diff --git a/py/runtime.c b/py/runtime.c
index a1c94930ffa4b0287cdf5a342aabf7cb7046a31c..ce71025a8c59b5078262b621d2dbaaea32da22c1 100644
--- a/py/runtime.c
+++ b/py/runtime.c
@@ -1499,14 +1499,18 @@ no_attr:
 
 void rt_store_attr(py_obj_t base, qstr attr, py_obj_t value) {
     DEBUG_OP_printf("store attr %p.%s <- %p\n", base, qstr_str(attr), value);
-    if (IS_O(base, O_OBJ)) {
+    if (IS_O(base, O_CLASS)) {
+        // TODO CPython allows STORE_ATTR to a class, but is this the correct implementation?
+        py_obj_base_t *o = base;
+        py_qstr_map_lookup(o->u_class.locals, attr, true)->value = value;
+    } else if (IS_O(base, O_OBJ)) {
         // logic: look in class locals (no add) then obj members (add) (TODO check this against CPython)
         py_obj_base_t *o = base;
         py_map_elem_t *elem = py_qstr_map_lookup(o->u_obj.class->u_class.locals, attr, false);
         if (elem != NULL) {
             elem->value = value;
         } else {
-            elem = py_qstr_map_lookup(o->u_obj.class->u_class.locals, attr, true)->value = value;
+            py_qstr_map_lookup(o->u_obj.members, attr, true)->value = value;
         }
     } else {
         printf("?AttributeError: '%s' object has no attribute '%s'\n", py_obj_get_type_str(base), qstr_str(attr));
@@ -1618,3 +1622,13 @@ void rt_f_vector(rt_fun_kind_t fun_kind) {
     (rt_f_table[fun_kind])();
 }
 */
+
+// temporary way of making C modules
+// hack: use class to mimic a module
+
+py_obj_t py_module_new() {
+    py_obj_base_t *o = m_new(py_obj_base_t, 1);
+    o->kind = O_CLASS;
+    o->u_class.locals = py_map_new(MAP_QSTR, 0);
+    return o;
+}
diff --git a/py/runtime.h b/py/runtime.h
index dc7ecc617235710dbd132fb4ed6a0c9ff1c2e99c..50de956b5ed6efa1c0f0f3e6214c5519597ff276 100644
--- a/py/runtime.h
+++ b/py/runtime.h
@@ -95,12 +95,10 @@ int rt_get_unique_code_id(bool is_main_module);
 void rt_assign_byte_code(int unique_code_id, byte *code, uint len, int n_args, int n_locals, int n_stack, bool is_generator);
 void rt_assign_native_code(int unique_code_id, py_fun_t f, uint len, int n_args);
 void rt_assign_inline_asm_code(int unique_code_id, py_fun_t f, uint len, int n_args);
-py_fun_t rt_get_code(qstr id);
 void py_obj_print(py_obj_t o);
 int rt_is_true(py_obj_t arg);
 int rt_get_int(py_obj_t arg);
 py_obj_t rt_load_const_str(qstr qstr);
-//py_obj_t rt_load_const_code(qstr qstr);
 py_obj_t rt_load_name(qstr qstr);
 py_obj_t rt_load_global(qstr qstr);
 py_obj_t rt_load_build_class();
@@ -118,8 +116,6 @@ py_obj_t rt_call_function_0(py_obj_t fun);
 py_obj_t rt_call_function_1(py_obj_t fun, py_obj_t arg);
 py_obj_t rt_call_function_2(py_obj_t fun, py_obj_t arg1, py_obj_t arg2);
 py_obj_t rt_call_function_n(py_obj_t fun, int n_args, const py_obj_t *args);
-py_obj_t rt_call_method_1(py_obj_t fun, py_obj_t self);
-py_obj_t rt_call_method_2(py_obj_t fun, py_obj_t self, py_obj_t arg);
 py_obj_t rt_call_method_n(int n_args, const py_obj_t *args);
 py_obj_t rt_build_tuple(int n_args, py_obj_t *items);
 py_obj_t rt_build_list(int n_args, py_obj_t *items);
@@ -134,3 +130,6 @@ void rt_store_attr(py_obj_t base, qstr attr, py_obj_t val);
 void rt_store_subscr(py_obj_t base, py_obj_t index, py_obj_t val);
 py_obj_t rt_getiter(py_obj_t o);
 py_obj_t rt_iternext(py_obj_t o);
+
+// temporary way of making C modules
+py_obj_t py_module_new();