diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9803a0c..7ecdb48 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS true)
 
 message(STATUS "Build type: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
 
-set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-fno-exceptions -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -Werror -Wall -Wunused-result -Wno-unused-function -Wno-unused-variable -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=address -Wno-c99-designator")
+set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -Werror -Wall -Wunused-result -Wno-unused-function -Wno-unused-variable -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=address -Wno-c99-designator")
 
 add_library(vm_lib)
 target_sources(vm_lib
diff --git a/src/rve.cpp b/src/rve.cpp
index e69de29..92be719 100644
--- a/src/rve.cpp
+++ b/src/rve.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#include "vm.hpp"
+#include <iostream>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cassert>
+#include <cstring>
+
+int main() {
+  const size_t MEMORY_SIZE = 1024;
+  uint8_t memory[MEMORY_SIZE] = {0};
+
+  uint32_t program[] = {
+    0x00000093, // addi x1, x0, 0
+    0x00100113, // addi x2, x0, 1
+    0x00a00193, // addi x3, x0, 10
+    0x10000213, // addi x4, x0, 256
+    0x002080b3, // add x1, x1, x2 <- loop
+    0x00110113, // addi x2, x2, 1
+    0xfe311ce3, // bne x2, x3, loop
+    0x00122023, // sw x1, 0(x4)
+  };
+
+  std::memcpy(memory, reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(program), sizeof(program));
+
+  try {
+    eval(memory, MEMORY_SIZE);
+  } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+    std::cerr << "Emulator error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+    assert(false && "Emulator threw an exception!");
+  }
+
+  // Check the result
+  uint32_t result = 0;
+  std::memcpy(&result, memory + 256, sizeof(uint32_t)); // Memory address 0x100 (256 in decimal)
+
+  // Expected result is the sum of 0 to 9 = 55
+  std::cout << "result: " << std::dec << result << "\n";
+  assert(result == 45 && "Test failed: Sum of 1 to 10 is incorrect!");
+
+  // If we reach here, the test passed
+  std::cout << "Test passed: Sum of 1 to 10 = " << result << std::endl;
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/vm.cpp b/src/vm.cpp
index e69de29..ca6ca54 100644
--- a/src/vm.cpp
+++ b/src/vm.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+#include "vm.hpp"
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <vector>
+
+const int NUM_REGISTERS = 32; // Standard RISC-V has 32 registers
+
+inline int32_t sign_extend(int32_t value, int bits) {
+  int32_t mask = 1 << (bits - 1);
+  return (value ^ mask) - mask;
+}
+
+void eval(uint8_t* memory, size_t memory_size) {
+    uint32_t registers[NUM_REGISTERS] = {0};
+    uint32_t pc = 0;
+
+    auto fetch_instruction = [&memory, &pc]() -> uint32_t {
+        uint32_t instruction = 0;
+        std::memcpy(&instruction, memory + pc, sizeof(uint32_t)); // Load 4 bytes (little-endian)
+        return instruction;
+    };
+
+    while (pc < memory_size) {
+        uint32_t instr = fetch_instruction();
+        if (instr == 0) break;
+        // std::cout << "pc: " << pc << "\n";
+        // std::cout << "instr: " << std::hex << instr << "\n";
+        pc += 4;
+
+        // Decode instruction
+        uint32_t opcode = instr & 0x7F;
+        uint32_t rd = (instr >> 7) & 0x1F;
+        uint32_t funct3 = (instr >> 12) & 0x7;
+        uint32_t rs1 = (instr >> 15) & 0x1F;
+        uint32_t rs2 = (instr >> 20) & 0x1F;
+        uint32_t funct7 = (instr >> 25);
+        int32_t imm;
+
+        switch (opcode) {
+            case 0x33: { // R-type
+              if (funct7 == 0x00) {
+                if (funct3 == 0x0) { // ADD
+                  registers[rd] = registers[rs1] + registers[rs2];
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x04) { // XOR
+                  registers[rd] = registers[rs1] ^ registers[rs2];
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x06) { // OR
+                  registers[rd] = registers[rs1] | registers[rs2];
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x07) { // AND
+                  registers[rd] = registers[rs1] & registers[rs2];
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x01) { // SLL
+                  registers[rd] = registers[rs1] << registers[rs2];
