diff --git a/install.rb b/install.rb
index 93febe9..0b75ecb 100644
--- a/install.rb
+++ b/install.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 
 require 'fileutils'
 
-RUBDIR = "#{Dir.home}/.rub/"
+RUBDIR = "#{Dir.home}/.rub"
+TMPLDIR = "#{RUBDIR}/rub/templates"
 
 File.mkdir RUBDIR unless File.exist? RUBDIR
-FileUtils.cp("build.rb", RUBDIR)
+FileUtils.cp_r(TMPLDIR, RUBDIR)
+FileUtils.cp("templates.rb", RUBDIR)
 FileUtils.chmod("+x", "rub")
 FileUtils.cp("rub", "/usr/local/bin")
 #FileUtils.cp_r(Dir.pwd, RUBDIR)
diff --git a/rub b/rub
index e73e4b8..492a151 100755
--- a/rub
+++ b/rub
@@ -3,18 +3,23 @@
 require 'fileutils'
 
 HELP = 	"rub init <name> - initialize a new project\n" \
+		"rub init <name> [-t, --template] <template> - initialize project with template\n" \
 		"rub help - display help message\n" \
 		"rub update - update rub\n" \
 		"rub meow - meows\n" \
-		"rub - run build.rb in current directory\n"
+		"rub - run build.rb in current directory\n" \
+		"\tif none of the above, args will be passed to build.rb :)"
 
 ANSI_RED = "\e[31m"
 ANSI_CLEAR = "\e[0m"
 RUB = "#{ANSI_RED}RUB#{ANSI_CLEAR}"
 RUBDIR = "#{Dir.home}/.rub/"
 RUBGIT="#{RUBDIR}/rub/"
+TMPLDIR = "#{RUBDIR}/templates"
 RUBEDR="mousepad"
 
+require "#{RUBDIR}/templates.rb" 
+
 def error(msg)
 	puts "#{RUB}: error: #{msg}"
 	exit 1
@@ -24,25 +29,29 @@ def message(msg)
 	puts "#{RUB}: #{msg}"
 end
 
-def rub_init(name)
-	error("src directory already exists") if File.exist? "src"
-	error("build directory already exists") if File.exist? "build"
-	error(".git already exists") if File.exist? ".git"	
-
-	FileUtils.mkdir "src"
-	FileUtils.mkdir "build"
+def rub_delete
+	message("deleting repository"...)
 
-	buildfile = File.readlines(RUBDIR + "build.rb")
-	buildfile.insert(17, "APPNAME=\"#{name}\"\n")
-	File.write("build.rb", buildfile.join)
+	Dir.children(Dir.pwd).each do |x|
+		FileUtils.rm_r(x)
+	end
+end
 
-	`git init`
-	`git branch -m main`
+def rub_init(name="app", tmpl="c")
+	case tmpl
+	when "c"
+		TMPL::C.call(name, tmpl)
+	when "cpp"
+		TMPL::CPP.call(name, tmpl)
+	else
+		error("oops!")
+	end
 end
 
 def rub_install
 	FileUtils.mkdir RUBDIR unless File.exist? RUBDIR
-	FileUtils.cp("build.rb", RUBDIR)
+	FileUtils.cp_r("templates", RUBDIR) if File.exist? TMPLDIR
+	FileUtils.cp("templates.rb", RUBDIR) if File.exist? "#{RUBDIR}/templates.rb"
 	FileUtils.chmod("+x", "rub")
 	FileUtils.cp("rub", "/usr/local/bin")
 end
@@ -81,17 +90,32 @@ def parse_arg(arg)
 		exit 1
 
 	when "edit"
-		rub_edit
+		rub_edit nil
+
+	when "delete"
+		rub_delete
+	
+	else #if none of the above, pass args onto build.rb
+		require "#{Dir.pwd}/build.rb"
+		exit 0
 	end
 end
 
 def parse_args(argv)
 	case argv[0]
 	when "init"
-		rub_init(argv[1])
+		case argv[2]
+		when "-t"
+			rub_init(argv[1], argv[3])
+		when "--template"
+			rub_init(argv[1], argv[3])
+		else
+			rub_init(argv[1])
+		end
 
 	when "edit"
 		rub_edit(argv[1])
+
 	end
 end
 
@@ -107,6 +131,8 @@ when 1
 	parse_arg(ARGV[0])
 when 2
 	parse_args(ARGV)
+else
+	parse_args(ARGV)
 end
 
