diff --git a/rust/ares/src/main.rs b/rust/ares/src/main.rs
index c91c89a..deeb6c3 100644
--- a/rust/ares/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust/ares/src/main.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,6 @@
-use ares::hamt::Hamt;
-use ares::interpreter::{interpret, Context};
-use ares::jets::cold::Cold;
-use ares::jets::hot::Hot;
-use ares::jets::warm::Warm;
-use ares::mem::NockStack;
-use ares::newt::Newt;
-use ares::noun::{IndirectAtom, Noun, D};
 use ares::serf::serf;
-use ares::serialization::{cue, jam};
-use memmap::Mmap;
-use memmap::MmapMut;
 use std::env;
-use std::fs::File;
-use std::fs::OpenOptions;
 use std::io;
-use std::mem;
-use std::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping;
-use std::ptr::write_bytes;
 
 fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
     //  debug
@@ -50,58 +34,5 @@ fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
         return serf();
     }
 
-    let output_filename = format!("{}.out", filename);
-    let f = File::open(filename)?;
-    let in_len = f.metadata()?.len();
-    let mut stack = NockStack::new(8 << 10 << 10, 0);
-    let jammed_input = unsafe {
-        let in_map = Mmap::map(&f)?;
-        let word_len = (in_len + 7) >> 3;
-        let (mut atom, dest) = IndirectAtom::new_raw_mut(&mut stack, word_len as usize);
-        write_bytes(dest.add(word_len as usize - 1), 0, 1);
-        copy_nonoverlapping(in_map.as_ptr(), dest as *mut u8, in_len as usize);
-        mem::drop(in_map);
-        atom.normalize_as_atom()
-    };
-    let input = cue(&mut stack, jammed_input);
-    let input_cell = input
-        .as_cell()
-        .expect("Input must be jam of subject/formula pair");
-    let newt = Newt::new_mock();
-    let cache = Hamt::<Noun>::new();
-    let cold = Cold::new(&mut stack);
-    let warm = Warm::new();
-    let hot = Hot::init(&mut stack);
-    let mut context = Context {
-        stack,
-        newt,
-        cache,
-        cold,
-        warm,
-        hot,
-        scry_stack: D(0),
-        trace_info: None,
-    };
-    let result =
-        interpret(&mut context, input_cell.head(), input_cell.tail()).expect("nock failed");
-    if let Ok(atom) = result.as_atom() {
-        println!("Result: {}", atom);
-    }
-    let jammed_result = jam(&mut context.stack, result);
-    let f_out = OpenOptions::new()
-        .read(true)
-        .write(true)
-        .create(true)
-        .open(output_filename)?;
-    f_out.set_len((jammed_result.size() << 3) as u64)?;
-    unsafe {
-        let mut out_map = MmapMut::map_mut(&f_out)?;
-        copy_nonoverlapping(
-            jammed_result.data_pointer() as *mut u8,
-            out_map.as_mut_ptr(),
-            jammed_result.size() << 3,
-        );
-        out_map.flush()?;
-    };
-    Ok(())
+    panic!("Ares can only run as a serf!");
 }