diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 718cfa8..7317206 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [unstable]
-build-std = ["core"]
+build-std = ["core", "alloc"]
diff --git a/src/elsos.rs b/src/elsos.rs
index 861fa11..a4d1803 100644
--- a/src/elsos.rs
+++ b/src/elsos.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #![allow(dead_code)]
 #![no_std]
 #![no_main]
+#![feature(alloc_error_handler)]
+
+extern crate alloc;
 
 use core::panic::PanicInfo;
 use crate::multiboot::{MULTIBOOT_MMAP, MULTIBOOT_MMAP_ENTRIES};
@@ -255,4 +258,3 @@ macro_rules! logln
 	() => ($crate::log!("\n"));
 	($($arg:tt)*) => ($crate::log!("{}\n", format_args!($($arg)*)));
 }
-
diff --git a/src/memory/allocator.rs b/src/memory/allocator.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4a74e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/memory/allocator.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+use alloc::alloc::{GlobalAlloc, Layout};
+use core::ffi::c_void;
+use super::*;
+
+pub struct Allocator;
+
+unsafe impl GlobalAlloc for Allocator
+{
+    unsafe fn alloc(&self, _layout: Layout) -> *mut u8
+	{
+		crate::serial_println!("trying to allocate {} ({:#x}) bytes...", _layout.size(), _layout.size());
+        let address = vmalloc(_layout.size());
+		crate::serial_println!("allocated {} bytes at {:p}", _layout.size(), address);
+		address as *mut u8
+    }
+
+	unsafe fn alloc_zeroed(&self, _layout: Layout) -> *mut u8
+	{
+		kzalloc(_layout.size()) as *mut u8
+	}
+
+    unsafe fn dealloc(&self, _ptr: *mut u8, _layout: Layout)
+	{
+		crate::serial_println!("deallocating {:p}", _ptr);
+		vfree(_ptr as *mut c_void);
+    }
+}
+
+#[global_allocator]
+static ALLOCATOR: Allocator = Allocator;
+
+#[alloc_error_handler]
+fn alloc_error_handler(layout: alloc::alloc::Layout) -> ! {
+    panic!("allocation error: {:?}", layout)
+}
diff --git a/src/memory/mod.rs b/src/memory/mod.rs
index 55dba0e..0d0b8a0 100644
--- a/src/memory/mod.rs
+++ b/src/memory/mod.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use crate::multiboot::MultibootTagMmap;
 use pagetable::flags::*;
 pub use malloc::*;
 
+pub mod allocator;
 pub mod malloc;
 mod page;
 mod pageframe;
diff --git a/src/memory/pageframe.rs b/src/memory/pageframe.rs
index 1f3f906..305ad8a 100644
--- a/src/memory/pageframe.rs
+++ b/src/memory/pageframe.rs
@@ -57,11 +57,14 @@ impl Allocator
 			kernel_start = &_kernel_start as *const _ as usize;
 			kernel_end =  &_kernel_end as *const _ as usize;
 		}
+		crate::logln!("KERNEL START {:#08x} END {:#08x}", kernel_start, kernel_end);
+
 		self.reserved_mem = crate::memory::get_mem_size(mmap, mmap_size);
 		crate::logln!("[INFO] found {}KiB of memory", self.reserved_mem / 1024);
 		// initialise the bitmap according to mem size, and set every page as reserved
 		self.init_bitmap(ferramenta::align(kernel_end, 0x1000));
 		crate::logln!("[INFO] assigned {} pages to bitmap", self.bitmap.size);
+		crate::logln!("[INFO] bitmap end : {:#08x}", &self.bitmap as *const _ as usize + self.bitmap.buffer.len());
 		unsafe
 		{
 			for entry in (*mmap).entries(mmap_size)
diff --git a/src/tty/basic_commands.rs b/src/tty/basic_commands.rs
index 5fd0ce2..523ea4f 100644
--- a/src/tty/basic_commands.rs
+++ b/src/tty/basic_commands.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ pub fn execute(command: &str)
 					{
 						loadkeys(arg);
 					},
+					"str" =>
+					{
+						let a = alloc::string::String::from(arg);
+						crate::logln!("Allocated String containing \"{}\"", a);
+						crate::logln!(" heap content address {:p}", a.as_ptr());
+						crate::logln!("stack pointer address {:p}", &a);
+					},
 					_ => crate::println!("{}: unknown or invalid command. Use help for more", command)
 				}
 			}