diff --git a/source/toy_table.h b/source/toy_table.h
index 3f91f07..b92dc58 100644
--- a/source/toy_table.h
+++ b/source/toy_table.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ TOY_API Toy_Table* Toy_private_adjustTableCapacity(Toy_Table* oldTable, unsigned
 #define TOY_TABLE_INITIAL_CAPACITY 8
 #endif
 
+//NOTE: The DOOM hack needs a power of 2
 #ifndef TOY_TABLE_EXPANSION_RATE
 #define TOY_TABLE_EXPANSION_RATE 2
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/modulo_hack/bench_main.c b/tests/benchmarks/bench_main.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/benchmarks/modulo_hack/bench_main.c
rename to tests/benchmarks/bench_main.c
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/gdb_init b/tests/benchmarks/gdb_init
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c33498..0000000
--- a/tests/benchmarks/gdb_init
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-set breakpoint pending on
-
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/makefile b/tests/benchmarks/makefile
index 5a46574..0b20cd7 100644
--- a/tests/benchmarks/makefile
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ else
 	@echo "LDFLAGS set failed - what platform is this?"
 endif
 
-#patch in these for compatability
+#patched in
 TOY_SOURCEDIR=source
 
 #directories
@@ -27,63 +27,53 @@ TEST_OBJDIR=obj
 
 #file names
 TEST_SOURCEFILES=$(wildcard $(TEST_SOURCEDIR)/*.c)
-TEST_CASESFILES=$(wildcard $(TEST_CASESDIR)/*.c)
-
-#utils
-UC=$(shell echo '$1' | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
-
-#kick off
-all: $(TEST_OBJDIR) $(TEST_OUTDIR) build-files run-all
- 
-run-all:
-	for exe in $(wildcard $(TEST_OUTDIR)/*.exe) ; do \
-		i=1 ; \
-		exp=10 ; \
-		while [ $$i -le 8 ] ; do \
-			/usr/bin/time --format "%C: %U %W" $$exe $$exp ; \
-			exp=$$((exp * 10)); \
-			i=$$(( i + 1 )) ; \
-		done ; \
-	done
-
-
-#			gdb $$exe -ix gdb_init -ex=run -ex=bt --batch --return-child-result --args "$$exe" $$exp ; \
-
-#build the source files
-build-files:
-	for src in $(TEST_CASESFILES) ; do \
-		$(MAKE) SRC=$$src build-parameters ; \
-	done
-
-build-parameters:
-	initial=8 ; \
-	while [ $$initial -le 256 ] ; do \
-		expansion=2 ; \
-		while [ $$expansion -le 8 ] ; do \
-			$(MAKE) INITIAL=$$initial EXPANSION=$$expansion build-executable ; \
-			expansion=$$((expansion + 1)) ; \
-		done ; \
-		initial=$$((initial + initial)) ; \
-	done
-
-build-executable:
-	$(MAKE) UCSRC=$(call UC,$(basename $(notdir $(SRC)))) build-source
-	$(MAKE) UCSRC=$(call UC,$(basename $(notdir $(SRC)))) build-src
-	$(MAKE) UCSRC=$(call UC,$(basename $(notdir $(SRC)))) build-exe
-
+TEST_CASESFILES=$(wildcard $(TEST_CASESDIR)/bench_*.c)
+
+#build the object files, compile the test cases, and run
+all: clean
+	$(MAKE) build-source
+	$(MAKE) build-cases
+	$(MAKE) build-link
+	$(MAKE) build-run
+
+all-override: clean
+	$(MAKE) TEST_SOURCEFILES='$(subst $(TEST_SOURCEDIR)/$(OVERRIDE),$(OVERRIDE),$(TEST_SOURCEFILES))' build-source-override
+	$(MAKE) build-cases
+	$(MAKE) build-link
+	$(MAKE) build-run
+
+.PHONY: build-source-override
+build-source-override: $(TEST_OUTDIR) $(TEST_OBJDIR) $(addprefix $(TEST_OBJDIR)/,$(notdir $(TEST_SOURCEFILES:.c=.o)))
+	$(CC) -c -o $(TEST_OBJDIR)/$(OVERRIDE:.c=.o) $(OVERRIDE) $(addprefix -I,$(TEST_SOURCEDIR)) $(CFLAGS) -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections
+
+#targets for each step
 .PHONY: build-source
 build-source: $(TEST_OUTDIR) $(TEST_OBJDIR) $(addprefix $(TEST_OBJDIR)/,$(notdir $(TEST_SOURCEFILES:.c=.o)))
 
