diff --git a/example/ex1/ex1.cpp b/example/ex1/ex1.cpp
index 01b914d8..04dc2f12 100644
--- a/example/ex1/ex1.cpp
+++ b/example/ex1/ex1.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ main() {
     llvm::InitializeNativeTargetAsmPrinter();
     llvm::InitializeNativeTargetAsmParser();
 
-    auto jit = llvm_exit_on_err(Jit::make_aux());
+    //auto jit = llvm_exit_on_err(Jit::make_aux());
+    auto jit = Jit::make();
 
     //static_assert(std::is_function_v<decltype(&foo)>);
 
diff --git a/include/xo/jit/Jit.hpp b/include/xo/jit/Jit.hpp
index d66f86fe..26c81e05 100644
--- a/include/xo/jit/Jit.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/jit/Jit.hpp
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ namespace xo {
         public:
             /* tracking KaleidoscopeJIT::Create() here.. */
             static llvm::Expected<std::unique_ptr<Jit>> make_aux();
+            static xo::ref::rp<Jit> make();
+
 
             llvm::Value * codegen_constant(ref::brw<xo::ast::ConstantInterface> expr);
             llvm::Function * codegen_primitive(ref::brw<xo::ast::PrimitiveInterface> expr);
diff --git a/src/jit/Jit.cpp b/src/jit/Jit.cpp
index d5aa2901..66412b67 100644
--- a/src/jit/Jit.cpp
+++ b/src/jit/Jit.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ namespace xo {
                                             ));
         } /*make*/
 
+        xo::ref::rp<Jit>
+        Jit::make() {
+            static llvm::ExitOnError llvm_exit_on_err;
+
+            std::unique_ptr<Jit> jit = llvm_exit_on_err(make_aux());
+
+            return jit.release();
+        } /*make*/
+
         Jit::Jit(
             std::unique_ptr<KaleidoscopeJIT> kal_jit
 #ifdef NOT_USING