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x05) { // SRL
+                  uint32_t value = registers[rs1];
+                  uint32_t shift_amount = registers[rs2] & 0x1F;
+                  registers[rd] = value << shift_amount;
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x02) { // SLT
+                  registers[rd] = (static_cast<int32_t>(registers[rs1]) < static_cast<int32_t>(registers[rs2]))?0:1;
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x03) { // SLTU
+                  registers[rd] = (registers[rs1] < registers[rs2]) ? 1 : 0;
+                } else {
+                  throw std::runtime_error("Unknown R-type instruction");
+                }
+              } else if (funct7 == 0x20) {
+                if (funct3 == 0x0) { // SUB
+                    registers[rd] = registers[rs1] - registers[rs2];
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x05) { // SRA
+                  // Only the lower 5 bits are used for shift
+                  int32_t value = static_cast<int32_t>(registers[rs1]);
+                  int32_t shift_amount = registers[rs2] & 0x1F;
+                  registers[rd] = value >> shift_amount;
+                } else {
+                    throw std::runtime_error("Unknown R-type instruction");
+                }
+              } else if (funct7 == 0x01) {
+                if (funct3 == 0x0) { // MUL
+                  int64_t result = static_cast<int64_t>(static_cast<int32_t>(registers[rs1])) *
+                                 static_cast<int64_t>(static_cast<int32_t>(registers[rs2]));
+                  registers[rd] = static_cast<uint32_t>(result);
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x1) { // MULH
+                  int64_t result = static_cast<int64_t>(static_cast<int32_t>(registers[rs1])) *
+                    static_cast<int64_t>(static_cast<int32_t>(registers[rs2]));
+                  registers[rd] = static_cast<uint32_t>(result >> 32);
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x2) { // MULSU
+                  int64_t result = static_cast<int64_t>(static_cast<int32_t>(registers[rs1])) *
+                    static_cast<uint64_t>(registers[rs2]);
+                  registers[rd] = static_cast<uint32_t>(result >> 32);
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x3) { // MULU
+                  uint64_t result = static_cast<uint64_t>(registers[rs1]) *
+                    static_cast<uint64_t>(registers[rs2]);
+                  registers[rd] = static_cast<uint32_t>(result >> 32); // Upper 32 bits
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x4) { // DIV
+                  int32_t dividend = static_cast<int32_t>(registers[rs1]);
+                  int32_t divisor = static_cast<int32_t>(registers[rs2]);
+                  if (divisor == 0) {
+                    registers[rd] = -1; // Division by zero result
+                  } else if (dividend == INT32_MIN && divisor == -1) {
+                    registers[rd] = dividend; // Overflow case
+                  } else {
+                    registers[rd] = dividend / divisor;
+                  }
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x5) { // DIVU
+                  uint32_t dividend = registers[rs1];
+                  uint32_t divisor = registers[rs2];
+                  registers[rd] = (divisor == 0) ? UINT32_MAX : dividend / divisor;
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x6) { // REM
+                  int32_t dividend = static_cast<int32_t>(registers[rs1]);
+                  int32_t divisor = static_cast<int32_t>(registers[rs2]);
+                  if (divisor == 0) {
+                    registers[rd] = dividend; // Remainder with zero divisor is the dividend
+                  } else if (dividend == INT32_MIN && divisor == -1) {
+                    registers[rd] = 0; // Overflow case
+                  } else {
+                    registers[rd] = dividend % divisor;
+                  }
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x7) { // REMU
+                  uint32_t dividend = registers[rs1];
+                  uint32_t divisor = registers[rs2];
+                  registers[rd] = (divisor == 0) ? dividend : dividend % divisor;
+                } else {
+                    throw std::runtime_error("Unknown R-type instruction");
+                }
+              } else {
+                throw std::runtime_error("Unknown R-type instruction");
