diff --git a/src/cbaselib.c b/src/cbaselib.c
index b3d1cf4..a4247e5 100644
--- a/src/cbaselib.c
+++ b/src/cbaselib.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "cbaselib.h"
+#include "cvm.h"
 #include "cvalue.h"
 #include "cobj.h"
 #include "cmem.h"
diff --git a/src/cvm.c b/src/cvm.c
index b3c694f..fe934ad 100644
--- a/src/cvm.c
+++ b/src/cvm.c
@@ -243,6 +243,25 @@ static inline bool isFalsey(StkPtr val) {
     return val->type == COSMO_TNIL || (val->type == COSMO_TBOOLEAN && !val->val.b);
 }
 
+COSMO_API void cosmoV_pushObject(CState *state, int pairs) {
+    StkPtr key, val;
+    CObjObject *newObj = cosmoO_newObject(state); // start the table with enough space to hopefully prevent reallocation since that's costly
+    cosmoV_pushValue(state, cosmoV_newObj(newObj)); // so our GC doesn't free our new object
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < pairs; i++) {
+        val = cosmoV_getTop(state, (i*2) + 1);
+        key = cosmoV_getTop(state, (i*2) + 2);
+
+        // set key/value pair
+        CValue *newVal = cosmoT_insert(state, &newObj->tbl, *key);
+        *newVal = *val;
+    }
+
+    // once done, pop everything off the stack + push new object
+    cosmoV_setTop(state, (pairs * 2) + 1);
+    cosmoV_pushValue(state, cosmoV_newObj(newObj));
+}
+
 #define BINARYOP(typeConst, op)  \
     StkPtr valA = cosmoV_getTop(state, 1); \
     StkPtr valB = cosmoV_getTop(state, 0); \
@@ -367,23 +386,8 @@ bool cosmoV_execute(CState *state) {
                 break;
             }
             case OP_NEWOBJECT: {
-                uint8_t entries = READBYTE();
-                StkPtr key, val;
-                CObjObject *newObj = cosmoO_newObject(state); // start the table with enough space to hopefully prevent reallocation since that's costly
-                cosmoV_pushValue(state, cosmoV_newObj(newObj)); // so our GC doesn't free our new object
-
-                for (int i = 0; i < entries; i++) {
-                    val = cosmoV_getTop(state, (i*2) + 1);
-                    key = cosmoV_getTop(state, (i*2) + 2);
-
-                    // set key/value pair
-                    CValue *newVal = cosmoT_insert(state, &newObj->tbl, *key);
-                    *newVal = *val;
-                }
-
-                // once done, pop everything off the stack + push new object
-                cosmoV_setTop(state, (entries * 2) + 1);
-                cosmoV_pushValue(state, cosmoV_newObj(newObj));
+                uint8_t pairs = READBYTE();
+                cosmoV_pushObject(state, pairs);
                 break;
             }
             case OP_GETOBJECT: {
diff --git a/src/cvm.h b/src/cvm.h
index cd47006..b56f83e 100644
--- a/src/cvm.h
+++ b/src/cvm.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef COSMOVM_H
 #define COSMOVM_H
 
+#include <string.h>
+
 #include "cosmo.h"
 #include "cstate.h"
 
@@ -12,5 +14,32 @@ typedef enum {
 
 // args = # of pass parameters, nresults = # of expected results
 COSMO_API COSMOVMRESULT cosmoV_call(CState *state, int args);
+COSMO_API void cosmoV_pushObject(CState *state, int pairs);
+
+// nice to have wrappers
+
+// pushes a cosmo_Number to the stack
+static inline void cosmoV_pushNumber(CState *state, cosmo_Number num) {
+    cosmoV_pushValue(state, cosmoV_newNumber(num));
+}
+
+// pushes a boolean to the stack
+static inline void cosmoV_pushBoolean(CState *state, bool b) {
+    cosmoV_pushValue(state, cosmoV_newBoolean(b));
+}
+
+// pushes a C Function to the stack
+static inline void cosmoV_pushCFunction(CState *state, CosmoCFunction func) {
+    cosmoV_pushValue(state, cosmoV_newObj(cosmoO_newCFunction(state, func)));
+}
+
+static inline void cosmoV_pushLString(CState *state, const char *str, size_t len) {
+    cosmoV_pushValue(state, cosmoV_newObj(cosmoO_copyString(state, str, len)));
+}
+
+// accepts a null terminated string and copys the buffer to the VM heap
+static inline void cosmoV_pushString(CState *state, const char *str) {
+    cosmoV_pushLString(state, str, strlen(str));
+}
 
 #endif
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