$(PYTHON) main.py $^ -o $@
+	$(PYTHON) main.py $^ -o $@ -r core
 
 check:
 	$(PYTHON) octave.py 
diff --git a/smop/core.py b/smop/core.py
index 29c4acc9..38118cc9 100644
--- a/smop/core.py
+++ b/smop/core.py
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 import __builtin__
 
 import numpy
-from numpy import sqrt
+from sparsearray import sparsearray as sparse
+from magic import magic
+from numpy import sqrt,eye
 from numpy.fft import fft2
 from numpy.linalg import inv
 from numpy.linalg import qr  as _qr 
@@ -365,8 +367,7 @@ def cell(*args):
         args += args
     return cellarray(np.zeros(args,dtype=object,order="F"))
 
-def clc():
-    pass
+clc = 0
 
 def copy(a):
     return matlabarray(np.asanyarray(a).copy(order="F"))
diff --git a/smop/main.py b/smop/main.py
index b8a4b953..71d2906e 100644
--- a/smop/main.py
+++ b/smop/main.py
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ def main():
     for a in runtime:
         print >> fp, "from %s import *" % a
 
+    print >> fp, "clc=0" #FIXME
     for pattern in args:
         for filename in glob.glob(os.path.expanduser(pattern)):
             if not filename.endswith(".m"):
diff --git a/smop/mybench.m b/smop/mybench.m
index 735df9dd..17bd53d8 100644
--- a/smop/mybench.m
+++ b/smop/mybench.m
@@ -242,68 +242,68 @@
     
     s={};     
   
-    s{end+1}=struct('name','interp2','test', @(x) interp2(x,2,'spline'),...
-        'input', @()rand(600),'goldResult',4.20);
+    %s{end+1}=struct('name','interp2','test', @(x) interp2(x,2,'spline'),...
+    %    'input', @()rand(600),'goldResult',4.20);
     
 
-    s{end+1}=struct(...
-        'name','rand',...
-        'test', @(x) rand(x),...
-        'input', @()4000,...
-        'goldResult',1.12); 
-    
-    s{end+1}=struct(...
-        'name','randn',...
-        'test', @(x) randn(x),...
-        'input', @()4000,...
-        'goldResult',0.58);  
-    
-    s{end+1}=struct('name','primes','test', @(x) primes(x), 'input', @() 1e7,...
-        'goldResult',0.74);
-    
-    s{end+1}=struct('name','fft2','test', @(x) fft2(x), 'input', @()rand(3000),...
-        'goldResult',2.28);
+%    s{end+1}=struct(...
+%        'name','rand',...
+%        'test', @(x) rand(x),...
+%        'input', @()4000,...
+%        'goldResult',1.12); 
+    
+%    s{end+1}=struct(...
+%        'name','randn',...
+%        'test', @(x) randn(x),...
+%        'input', @()4000,...
+%        'goldResult',0.58);  
+    
+%    s{end+1}=struct('name','primes','test', @(x) primes(x), 'input', @() 1e7,...
+%        'goldResult',0.74);
+    
+%    s{end+1}=struct('name','fft2','test', @(x) fft2(x), 'input', @()rand(3000),...
+%        'goldResult',2.28);
    
    % s{end+1}=struct('name','ifft2','test', @(x) ifft2(x), 'input', @()rand(3000),...
    %    'goldResult',2.979296);
 
-    s{end+1}=struct('name','square','test', @(x) x^2, 'input', @()rand(1000),...
-        'goldResult',1.35);
+%    s{end+1}=struct('name','square','test', @(x) x^2, 'input', @()rand(1000),...
+%        'goldResult',1.35);
      
-    s{end+1}=struct('name','inv','test', @(x) inv(x), 'input', @()rand(1000),...
-        'goldResult',0.87);
+%    s{end+1}=struct('name','inv','test', @(x) inv(x), 'input', @()rand(1000),...
+%        'goldResult',0.87);
     
-    s{end+1}=struct('name','eig','test', @(x) eig(x), 'input', @()rand(1000),...
-        'goldResult',9.45);
+%    s{end+1}=struct('name','eig','test', @(x) eig(x), 'input', @()rand(1000),...
+%        'goldResult',9.45);
     
-    s{end+1}=struct('name','qr','test', @(x) qr(x), 'input', @()rand(1000),...
-        'goldResult',0.79);
+%    s{end+1}=struct('name','qr','test', @(x) qr(x), 'input', @()rand(1000),...
+%        'goldResult',0.79);
     
-    s{end+1}=struct('name','schur','test', @(x) schur(x), 'input', @()rand(600),...
-        'goldResult',2.67);
+%    s{end+1}=struct('name','schur','test', @(x) schur(x), 'input', @()rand(600),...
+%        'goldResult',2.67);
     
-    s{end+1}=struct('name','roots','test', @(x) roots(x), 'input', ...
-        @()rand(600,1),'goldResult',2.08);
+%    s{end+1}=struct('name','roots','test', @(x) roots(x), 'input', ...
+%        @()rand(600,1),'goldResult',2.08);
     
-     s{end+1}=struct('name','binary',...
-         'test', @(x) eye(x)<1,...
-         'input', @() 5000 ,...
-         'goldResult',0.51);
+%     s{end+1}=struct('name','binary',...
+%         'test', @(x) eye(x)<1,...
+%         'input', @() 5000 ,...
+%         'goldResult',0.51);
      
-     s{end+1}=struct('name','forLoop',...
-         'test', @(x)forLoop(x),...
-         'input', @() 200 ,...
-         'goldResult',0.06);
-    
-      s{end+1}=struct('name','makeSparse',...
-         'test', @(x) sparse(x),...
-         'input', @() eye(5000) ,...
-         'goldResult',0.49);
-    
-      s{end+1}=struct('name','multiplySparse',...
-         'test', @(x) sparse(x)*sparse(x),...
-         'input', @() eye(5000)*rand(1) ,...
-         'goldResult',0.98);
+%     s{end+1}=struct('name','forLoop',...
+%         'test', @(x)forLoop(x),...
+%         'input', @() 200 ,...
+%         'goldResult',0.06);
+    
+%      s{end+1}=struct('name','makeSparse',...
+%         'test', @(x) sparse(x),...
+%         'input', @() eye(500) ,...
+%         'goldResult',0.49);
+    
+%      s{end+1}=struct('name','multiplySparse',...
+%         'test', @(x) sparse(x)*sparse(x),...
+%         'input', @() eye(500)*rand(1) ,...
+%         'goldResult',0.98);
      
      s{end+1}=struct('name','sLinearEq',...
          'test', @(x) magic(x)/rand(1,x),...