+              }
+              break;
+            }
+            case 0x13: { // I-type (ADDI)
+                imm = sign_extend(instr >> 20, 12); // Extract 12-bit immediate
+                if (funct3 == 0x0) { // ADDI
+                    registers[rd] = registers[rs1] + imm;
+                } else {
+                    throw std::runtime_error("Unknown I-type instruction");
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+            case 0x63: { // B-type (BEQ, BNE)
+                imm = ((instr >> 7) & 0x1E) | ((instr >> 20) & 0x7E0) |
+                      ((instr >> 19) & 0x800) | ((instr >> 31) << 12);
+                imm = sign_extend(imm, 13); // Sign-extend 13-bit immediate
+                if (funct3 == 0x0) { // BEQ
+                    if (registers[rs1] == registers[rs2]) {
+                        pc += imm - 4; // Offset PC (adjust for pre-increment)
+                    }
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x1) { // BNE
+                    if (registers[rs1] != registers[rs2]) {
+                        pc += imm - 4; // Offset PC
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    throw std::runtime_error("Unknown B-type instruction");
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+            case 0x03: { // I-type (loads)
+                imm = sign_extend(instr >> 20, 12); // Extract 12-bit immediate
+                registers[rd] = 0;
+                if (funct3 == 0x00) { // LB
+                    uint32_t addr = registers[rs1] + imm;
+                    if (addr + 1 > memory_size) {
+                        throw std::runtime_error("Memory access out of bounds");
+                    }
+                    std::memcpy(&registers[rd], memory + addr, sizeof(uint8_t));
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x01) { // LH
+                    uint32_t addr = registers[rs1] + imm;
+                    if (addr + 2 > memory_size) {
+                        throw std::runtime_error("Memory access out of bounds");
+                    }
+                    std::memcpy(&registers[rd], memory + addr, sizeof(uint16_t));
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x2) { // LW
+                    uint32_t addr = registers[rs1] + imm;
+                    if (addr + 4 > memory_size) {
+                        throw std::runtime_error("Memory access out of bounds");
+                    }
+                    std::memcpy(&registers[rd], memory + addr, sizeof(uint32_t));
+                } else {
+                    throw std::runtime_error("Unknown load instruction");
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+            case 0x23: { // S-type (SW)
+                imm = ((instr >> 7) & 0x1F) | ((instr >> 25) << 5);
+                imm = sign_extend(imm, 12); // Sign-extend 12-bit immediate
+                if (funct3 == 0x0) { // SB
+                    uint32_t addr = registers[rs1] + imm;
+                    if (addr + 1 > memory_size) {
+                        throw std::runtime_error("Memory access out of bounds");
+                    }
+                    std::memcpy(memory + addr, &registers[rs2], sizeof(uint8_t));
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x1) { // SH
+                    uint32_t addr = registers[rs1] + imm;
+                    if (addr + 2 > memory_size) {
+                        throw std::runtime_error("Memory access out of bounds");
+                    }
+                    std::memcpy(memory + addr, &registers[rs2], sizeof(uint16_t));
+                } else if (funct3 == 0x2) { // SW
+                    uint32_t addr = registers[rs1] + imm;
+                    if (addr + 4 > memory_size) {
+                        throw std::runtime_error("Memory access out of bounds");
+                    }
+                    std::memcpy(memory + addr, &registers[rs2], sizeof(uint32_t));
+                } else {
+                    throw std::runtime_error("Unknown store instruction");
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+            default:
+                throw std::runtime_error("Unknown opcode");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/vm.hpp b/src/vm.hpp
index e69de29..3fec57a 100644
--- a/src/vm.hpp
+++ b/src/vm.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <cstddef>
+
+void eval(uint8_t* memory, size_t memory_size);