diff --git a/applications/terminal/main.asm b/applications/terminal/main.asm
index ae160a9..e3d77d0 100644
--- a/applications/terminal/main.asm
+++ b/applications/terminal/main.asm
@@ -17,10 +17,18 @@
     call fill_window
 
     ; start an instance of sh.fxf
-    call get_unused_task_id
+    call get_current_disk_id
+    mov r1, r0
+    mov r0, sh_fxf_name
+    mov r2, stream_struct
+    mov r3, 0
+    mov r4, 0
+    mov r5, 0
+    mov r6, 0
+    call launch_fxf_from_disk
+    cmp r0, 0xFFFFFFFF
+    ifz jmp sh_fxf_missing
     mov.8 [shell_task_id], r0
-    mov r1, stream_struct
-    call new_shell_task
 
 event_loop:
     mov r0, window_struct
@@ -99,9 +107,19 @@ close_window:
     call end_current_task
     jmp event_loop_end
 
+sh_fxf_missing:
+    mov r0, sh_fxf_missing_str
+    call print_str_to_terminal
+sh_fxf_missing_yield_loop:
+    call yield_task
+    rjmp sh_fxf_missing_yield_loop
+
 window_title: data.strz "Terminal"
 window_struct: data.fill 0, 36
 
+sh_fxf_name: data.strz "sh.fxf"
+sh_fxf_missing_str: data.str "sh could not be launched! hanging here" data.8 10 data.8 0
+
 shell_task_id: data.8 0
 
 stream_struct:
@@ -113,7 +131,6 @@ stream_struct:
     data.32 stream_write_to_terminal
 
     #include "stream.asm"
-    #include "task.asm"
     #include "text.asm"
 
     ; include system defs
diff --git a/applications/terminal/task.asm b/applications/terminal/task.asm
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d7d608..0000000
--- a/applications/terminal/task.asm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-; sh.fxf launching routines
-
-; start an instance of sh.fxf
-; inputs:
-; r0: task ID
-; r1: pointer to stream struct
-; outputs:
-; none
-new_shell_task:
-    push r0
-    push r1
-
-    ; open the file
-    call get_current_disk_id
-    mov r1, r0
-    mov r0, sh_fxf_name
-    mov r2, sh_fxf_struct
-    call open
-    cmp r0, 0
-    ifz jmp sh_fxf_missing
-
-    ; allocate memory for the binary
-    mov r0, sh_fxf_struct
-    call ryfs_get_size
-    call allocate_memory
-    cmp r0, 0
-    ifz jmp sh_fxf_missing
-    mov [sh_fxf_binary_ptr], r0
-
-    ; read the file into memory
-    mov r0, sh_fxf_struct
-    mov r1, [sh_fxf_binary_ptr]
-    call ryfs_read_whole_file
-
-    ; allocate a 64KiB stack
-    mov r0, 65536
-    call allocate_memory
-    cmp r0, 0
-    ifz jmp sh_fxf_missing
-    mov [sh_fxf_stack_ptr], r0
-
-    ; push the stream struct pointer to the shell's stack
-    add r0, 65532
-    pop r1
-    mov [r0], r1
-    mov r10, r0
-
-    ; relocate the binary
-    mov r0, [sh_fxf_binary_ptr]
-    call parse_fxf_binary
-
-    ; then start the task
-    mov r1, r0                  ; initial instruction pointer
-    pop r0                      ; task ID
-    mov r2, r10                 ; initial stack pointer
-    mov r3, [sh_fxf_binary_ptr] ; pointer to task code block to free when task ends
-    mov r4, [sh_fxf_stack_ptr]  ; pointer to task stack block to free when task ends
-    call new_task
-    ret
-
-sh_fxf_missing:
-    mov r0, sh_fxf_missing_str
-    call print_str_to_terminal
-sh_fxf_missing_yield_loop:
-    call yield_task
-    rjmp sh_fxf_missing_yield_loop
-
-sh_fxf_name: data.strz "sh.fxf"
-sh_fxf_struct: data.fill 0, 8
-sh_fxf_missing_str: data.str "sh could not be launched! hanging here" data.8 10 data.8 0
-sh_fxf_binary_ptr: data.32 0
-sh_fxf_stack_ptr: data.32 0