+.PHONY: build-cases
+build-cases: $(TEST_OUTDIR) $(TEST_OBJDIR) $(addprefix $(TEST_OBJDIR)/,$(notdir $(TEST_CASESFILES:.c=.o)))
+
+.PHONY: build-link
+build-link: $(TEST_OUTDIR) $(TEST_OBJDIR) $(addprefix $(TEST_OUTDIR)/,$(notdir $(TEST_CASESFILES:%.c=%.exe)))
+
+.PHONY: build-run
+build-run: $(addprefix $(TEST_OUTDIR)/,$(notdir $(TEST_CASESFILES:%.c=%.exe))) $(addprefix $(TEST_OUTDIR)/,$(notdir $(TEST_CASESFILES:%.c=%.run)))
+
+#compilation steps
 $(TEST_OBJDIR)/%.o: $(TEST_SOURCEDIR)/%.c
-		$(CC) -DTOY_$(UCSRC)_INITIAL_CAPACITY=$(INITIAL) -DTOY_$(UCSRC)_EXPANSION_RATE=$(EXPANSION) -c -o $@ $< $(addprefix -I,$(TEST_SOURCEDIR)) $(CFLAGS) -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections
+	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(addprefix -I,$(TEST_SOURCEDIR)) $(CFLAGS) -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections
+
+$(TEST_OBJDIR)/%.o: $(TEST_CASESDIR)/%.c
+	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(addprefix -I,$(TEST_SOURCEDIR) $(TEST_CASESDIR)) $(CFLAGS) -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections
 
-.PHONY: build-src
-build-src:
-	$(CC) -DTOY_$(UCSRC)_INITIAL_CAPACITY=$(INITIAL) -DTOY_$(UCSRC)_EXPANSION_RATE=$(EXPANSION) -c -o $(TEST_OBJDIR)/$(SRC:.c=.o) $(SRC) $(addprefix -I,$(TEST_SOURCEDIR)) $(CFLAGS) -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections
+$(TEST_OUTDIR)/%.exe: $(TEST_OBJDIR)/%.o
+	@$(CC) -o $@ $< $(addprefix $(TEST_OBJDIR)/,$(notdir $(TEST_SOURCEFILES:.c=.o))) $(CFLAGS) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
-.PHONY: build-exe
-build-exe:
-	$(CC) -o $(TEST_OUTDIR)/$(SRC:.c=)-$(INITIAL)-$(EXPANSION).exe $(TEST_OBJDIR)/$(SRC:.c=.o) $(addprefix $(TEST_OBJDIR)/,$(notdir $(TEST_SOURCEFILES:.c=.o))) $(CFLAGS) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
+.PRECIOUS: $(TEST_OUTDIR)/%.run
+$(TEST_OUTDIR)/%.run: $(TEST_OUTDIR)/%.exe
+	@/usr/bin/time --format "%C; $(OVERRIDE)\nUser System\n%U %E" $< 100000000 512
+	@/usr/bin/time --format "%C; $(OVERRIDE)\nUser System\n%U %E" $< 100000000 1024
+	@/usr/bin/time --format "%C; $(OVERRIDE)\nUser System\n%U %E" $< 100000000 4096
 
 #util targets
 $(TEST_OUTDIR):
@@ -92,3 +82,34 @@ $(TEST_OUTDIR):
 $(TEST_OBJDIR):
 	mkdir $(TEST_OBJDIR)
 
