diff --git a/lang/main.c b/lang/main.c
index 4a398c0..a82a01b 100644
--- a/lang/main.c
+++ b/lang/main.c
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@
 }
 
 int lang_main(void) {
-	init_symbols();
-	init_symbols();
-	init_symbols();
 	printf("Hello world!\n");
 	printf("symb %i\n", find_symbol("a"));
 	printf("symb %i\n", find_symbol("b"));
diff --git a/lang/symbol.c b/lang/symbol.c
index c7471e0..9e42ce4 100644
--- a/lang/symbol.c
+++ b/lang/symbol.c
@@ -2,51 +2,17 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2023 John Watts and the LuminaSensum contributors
 
 #include "symbol.h"
-#include "error.h"
-#include <string.h>
-#include <threads.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
 
-#define SYMBOL_LEN 32
-#define SYMBOLS_MAX 32
-
-typedef struct {
-	char name[SYMBOL_LEN];
-	symbol sym;
-} symbol_mapping;
-
-symbol_mapping symbols[SYMBOLS_MAX];
-mtx_t symbols_lock;
-
-void init_symbols(void) {
-	int err = mtx_init(&symbols_lock, mtx_plain);
-	abort_if(err != thrd_success, "unable to init symbols mutex");
-	memset(symbols, 0, sizeof(symbols));
-}
-
-symbol find_symbol(char *name) {
-	int err = mtx_lock(&symbols_lock);
-	abort_if(err != thrd_success, "unable to lock symbols mutex");
-	for (int i = 0; i < SYMBOLS_MAX; ++i) {
-		symbol_mapping *curr_sym = &symbols[i];
-		char *curr_name = curr_sym->name;
-		if (curr_name[0] == 0) {
-			strncpy(curr_name, name, SYMBOL_LEN);
-			curr_sym->sym = i;
-			err = mtx_unlock(&symbols_lock);
-			abort_if(err != thrd_success,
-				"unable to unlock symbols mutex");
-			return curr_sym->sym;
-		} else {
-			int cmp = strncmp(curr_name, name, SYMBOL_LEN);
-			if (cmp == 0) {
-				err = mtx_unlock(&symbols_lock);
-				abort_if(err != thrd_success,
-					"unable to unlock symbols mutex");
-				return curr_sym->sym;
-			}
-		}
+// FNV-1a Algorithm from http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/fnv/
+// Thanks for releasing it to the public domain :)
+uint32_t fnv32a_str(unsigned char *str) {
+	uint32_t hash = (uint32_t)0x811c9dc5;
+	while (*str) {
+		hash ^= (uint32_t)*str++;
+		hash *= (uint32_t)0x01000193;
 	}
-	err = mtx_unlock(&symbols_lock);
-	abort_if(err != thrd_success, "unable to unlock symbols mutex");
-	abort_msg("ran out of symbols");
+	return hash;
 }
+
+symbol find_symbol(char *name) { return fnv32a_str((unsigned char *)name); }
diff --git a/lang/symbol.h b/lang/symbol.h
index ca5de6e..291a7e7 100644
--- a/lang/symbol.h
+++ b/lang/symbol.h
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 // Symbols are integers with unique values
 typedef int symbol;
 
-// Clears all symbols
-void init_symbols(void);
-
 // Find a unique value associated with the symbol's name
 symbol find_symbol(char *name);