diff --git a/compose.toml b/compose.toml
index e2f6a2a..34e5728 100644
--- a/compose.toml
+++ b/compose.toml
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@ description = "A purpose built, unopinionated, and performant module system for
 
 [features]
 std     = []
-pkg_lib = ["std"]
 default = ["std"]
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index f4880a7..43191f8 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,35 @@
 let
   l = builtins;
   src = import ./src;
-  pins = import ./npins;
-  toml = l.fromTOML (l.readFile ./compose.toml);
 in
 {
   extern ? { },
+  features ? [ ],
   # internal features of the composer function
-  __features ? toml.features.default or [ ],
+  stdFeatures ? src.stdToml.features.default or [ ],
+  composeFeatures ? src.composeToml.features.default,
   # enable testing code paths
   __internal__test ? false,
+  __isStd__ ? false,
 }:
 dir':
 let
   dir = src.prepDir dir';
 
-  std = src.composeStd ./std;
+  std = src.composeStd {
+    features = stdFeatures;
+    inherit __internal__test;
+  } ./std;
 
-  __features' = src.features.parse toml.features __features;
+  composeFeatures' = src.features.parse src.composeToml.features composeFeatures;
+
+  meta = {
+    features = {
+      mod = features;
+      compose = composeFeatures';
+      std = stdFeatures;
+    };
+  };
 
   f =
     f: pre: dir:
@@ -32,7 +44,6 @@ let
       scope =
         let
           scope' = with src; {
-            atom = atom';
             mod = self';
             builtins = errors.builtins;
             import = errors.import;
@@ -46,30 +57,37 @@ let
             __getFlake = errors.import;
           };
 
-          scope'' = src.injectOptionals scope' [
+          scope'' = src.set.inject scope' [
             preOpt
             {
-              _if = l.elem "std" __features';
-              std =
-                std
-                // src.set.cond {
-                  _if = l.elem "pkg_lib" __features';
-                  lib = import "${pins."nixpkgs.lib"}/lib";
-                };
+              _if = !__isStd__ && l.elem "std" composeFeatures';
+              inherit std;
+            }
+            {
+              _if = !__isStd__;
+              atom = atom' // {
+                inherit meta;
+              };
+            }
+            {
+              _if = __isStd__;
+              std = atom // {
+                inherit meta;
+              };
+            }
+            {
+              _if = __internal__test;
+              # information about the internal module system itself
+              # available to tests
+              __internal = {
+                # a copy of the global scope, for testing if values exist
+                # mostly for our internal testing functions
+                scope = scope'';
+              };
             }
           ];
         in
-        scope''
-        // src.set.cond {
-          _if = __internal__test;
-          # information about the internal module system itself
-          __internal = {
-            features = __features';
-            # a copy of the global scope, for testing if values exist
-            # mostly for our internal testing functions
-            scope = scope'';
-          };
-        };
+        scope'';
 
       Import = scopedImport scope;
 
@@ -108,7 +126,11 @@ let
     (baseNameOf dir)
   ];
 
-  atom = src.fix f null dir;
+  atom =
+    let
+      fixed = src.fix f null dir;
+    in
+    src.set.inject fixed [ ({ _if = __isStd__; } // src.pureBuiltins) ];
 in
 assert
   !__internal__test
diff --git a/src/default.nix b/src/default.nix
index 825f61c..b4c9aef 100644
--- a/src/default.nix
+++ b/src/default.nix
@@ -15,9 +15,18 @@ let
     std = builtins;
     mod = scopedImport { inherit std mod; } ../std/string/mod.nix;
   } ../std/string/toLowerCase.nix;
+  stdToml = l.fromTOML (l.readFile ../std.toml);
+  composeToml = l.fromTOML (l.readFile ../compose.toml);
 in
-{
-  inherit fix filterMap strToPath;
+rec {
+  inherit
+    fix
+    filterMap
+    strToPath
+    stdFilter
+    stdToml
+    composeToml
+    ;
 
   file = {
     inherit parse;
@@ -48,8 +57,12 @@ in
   );
 
   composeStd =
-    path:
-    compose { } path // filterMap (k: v: if stdFilter k != null then null else { ${k} = v; }) builtins;
+    opts: path:
+    compose {
+      inherit (opts) __internal__test;
+      features = features.parse stdToml.features opts.features;
+      __isStd__ = true;
+    } path;
 
   modIsValid =
     mod: dir:
@@ -59,7 +72,9 @@ in
              ${toString dir}/mod.nix
     '';
 