+#util commands
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+ifeq ($(shell uname),Linux)
+	find . -type f -name '*.o' -delete
+	find . -type f -name '*.a' -delete
+	find . -type f -name '*.exe' -delete
+	find . -type f -name '*.dll' -delete
+	find . -type f -name '*.lib' -delete
+	find . -type f -name '*.so' -delete
+	find . -type f -name '*.dylib' -delete
+	find . -type d -name 'out' -delete
+	find . -type d -name 'obj' -delete
+else ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
+	$(RM) *.o *.a *.exe *.dll *.lib *.so *.dylib
+	$(RM) out
+	$(RM) obj
+else ifeq ($(shell uname),Darwin)
+	find . -type f -name '*.o' -delete
+	find . -type f -name '*.a' -delete
+	find . -type f -name '*.exe' -delete
+	find . -type f -name '*.dll' -delete
+	find . -type f -name '*.lib' -delete
+	find . -type f -name '*.so' -delete
+	find . -type f -name '*.dylib' -delete
+	find . -type d -name 'out' -delete
+	find . -type d -name 'obj' -delete
+else
+	@echo "Deletion failed - what platform is this?"
+endif
+
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/modulo_hack/makefile b/tests/benchmarks/modulo_hack/makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 70fcd18..0000000
--- a/tests/benchmarks/modulo_hack/makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-#compiler settings
-CC=gcc
-CFLAGS+=-std=c17 -g -Wall -Werror -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-function -Wno-unused-variable -Wformat=2
-LIBS+=-lm
-LDFLAGS+=
-
-ifeq ($(shell uname),Linux)
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,--gc-sections
-else ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,--gc-sections
-else ifeq ($(shell uname),Darwin)
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-dead_strip
-else
-	@echo "LDFLAGS set failed - what platform is this?"
-endif
-
-#patched in
-TOY_SOURCEDIR=source
-
-#directories
-TEST_ROOTDIR=../../..
-TEST_SOURCEDIR=$(TEST_ROOTDIR)/$(TOY_SOURCEDIR)
-TEST_CASESDIR=.
-
-TEST_OUTDIR=out
-TEST_OBJDIR=obj
-
-#file names
-TEST_SOURCEFILES=$(wildcard $(TEST_SOURCEDIR)/*.c)
-TEST_CASESFILES=$(wildcard $(TEST_CASESDIR)/bench_*.c)
-
-#build the object files, compile the test cases, and run
-all: clean
-	$(MAKE) build-source
-	$(MAKE) build-cases
-	$(MAKE) build-link
-	$(MAKE) build-run
-
-all-override: clean
-	$(MAKE) TEST_SOURCEFILES='$(subst $(TEST_SOURCEDIR)/$(OVERRIDE),$(OVERRIDE),$(TEST_SOURCEFILES))' build-source-override
-	$(MAKE) build-cases
-	$(MAKE) build-link
-	$(MAKE) build-run
-
-.PHONY: build-source-override
-build-source-override: $(TEST_OUTDIR) $(TEST_OBJDIR) $(addprefix $(TEST_OBJDIR)/,$(notdir $(TEST_SOURCEFILES:.c=.o)))
-	$(CC) -c -o $(TEST_OBJDIR)/$(OVERRIDE:.c=.o) $(OVERRIDE) $(addprefix -I,$(TEST_SOURCEDIR)) $(CFLAGS) -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections
-
-#targets for each step
-.PHONY: build-source
-build-source: $(TEST_OUTDIR) $(TEST_OBJDIR) $(addprefix $(TEST_OBJDIR)/,$(notdir $(TEST_SOURCEFILES:.c=.o)))
-
-.PHONY: build-cases
-build-cases: $(TEST_OUTDIR) $(TEST_OBJDIR) $(addprefix $(TEST_OBJDIR)/,$(notdir $(TEST_CASESFILES:.c=.o)))
-
-.PHONY: build-link
-build-link: $(TEST_OUTDIR) $(TEST_OBJDIR) $(addprefix $(TEST_OUTDIR)/,$(notdir $(TEST_CASESFILES:%.c=%.exe)))
-
-.PHONY: build-run
-build-run: $(addprefix $(TEST_OUTDIR)/,$(notdir $(TEST_CASESFILES:%.c=%.exe))) $(addprefix $(TEST_OUTDIR)/,$(notdir $(TEST_CASESFILES:%.c=%.run)))
-
-#compilation steps
-$(TEST_OBJDIR)/%.o: $(TEST_SOURCEDIR)/%.c
-	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(addprefix -I,$(TEST_SOURCEDIR)) $(CFLAGS) -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections
-
-$(TEST_OBJDIR)/%.o: $(TEST_CASESDIR)/%.c
-	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(addprefix -I,$(TEST_SOURCEDIR) $(TEST_CASESDIR)) $(CFLAGS) -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections
-
-$(TEST_OUTDIR)/%.exe: $(TEST_OBJDIR)/%.o
-	@$(CC) -o $@ $< $(addprefix $(TEST_OBJDIR)/,$(notdir $(TEST_SOURCEFILES:.c=.o))) $(CFLAGS) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
-
-.PRECIOUS: $(TEST_OUTDIR)/%.run
-$(TEST_OUTDIR)/%.run: $(TEST_OUTDIR)/%.exe
-	@/usr/bin/time --format "%C; $(OVERRIDE)\nUser System\n%U %E" $< 100000000 512
-	@/usr/bin/time --format "%C; $(OVERRIDE)\nUser System\n%U %E" $< 100000000 1024
-	@/usr/bin/time --format "%C; $(OVERRIDE)\nUser System\n%U %E" $< 100000000 4096
-
-#util targets
-$(TEST_OUTDIR):
-	mkdir $(TEST_OUTDIR)
-
-$(TEST_OBJDIR):
-	mkdir $(TEST_OBJDIR)
-
-#util commands
-.PHONY: clean
-clean:
-ifeq ($(shell uname),Linux)
-	find . -type f -name '*.o' -delete
-	find . -type f -name '*.a' -delete
-	find . -type f -name '*.exe' -delete
-	find . -type f -name '*.dll' -delete
-	find . -type f -name '*.lib' -delete
-	find . -type f -name '*.so' -delete
-	find . -type f -name '*.dylib' -delete
-	find . -type d -name 'out' -delete
-	find . -type d -name 'obj' -delete
-else ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
-	$(RM) *.o *.a *.exe *.dll *.lib *.so *.dylib
-	$(RM) out
-	$(RM) obj
-else ifeq ($(shell uname),Darwin)
-	find . -type f -name '*.o' -delete
-	find . -type f -name '*.a' -delete
-	find . -type f -name '*.exe' -delete
-	find . -type f -name '*.dll' -delete
-	find . -type f -name '*.lib' -delete
-	find . -type f -name '*.so' -delete
-	find . -type f -name '*.dylib' -delete
-	find . -type d -name 'out' -delete
-	find . -type d -name 'obj' -delete
-else
-	@echo "Deletion failed - what platform is this?"
-endif
-