diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c260da3..acf64a3 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ project('Cube', ['c', 'objcpp'],
   meson_version: '1.5.0')
 
 add_global_arguments(
-  ['-fobjc-arc', '-fobjc-arc-exceptions'],
+  [
+    '-fobjc-arc',
+    '-fobjc-arc-exceptions'
+  ],
   language: 'objcpp')
 
 objfw_dep = dependency('objfw')
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ executable('client',
     'src/console.mm',
     'src/editing.mm',
     'src/entities.mm',
+    'src/init.mm',
     'src/main.mm',
     'src/menus.mm',
     'src/monster.mm',
diff --git a/src/cube.h b/src/cube.h
index 0485cf9..6b3e99d 100644
--- a/src/cube.h
+++ b/src/cube.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // one big bad include file for the whole engine... nasty!
 
+#import <ObjFW/ObjFW.h>
+
 #include "tools.h"
 
 enum // block types, order matters!
@@ -390,21 +392,50 @@ enum // function signatures for script functions, see command.cpp
 // nasty macros for registering script functions, abuses globals to avoid
 // excessive infrastructure
 #define COMMANDN(name, fun, nargs)                                             \
-	static bool __dummy_##fun = addcommand(#name, (void (*)())fun, nargs)
+	OF_CONSTRUCTOR()                                                       \
+	{                                                                      \
+		enqueueInit(#name, ^{                                                 \
+		  addcommand(#name, (void (*)())fun, nargs);                   \
+		});                                                            \
+	}
 #define COMMAND(name, nargs) COMMANDN(name, name, nargs)
 #define VARP(name, min, cur, max)                                              \
-	int name = variable(#name, min, cur, max, &name, NULL, true)
+	int name;                                                              \
+	OF_CONSTRUCTOR()                                                       \
+	{                                                                      \
+		enqueueInit(#name, ^{                                                 \
+		  name = variable(#name, min, cur, max, &name, NULL, true);    \
+		});                                                            \
+	}
 #define VAR(name, min, cur, max)                                               \
-	int name = variable(#name, min, cur, max, &name, NULL, false)
+	int name;                                                              \
+	OF_CONSTRUCTOR()                                                       \
+	{                                                                      \
+		enqueueInit(#name, ^{                                                 \
+		  name = variable(#name, min, cur, max, &name, NULL, false);   \
+		});                                                            \
+	}
 #define VARF(name, min, cur, max, body)                                        \
 	void var_##name();                                                     \
-	static int name =                                                      \
-	    variable(#name, min, cur, max, &name, var_##name, false);          \
+	static int name;                                                       \
+	OF_CONSTRUCTOR()                                                       \
+	{                                                                      \
+		enqueueInit(#name, ^{                                                 \
+		  name = variable(                                             \
+		      #name, min, cur, max, &name, var_##name, false);         \
+		});                                                            \
+	}                                                                      \
 	void var_##name() { body; }
 #define VARFP(name, min, cur, max, body)                                       \
 	void var_##name();                                                     \
-	static int name =                                                      \
-	    variable(#name, min, cur, max, &name, var_##name, true);           \
+	static int name;                                                       \
+	OF_CONSTRUCTOR()                                                       \
+	{                                                                      \
+		enqueueInit(#name, ^{                                                 \
+		  name =                                                       \
+		      variable(#name, min, cur, max, &name, var_##name, true); \
+		});                                                            \
+	}                                                                      \
 	void var_##name() { body; }
 
 #define ATOI(s) strtol(s, NULL, 0) // supports hexadecimal numbers
diff --git a/src/init.mm b/src/init.mm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e599ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/init.mm
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#include <vector>
+
+#import "cube.h"
+#import "protos.h"
+
+static std::vector<void (^)(void)> *queue;
+
+void
+enqueueInit(const char *name, void (^init)(void))
+{
+	if (queue == NULL)
+		queue = new std::vector<void (^)(void)>();
+
+	queue->push_back(init);
+}
+
+void
+processInitQueue(void)
+{
+	for (auto &init : *queue)
+		init();
+
+	queue->clear();
+}
diff --git a/src/main.mm b/src/main.mm
index 1709126..25d4880 100644
--- a/src/main.mm
+++ b/src/main.mm
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	char *sdesc = "", *ip = "", *master = NULL, *passwd = "";
 	islittleendian = *((char *)&islittleendian);
 
+	processInitQueue();
+
 #define log(s) conoutf("init: %s", s)
 	log("sdl");
 
diff --git a/src/protos.h b/src/protos.h
index 10cf9da..b759773 100644
--- a/src/protos.h
+++ b/src/protos.h
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ extern void conoutf(const char *s, ...);
 extern char *getcurcommand();
 extern void writebinds(FILE *f);
 
+// init
+extern void enqueueInit(const char *name, void (^init)(void));
+extern void processInitQueue(void);
+
 // menus
 extern bool rendermenu();
 extern void menuset(int menu);