diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/examples/simple/main.rs b/lib/runtime-core/examples/simple/main.rs
index 0e697afbd..dcf016a81 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/examples/simple/main.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/examples/simple/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use wabt::wat2wasm;
 use wasmer_clif_backend::CraneliftCompiler;
-use wasmer_runtime_core::{error::Result, prelude::*};
+use wasmer_runtime_core::{error::Result, prelude::*, memory::Memory, types::MemoryDesc};
 
 static EXAMPLE_WASM: &'static [u8] = include_bytes!("simple.wasm");
 
@@ -8,9 +8,18 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let wasm_binary = wat2wasm(IMPORT_MODULE.as_bytes()).expect("WAST not valid or malformed");
     let inner_module = wasmer_runtime_core::compile_with(&wasm_binary, &CraneliftCompiler::new())?;
 
+    let mut memory = Memory::new(MemoryDesc {
+        min: 1,
+        max: Some(1),
+        shared: false,
+    }).unwrap();
+
+    memory.as_slice_mut()[0] = 42;
+
     let import_object = imports! {
         "env" => {
-            "print_i32" => print_num<[i32] -> [i32]>,
+            "print_i32" => func!(print_num, [i32] -> [i32]),
+            "memory" => memory,
         },
     };
 
@@ -36,9 +45,10 @@ extern "C" fn print_num(n: i32, _vmctx: &mut vm::Ctx) -> i32 {
 static IMPORT_MODULE: &str = r#"
 (module
   (type $t0 (func (param i32) (result i32)))
-  ;; (import "env" "memory" (memory 0 1))
+  (import "env" "memory" (memory 1 1))
   (import "env" "print_i32" (func $print_i32 (type $t0)))
   (func $print_num (export "print_num") (type $t0) (param $p0 i32) (result i32)
-    get_local $p0
+    i32.const 0
+    i32.load
     call $print_i32))
 "#;
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/src/lib.rs b/lib/runtime-core/src/lib.rs
index 261556116..2c9c1f0ac 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub mod prelude {
         MemoryIndex, TableIndex, Type, Value,
     };
     pub use crate::vm;
-    pub use crate::{export_func, imports};
+    pub use crate::{func, imports};
 }
 
 /// Compile a [`Module`] using the provided compiler from
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/src/macros.rs b/lib/runtime-core/src/macros.rs
index ad33321be..06a5fcdd1 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/src/macros.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/src/macros.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ macro_rules! debug {
 }
 
 #[macro_export]
-macro_rules! export_func {
-    ($func:ident, [ $( $params:ident ),* ] -> [ $( $returns:ident ),* ]) => {{
+macro_rules! func {
+    ($func:ident, [ $( $params:ident ),* ] -> [ $( $returns:ident ),* ] ) => {{
         use $crate::{
             export::{Context, Export, FuncPointer},
             types::{FuncSig, Type},
@@ -98,13 +98,10 @@ macro_rules! imports {
 #[macro_export]
 #[doc(hidden)]
 macro_rules! __imports_internal {
-    ( { $( $imp_name:expr => $func:ident < [ $( $params:ident ),* ] -> [ $( $returns:ident ),* ] >, )* } ) => {{
+    ( { $( $imp_name:expr => $import_item:expr, )* } ) => {{
         let mut ns = Namespace::new();
         $(
-            ns.insert($imp_name, $crate::export_func!(
-                $func,
-                [ $( $params ),* ] -> [ $( $returns )* ]
-            ));
+            ns.insert($imp_name, $import_item);
         )*
         ns
     }};
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/src/memory/dynamic.rs b/lib/runtime-core/src/memory/dynamic.rs
index 0de43e4cc..7d9e9dbdc 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/src/memory/dynamic.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/src/memory/dynamic.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ impl DynamicMemory {
         local.base = storage.memory.as_ptr();
         local.bound = desc.min as usize * WASM_PAGE_SIZE;
         local.memory = storage_ptr as *mut ();
-        println!("local: {:?}", local);
 
         Some(storage)
     }
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/src/memory/mod.rs b/lib/runtime-core/src/memory/mod.rs
index f684f9d00..959692a18 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/src/memory/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/src/memory/mod.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ impl Memory {
             MemoryType::Static => {
                 MemoryStorage::Static(StaticMemory::new(desc, &mut vm_local_memory)?)
             }
-            MemoryType::SharedStatic => unimplemented!(),
+            MemoryType::SharedStatic => unimplemented!("shared memories are not yet implemented"),
         };
 
         Some(Memory {
diff --git a/lib/runtime/src/lib.rs b/lib/runtime/src/lib.rs
index 797447736..43cf20d3e 100644
--- a/lib/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ pub use wasmer_runtime_core::vm::Ctx;
 pub use wasmer_runtime_core::{compile_with, validate};
 
 pub use wasmer_runtime_core::error;
-pub use wasmer_runtime_core::imports;
+pub use wasmer_runtime_core::{imports, func};
 
 pub mod wasm {
     pub use wasmer_runtime_core::instance::Function;