diff --git a/examples/basic/checkbox.c b/examples/basic/checkbox.c
index 546b7df..972cb2c 100644
--- a/examples/basic/checkbox.c
+++ b/examples/basic/checkbox.c
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ int main() {
 	MwWidget window;
 
 	MwLibraryInit();
-
+	
 	window = MwVaCreateWidget(MwWindowClass, "test", NULL, MwDEFAULT, MwDEFAULT, 8 + 16 + 8 + 16 * 10 + 8, 8 + 16 + 8 + 16 + 8,
-				  MwNtitle, "checkbox",
-				  NULL);
+					   MwNtitle, "checkbox",
+					   NULL);
 
 	MwVaCreateWidget(MwCheckBoxClass, "cb1", window, 8, 8, 16, 16,
 			 NULL);
diff --git a/examples/basic/rotate.c b/examples/basic/rotate.c
index 835993d..c3b85d7 100644
--- a/examples/basic/rotate.c
+++ b/examples/basic/rotate.c
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ void resize(MwWidget w, void* user, void* client) {
 
 int main() {
 	MwWidget window;
-	int	 i;
+	int i;
 
 	MwLibraryInit();
 
 	window = MwVaCreateWidget(MwWindowClass, "window", NULL, MwDEFAULT, MwDEFAULT, (ww = 500), (wh = 500),
-				  MwNtitle, "rotate",
-				  NULL);
+					   MwNtitle, "rotate",
+					   NULL);
 
 	for(i = 0; i < (int)(sizeof(buttons) / sizeof(buttons[0])); i++) {
 		const char* color = "";
diff --git a/include/Mw/LowLevel.h b/include/Mw/LowLevel.h
index e8721dd..47f367a 100644
--- a/include/Mw/LowLevel.h
+++ b/include/Mw/LowLevel.h
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ struct _MwLLCommon {
 	void* user;
 	int   copy_buffer;
 	int   type;
-	int   success;
-	int   do_redraw;
 
 	MwLLHandler handler;
 };
diff --git a/src/backend/wayland.c b/src/backend/wayland.c
index ba36212..53b4483 100644
--- a/src/backend/wayland.c
+++ b/src/backend/wayland.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <poll.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ static void setup_toplevel(MwLL r, int x, int y) {
 	r->wayland.display = wl_display_connect(NULL);
 	if(r->wayland.display == NULL) {
 		printf("wayland: failed to create display\n");
-		r->common.success = MwFALSE;
+		raise(SIGTRAP);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -477,7 +478,7 @@ static void setup_toplevel(MwLL r, int x, int y) {
 	wl_registry_add_listener(r->wayland.registry, &r->wayland.registry_listener, r);
 	if(wl_display_roundtrip(r->wayland.display) == -1) {
 		printf("roundtrip failed\n");
-		r->common.success = MwFALSE;
+		raise(SIGTRAP);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -488,7 +489,7 @@ static void setup_toplevel(MwLL r, int x, int y) {
 	    WAYLAND_GET_INTERFACE(r->wayland, wl_seat)->context == NULL) {
 
 		printf("no wl_shm, wl_compositor, wl_seat, or xdg_wm_base support\n");
-		r->common.success = MwFALSE;
+		raise(SIGTRAP);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -625,7 +626,6 @@ static MwLL MwLLCreateImpl(MwLL parent, int x, int y, int width, int height) {
 	r->wayland.parent = parent;
 
 	r->wayland.force_redraw = MwFALSE;
-	r->common.success	= MwTRUE;
 	r->wayland.subwidgets	= NULL;
 
 	if(parent == NULL) {