 #require "#{Dir.pwd}/build.rb"
diff --git a/templates.rb b/templates.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f264639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+require 'fileutils'
+
+module TMPL
+	C_MAIN = "#include <stdio.h>\n" \
+		"\nint main(int argc, char *argv[]) {\n" \
+		"    printf(\"%s\\n\", \"Hello, World!\");\n" \
+		"    return 0;\n" \
+		"}\n"
+
+	CPP_MAIN = "#include <cstdio>\n" \
+			"\nint main(int argc, char *argv[]) {\n" \
+			"    std::printf(\"%s\\n\", \"Hello, World!\");\n" \
+			"    return 0;\n" \
+			"}\n"
+
+	C = lambda { |name, tmpl|
+		error("template for \"#{tmpl}\" not found") unless File.exist? "#{TMPLDIR}/#{tmpl}.rb" 
+		error("src directory already exists") if File.exist? "src"
+		error("build directory already exists") if File.exist? "build"
+		error(".git already exists") if File.exist? ".git"	
+
+		FileUtils.mkdir "src"
+		FileUtils.mkdir "build"
+
+		buildfile = File.readlines(RUBDIR + "templates/#{tmpl}.rb")
+		buildfile.insert(17, "APPNAME=\"#{name}\"\n")
+		File.write("build.rb", buildfile.join)
+
+		c_main = File.open("src/main.c", "w")
+		c_main.write C_MAIN
+		c_main.close
+
+		`git init`
+		`git branch -m main`
+		message("set git branch to main")
+	}
+
+	CPP = lambda { |name, tmpl|
+		error("template for \"#{tmpl}\" not found") unless File.exist? "#{TMPLDIR}/#{tmpl}.rb" 
+		error("src directory already exists") if File.exist? "src"
+		error("build directory already exists") if File.exist? "build"
+		error(".git already exists") if File.exist? ".git"	
+
+		FileUtils.mkdir "src"
+		FileUtils.mkdir "build"
+
+		buildfile = File.readlines(RUBDIR + "templates/#{tmpl}.rb")
+		buildfile.insert(17, "APPNAME=\"#{name}\"\n")
+		File.write("build.rb", buildfile.join)
+
+		c_main = File.open("src/main.cpp", "w")
+		c_main.write CPP_MAIN
+		c_main.close
+
+		`git init`
+		`git branch -m main`
+		message("set git branch to main")
+	}
+end
diff --git a/templates/c.rb b/templates/c.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ffdf535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/c.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+#!/usr/bin/ruby
+
+#I'll put this in here as an example
+
+#
+
+#should maybe use environment variables for these
+CC = ENV['CC'] ? ENV['CC'] : "gcc"
+CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -std=c11"
+$EFLAGS = "" #extra flags
+SRCDIR="src"
+BUILDDIR="build"
+INCLUDE=""
+LIB=""
+EXT=".c" #extension of source file
+#should maybe use environment variables for these
+
+#standalone funcs
+if __FILE__ == $0
+	ANSI_RED = "\e[31m"
+	ANSI_CLEAR = "\e[0m"
+	RUB = "#{ANSI_RED}RUB#{ANSI_CLEAR}"
+
+	def error(msg)
+		puts "#{RUB}: error: #{msg}"
+		exit 1
+	end
+
+	def message(msg)
+		puts "#{RUB}: #{msg}"
+	end
+end
+
+#handle argument parsing yourself
+def parse(arg)
+	case arg
+	when "clean"
+		`rm build/*`
+		`rm #{APPNAME}`
+		exit(0)
+
+	when "debug"
+		$EFLAGS = "-DDEBUG"
+		main
+	
+	else
+		#error "unknown argument: #{arg}"
+	end
+end
+
+#same as above
+def args
+	case ARGV.count
+	when 0
+		main
+	when 1
+		parse(ARGV[0])
+	else
+		puts "too many arguments"
+	end
+end
+
+#main build function
+def main
+	error("src directory empty") if Dir.children(SRCDIR).count == 0
+
+	#create a thread for each compilation unit
+	threads = []
+
+	Dir.each_child(SRCDIR) {|x|
+		threads << Thread.new {
+			system("#{CC} #{INCLUDE} #{CFLAGS} #{$EFLAGS} -c #{SRCDIR}/#{x} -o #{BUILDDIR}/#{File.basename(x, ".*") + ".o"}") if x.end_with?(EXT)
+			message "compiled: #{x}\n" if x.end_with?(EXT)
+		}
+	}
+
+	threads.each{ |t| t.join }
+
+	#wait for each thread to finish 
+	until threads.map { |t| t.alive? }.include?(false) 
+	end
+
+	#link
+	build = Dir.each_child(BUILDDIR)
+	o_files = []
+	build.each { |s|
+		o_files.append("#{BUILDDIR}/#{s}")
+	}
+
+	`#{CC} #{CFLAGS} #{$EFLAGS} #{o_files.join(" ")} -o #{APPNAME} #{LIB}`
+	exit(0)
+end
+
+#run some functions
+args
diff --git a/build.rb b/templates/cpp.rb
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 95%
rename from build.rb
rename to templates/cpp.rb
index 809fd4a..49ac8dc
--- a/build.rb
+++ b/templates/cpp.rb
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 #
 
 #should maybe use environment variables for these
-$CC="gcc"
-CFLAGS="-O1 -march=native -std=c11"
+$CC="g++"
+CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -std=c++17"
 $EFLAGS = "" #extra flags
 SRCDIR="src"
 BUILDDIR="build"
 INCLUDE=""
 LIB=""
-EXT=".c" #extension of source file
+EXT=".cpp" #extension of source file
 #should maybe use environment variables for these
 
 #standalone funcs
diff --git a/test.rb b/test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bdf076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+ENV.each { |e|
+	puts e
+}
+
+puts ENV['CC']
+puts ENV['CC'] ? true : false