-  injectOptionals = l.foldl' (acc: x: acc // cond x);
+  set.inject = l.foldl' (acc: x: acc // cond x);
+
+  pureBuiltins = filterMap (k: v: if stdFilter k != null then null else { ${k} = v; }) builtins;
 
   hasMod = contents: contents."mod.nix" or null == "regular";
 
diff --git a/std.toml b/std.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16bb8ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/std.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[project]
+name = "std"
+version = "0.2.0"
+description = "Nix Standard Library"
+
+[features]
+pkg_lib = []
+default = []
diff --git a/std/mod.nix b/std/mod.nix
index 23c06c1..061e1ac 100644
--- a/std/mod.nix
+++ b/std/mod.nix
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
   Set = mod.set;
   Path = mod.path;
   String = mod.string;
+  Std = std;
 }
diff --git a/test/std-import/import.nix b/test/std-import/import.nix
index 10afbd6..88679a1 100644
--- a/test/std-import/import.nix
+++ b/test/std-import/import.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ let
 in
 {
   default = compose { };
-  noStd = compose { __features = [ ]; };
-  explicit = compose { __features = [ "std" ]; };
-  withNixpkgsLib = compose { __features = [ "pkg_lib" ]; };
+  noStd = compose { composeFeatures = [ ]; };
+  explicit = compose { stdFeatures = [ ]; };
+  # withNixpkgsLib = compose { stdFeatures = [ "pkg_lib" ]; };
 }
diff --git a/test/std-import/import.sh b/test/std-import/import.sh
index dc0805b..59e798e 100755
--- a/test/std-import/import.sh
+++ b/test/std-import/import.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ f="$(nix eval -f import.nix default.std)"
 [[ "$f" == true ]]
 f="$(nix eval -f import.nix default.lib)"
 [[ "$f" == false ]]
-f="$(nix eval -f import.nix default.core)"
+f="$(nix eval -f import.nix default.compose)"
 [[ "$f" == '[ "std" ]' ]]
 
 # explicit
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ f="$(nix eval -f import.nix explicit.std)"
 [[ "$f" == true ]]
 f="$(nix eval -f import.nix explicit.lib)"
 [[ "$f" == false ]]
-f="$(nix eval -f import.nix explicit.core)"
+f="$(nix eval -f import.nix explicit.compose)"
 [[ "$f" == '[ "std" ]' ]]
 
 # no std set
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ f="$(nix eval -f import.nix noStd.std)"
 [[ "$f" == false ]]
 f="$(nix eval -f import.nix noStd.lib)"
 [[ "$f" == false ]]
-f="$(nix eval -f import.nix noStd.core)"
+f="$(nix eval -f import.nix noStd.compose)"
 [[ "$f" == '[ ]' ]]
 
 # no std set
-f="$(nix eval -f import.nix withNixpkgsLib.std)"
-[[ "$f" == true ]]
-f="$(nix eval -f import.nix withNixpkgsLib.lib)"
-[[ "$f" == true ]]
-f="$(nix eval -f import.nix withNixpkgsLib.core)"
-[[ "$f" == '[ "pkg_lib" "std" ]' ]]
+# f="$(nix eval -f import.nix withNixpkgsLib.std)"
+# [[ "$f" == true ]]
+# f="$(nix eval -f import.nix withNixpkgsLib.lib)"
+# [[ "$f" == true ]]
+# f="$(nix eval -f import.nix withNixpkgsLib.core)"
+# [[ "$f" == '[ "pkg_lib" "std" ]' ]]
diff --git a/test/std-import/import/mod.nix b/test/std-import/import/mod.nix
index 1168d67..0ac922a 100644
--- a/test/std-import/import/mod.nix
+++ b/test/std-import/import/mod.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 let
-  inherit (__internal) scope features;
+  inherit (__internal) scope;
 in
 {
   Std = scope ? std;
   Lib = scope ? std && scope.std ? lib;
-  Core = features;
+  Compose = atom.meta.features.compose;
+  StdF = atom.meta.features.std;
 }