diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0aa895e..24e8ebc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 bin*
+.env
 *.log
 *.sqlite
diff --git a/examples/demo/etc/etc.go b/examples/demo/etc/etc.go
index 79613fa..de95d58 100644
--- a/examples/demo/etc/etc.go
+++ b/examples/demo/etc/etc.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ func Config() lib.Config {
 		Home:    ovr(".", HOME),
 		Logging: &logging.Cfg{
 			Logfile: ovr("log/scopes.log", LOGFILE),
+			Level:   ovr("info", LOGLEVEL),
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ func Config() lib.Config {
 // collect here the names of fields that may be overridden via
 // explicit Override() or SCOPES_* environment settings.
 const (
-	HOME    = "home"
-	LOGFILE = "logfile"
+	HOME     = "home"
+	LOGFILE  = "logfile"
+	LOGLEVEL = "loglevel"
 )
diff --git a/examples/demo/go.mod b/examples/demo/go.mod
index 01c6289..aadde17 100644
--- a/examples/demo/go.mod
+++ b/examples/demo/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module demo
 
-go 1.20
+go 1.21
+
+toolchain go1.21.0
 
 require git.sr.ht/~cco/go-scopes v0.1.20
 
diff --git a/examples/demo/rundemo.sh b/examples/demo/rundemo.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c2cb60b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/demo/rundemo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+set -a
+source .env
+echo "log level: $SCOPES_LOGLEVEL"
+
+bin/demo
+
diff --git a/forge/rep/rep.go b/forge/rep/rep.go
index 58c4af6..2f02b4e 100644
--- a/forge/rep/rep.go
+++ b/forge/rep/rep.go
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ type module map[string]citem
 
 func (m module) Compile(f forge.FE) forge.FPtr {
 	v := voc.NewVoc(f.Voc())
+	for key, val := range m {
+		v.Register(key, val)
+	}
 	return f.Code(v)
 }
 
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ type record struct {
 }
 
 func (r *record) Compile(f forge.FE) forge.FPtr {
-	return nil
+	return f.Code(r)
 }
 
 func (r *record) Data() interface{} {