diff --git a/Readme.org b/Readme.org
index a05a683..4751d2a 100644
--- a/Readme.org
+++ b/Readme.org
@@ -154,10 +154,8 @@ Note: this section only tracks the state of incomplete TODO items. Having everyt
 ** DONE Beta tasks
 (See tag: v0.3.0)
 ** TODO v1.0 tasks
-- Post to relevant channels
 - Version flag
 - islist type query
-- Scripts can use shell functions
 - Can pass args to relish scripts (via interpreter)
 - Can pass args to relish scripts (via command line)
 - File operations
diff --git a/src/stl/posix.rs b/src/stl/posix.rs
index bdb4e93..e2a8cdf 100644
--- a/src/stl/posix.rs
+++ b/src/stl/posix.rs
@@ -198,12 +198,10 @@ fn launch_command(
     // glibc says to do this in both parent and child
     if let Ok(child) = newchld {
         let pid = child.id();
-        if let Err(e) = unistd::setpgid(
+        _ = unistd::setpgid(
             Pid::from_raw(pid as i32),
             Pid::from_raw(pid as i32),
-        ) {
-            eprintln!("parent couldnt setpgid on chld: {}", e);
-        }
+        ); // ignore result
         state.children.push(child);
         if !background {
             make_foreground(pid, state)
diff --git a/src/sym.rs b/src/sym.rs
index 591a772..0a499af 100644
--- a/src/sym.rs
+++ b/src/sym.rs
@@ -143,15 +143,29 @@ impl SymTable {
         if let ValueType::VarForm(ref val) = symbol.value {
             match **val {
                 Ctr::Lambda(ref l) if call_func => {
-                    call_lambda(
+                    return call_lambda(
                         l,
                         &Box::new(Ctr::Seg(args.clone())),
                         self
                     )
                 },
-                _ => Ok(val.clone()),
+                Ctr::Symbol(ref s) if self.is_function_type(s).is_some()
+                    && self.is_function_type(s).unwrap() => {
+                    symbol = match self.remove(s) {
+                        Some(sym) => sym,
+                        None => return Err(
+                            Traceback::new().with_trace(
+                                (name, format!("(references undefined symbol {})", s))
+                                    .into())),
+                    };
+                    symbol.__generation -= 1;
+                    self.insert(symbol.name.clone(), symbol.clone());
+                },
+                _ => return Ok(val.clone()),
             }
-        } else if call_func {
+        }
+
+        if call_func {
             symbol.call(args, self)
         } else {
             // its a function but call_func is off
@@ -161,10 +175,10 @@ impl SymTable {
 
     pub fn is_function_type(&self, name: &String) -> Option<bool> {
         if let ValueType::VarForm(ref val) = self.get(name)?.value {
-            if let Ctr::Lambda(_) = **val {
-                Some(true)
-            } else {
-                Some(false)
+            match **val {
+                Ctr::Lambda(_) => Some(true),
+                Ctr::Symbol(ref n) => self.is_function_type(n),
+                _ =>  Some(false),
             }
         } else {
             Some(true)
diff --git a/tests/test_eval.rs b/tests/test_eval.rs
index 128fa1b..8ba3a90 100644
--- a/tests/test_eval.rs
+++ b/tests/test_eval.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 mod eval_tests {
     use relish::ast::{eval, lex, SymTable};
     use relish::ast::{Args, Ctr, Seg, Symbol, UserFn, ValueType};
+    use relish::stdlib::{dynamic_stdlib, static_stdlib};
 
     #[test]
     fn eval_simple() {
@@ -92,4 +93,21 @@ mod eval_tests {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn func_lambda_equivalency() {
+        let comparator = "(def apply 'applicator' (fn x) (fn x))";
+        let lh_doc = "(apply car (1 2 3))";
+        let rh_doc = "(apply (lambda (x) (car x)) (1 2 3))";
+
+        let mut syms = SymTable::new();
+        static_stdlib(&mut syms);
+        dynamic_stdlib(&mut syms, None);
+
+        eval(&lex(&comparator.to_string()).unwrap(), &mut syms).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            eval(&lex(&lh_doc.to_string()).unwrap(), &mut syms).unwrap(),
+            eval(&lex(&rh_doc.to_string()).unwrap(), &mut syms).unwrap(),
+        );
+    }
 }