diff --git a/sys/bootstrap/CMakeLists.txt b/sys/bootstrap/CMakeLists.txt
index cd52200..072fb9a 100644
--- a/sys/bootstrap/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sys/bootstrap/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set_property(SOURCE ${arch_sources} PROPERTY LANGUAGE C)
 add_executable(bootstrap ${c_sources} ${arch_sources})
 
 target_link_libraries(bootstrap
-	libmango libc-core libc-malloc libfs-static liblaunch libxpc-static
+	libmango libc-core libc-malloc libc-pthread libfs-static liblaunch libxpc-static
 	interface::fs)
 
 target_compile_options(bootstrap PRIVATE
diff --git a/sys/bootstrap/main.c b/sys/bootstrap/main.c
index fa3ef1a..6355f81 100644
--- a/sys/bootstrap/main.c
+++ b/sys/bootstrap/main.c
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@
 #include <fs/context.h>
 #include <heap/heap.h>
 #include <launch.h>
+#include <mango/handle.h>
 #include <mango/log.h>
 #include <mango/msg.h>
 #include <mango/task.h>
 #include <mango/types.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 #include <rosetta/bootstrap.h>
 #include <rosetta/fs.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
@@ -90,6 +92,13 @@ static void _fs_free(struct fs_allocator *alloc, void *p)
 	heap_free(alloc->fs_arg, p);
 }
 
+void *thread_func(void *arg)
+{
+	kern_logf("a thread! (%p)", pthread_self());
+	// kern_logf("a thread!");
+	return (void *)0x123;
+}
+
 int main(
 	int argc,
 	const char **argv,
@@ -159,6 +168,11 @@ int main(
 	kern_handle_t channel;
 	channel_create(0, &channel);
 
+	pthread_t thread;
+	pthread_create(&thread, NULL, thread_func, NULL);
+	pthread_detach(thread);
+	kern_logf("created new thread %p", thread);
+
 	launch_ctx_init(&launch);
 	launch.ctx_resolve_library = resolve_dependency;
 
@@ -169,6 +183,10 @@ int main(
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	kern_handle_close(result.r_task);
+	kern_handle_close(result.r_thread);
+	kern_handle_close(result.r_address_space);
+
 	heap_t heap = HEAP_INIT;
 
 	struct fs_allocator fs_allocator = {