diff --git a/main.xml b/main.xml
index 5477c97..a08b86b 100644
--- a/main.xml
+++ b/main.xml
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@
 
   require 'uranium.main'
 
+  -- Needed by StepMania, in order to not kill lua mods early
+  self:sleep(9e9)
+
   -- NotITG and OpenITG have a long standing bug where the InitCommand on an actor can run twice in certain cases.
   -- By removing the command after it's done, it can only ever run once
   self:removecommand('Init')
diff --git a/uranium/actors.lua b/uranium/actors.lua
index 544121b..f98b62a 100644
--- a/uranium/actors.lua
+++ b/uranium/actors.lua
@@ -579,4 +579,23 @@ function M._transformQueueToTree()
   M._actorTree = tree
 end
 
+function M.prepareForActors()
+  M._actorsInitializing = true
+  M._transformQueueToTree()
+  --Trace(fullDump(M._actorTree))
+  M._currentPath = M._actorTree
+end
+
+function M.finalize()
+  oat._actor = nil
+
+  M._actorQueue = nil
+  M._actorAssociationQueue = nil
+
+  M._actorTree = nil
+  M._currentPath = nil
+  M._pastPaths = nil
+  M._currentActor = nil
+end
+
 return M
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/uranium/constants.lua b/uranium/constants.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08c5c94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uranium/constants.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+-- indexing things on _G is slower than
+-- having access to them in a local `oat` table
+-- that already acts as _G, so we move commonly
+-- use values over
+
+local function copy(src)
+  local dest = {}
+  for k, v in pairs(src) do
+    dest[k] = v
+  end
+  return dest
+end
+
+oat = _G.oat
+type = _G.type
+print = _G.print
+pairs = _G.pairs
+ipairs = _G.ipairs
+unpack = _G.unpack
+tonumber = _G.tonumber
+tostring = _G.tostring
+math = copy(_G.math)
+table = copy(_G.table)
+string = copy(_G.string)
+
+-- convinience shortcuts employed by most templates
+
+scx = SCREEN_CENTER_X
+scy = SCREEN_CENTER_Y
+sw = SCREEN_WIDTH
+sh = SCREEN_HEIGHT
+dw = DISPLAY:GetDisplayWidth()
+dh = DISPLAY:GetDisplayHeight()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/uranium/main.lua b/uranium/main.lua
index 73b7f6a..58c85c9 100644
--- a/uranium/main.lua
+++ b/uranium/main.lua
@@ -1,35 +1,10 @@
-local function copy(src)
-  local dest = {}
-  for k, v in pairs(src) do
-    dest[k] = v
-  end
-  return dest
-end
-
-oat = _G.oat
-type = _G.type
-print = _G.print
-pairs = _G.pairs
-ipairs = _G.ipairs
-unpack = _G.unpack
-tonumber = _G.tonumber
-tostring = _G.tostring
-math = copy(_G.math)
-table = copy(_G.table)
-string = copy(_G.string)
-
-scx = SCREEN_CENTER_X
-scy = SCREEN_CENTER_Y
-sw = SCREEN_WIDTH
-sh = SCREEN_HEIGHT
-dw = DISPLAY:GetDisplayWidth()
-dh = DISPLAY:GetDisplayHeight()
+require 'uranium.constants'
+require 'uranium.events'
+local actors = require 'uranium.actors'
 
 local resetOnFrameStartCfg = false
 local resetOnFrameStartActors = {}
 
-require 'uranium.events'
-
 local hasExited = false
 local function exit()
   if hasExited then return end
@@ -56,8 +31,8 @@ function backToSongWheel(message)
 end
 
 local function onCommand(self)
-  uranium.actors._actorsInitialized = true
-  uranium.actors._actorsInitializing = false
+  actors._actorsInitialized = true
+  actors._actorsInitializing = false
   local resetOnFrameStartActors_ = {}
   for k,v in pairs(resetOnFrameStartActors) do
     resetOnFrameStartActors_[k.__raw] = v
@@ -100,23 +75,13 @@ function resetActorOnFrameStart(actor, bool)
   resetOnFrameStartActors[actor.__raw or actor] = bool
 end
 
-uranium.actors = require 'uranium.actors'
-
 local lastt = GAMESTATE:GetSongTime()
 local function screenReadyCommand(self)
+  actors.finalize()
+
   hideThemeActors()
   self:hidden(0)
 
-  oat._actor = nil
-
-  uranium.actors._actorQueue = nil
-  uranium.actors._actorAssociationQueue = nil
-
-  uranium.actors._actorTree = nil
-  uranium.actors._currentPath = nil
-  uranium.actors._pastPaths = nil
-  uranium.actors._currentActor = nil
-
   collectgarbage()
 
   local errored = false
@@ -150,7 +115,7 @@ local function screenReadyCommand(self)
 
     drawfunctionArguments = {}
 
-    for _, q in ipairs(uranium.actors._globalQueue) do
+    for _, q in ipairs(actors._globalQueue) do
       local enabled = resetOnFrameStartCfg
 
       local actor = q[1]
@@ -202,10 +167,7 @@ end)
 if success then
   print('---')
 
-  uranium.actors._actorsInitializing = true
-  uranium.actors._transformQueueToTree()
-  --Trace(fullDump(uranium.actors._actorTree))
-  uranium.actors._currentPath = uranium.actors._actorTree
+  actors.prepareForActors()
 
   _main:addcommand('On', onCommand)
   _main:addcommand('Ready', screenReadyCommand)