diff --git a/src/cljs/topdown2d/core.cljs b/src/cljs/topdown2d/core.cljs
index aa06b81..4000b4d 100644
--- a/src/cljs/topdown2d/core.cljs
+++ b/src/cljs/topdown2d/core.cljs
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
   then, it calls itself again with a delay according to the target fps"
   [gamestate]
   (let [newstate (update-step gamestate)]
+    (set! (.-imageSmoothingEnabled (:ctx gamestate)) false)
     (draw-step newstate)
     (when-not @reloaded
       (.setTimeout js/window
@@ -150,13 +151,9 @@
 (defn init-scenes
   "initiates the scene data maps using their respective init functions"
   []
-  (aset (:ctx gamestate)
-        "imageSmoothingEnabled"
-        false)
-  (aset (:canvas gamestate)
-        "width" (get-in gamestate [:dimensions :w]))
-  (aset (:canvas gamestate)
-        "height" (get-in gamestate [:dimensions :h]))
+  (as-> (:canvas gamestate) c
+    (set! (.-width c) (get-in gamestate [:dimensions :w]))
+    (set! (.-height c) (get-in gamestate [:dimensions :h])))
   (update gamestate
           :scenes
           #(reduce
diff --git a/src/cljs/topdown2d/demoscene.cljs b/src/cljs/topdown2d/demoscene.cljs
index b8b8fdf..d8649ba 100644
--- a/src/cljs/topdown2d/demoscene.cljs
+++ b/src/cljs/topdown2d/demoscene.cljs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
    scenestate
    {:map-def {:images {:pokelike (by-id "demoscene-tileset")}
               :def nil
-              :zoom 4}
+              :zoom 3}
     :player {:x (- (/ (get-in gamestate [:dimensions :w]) 2) 32)
              :y (- (/ (get-in gamestate [:dimensions :h]) 2) 32)
              :d :s
diff --git a/src/cljs/topdown2d/tileset.cljs b/src/cljs/topdown2d/tileset.cljs
index 70a06f7..2bd922e 100644
--- a/src/cljs/topdown2d/tileset.cljs
+++ b/src/cljs/topdown2d/tileset.cljs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 (ns topdown2d.tileset
   (:require [topdown2d.collision :as coll]))
 
-(def ^:dynamic tileset)
-
 (defn next-animation-cycle [animation curr-cycle]
   (let [curr-ix (.indexOf animation curr-cycle)
         next-ix (inc curr-ix)