diff --git a/scene.js b/scene.js
index 7ddb838..b740295 100644
--- a/scene.js
+++ b/scene.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 window.addEventListener("load", async () => {
     try {
-        await Scheme.load_main("scene.wasm", {
+        hootDom = await Scheme.load_main("scene.wasm", {
             user_imports: {
                 document: {
                     getElementById(id) {
diff --git a/scene.scm b/scene.scm
index 4274894..c491841 100644
--- a/scene.scm
+++ b/scene.scm
@@ -118,9 +118,7 @@
          (button (@ (id "button")
                     (type "button")
                     (click ,(lambda (e)
-                              (! counter (1+ (! counter)))
-                              ;; Hacky hack to ensure root-ref isn't GC'd too early...
-                              (display root-ref))))
+                              (! counter (1+ (! counter))))))
                  "Counter: "
                  ,counter)
          (button (@ (click ,(lambda (e) (! counter 0))))
@@ -134,3 +132,5 @@
                `(p "I want to see " ,(~ (- 20 (! counter))) " more")))))
 
 (append-child! (document-body) (element-ref-element root-ref))
+
+root-ref