diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c349f0..7e9d9d5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,13 @@ endif ()
 find_package(ENet REQUIRED)
 find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED)
 find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
-find_package(Lua REQUIRED)
+find_package(LuaJIT)
+if (LUAJIT_FOUND)
+	add_definitions(-DUSE_LUAJIT)
+	set(LUA_LIBRARIES ${LUA_LIBRARY} m)
+else ()
+	find_package(Lua REQUIRED)
+endif ()
 find_package(sackit REQUIRED)
 find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED)
 
@@ -37,7 +43,7 @@ include_directories(
 	${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR}
 )
 
-file(GLOB LUA_FILES src/lua*)
+file(GLOB LUA_FILES src/lua* src/external/bit.c)
 set(MAIN_FILES
 	src/dsp.c
 	src/img.c
@@ -66,10 +72,12 @@ source_group(lua FILES ${LUA_FILES})
 # iceball target
 add_executable(iceball ${MAIN_FILES} ${LUA_FILES} ${GL_FILES})
 target_link_libraries(iceball ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${ENet_LIBRARIES} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${sackit_LIBRARY} ${LUA_LIBRARIES} ${SDL2_LIBRARIES} ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES})
+set_target_properties(iceball PROPERTIES C_STANDARD 99)
 
 # iceball-dedi target
 add_executable(iceball-dedi EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ${MAIN_FILES} ${LUA_FILES})
 target_link_libraries(iceball-dedi ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${ENet_LIBRARIES} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${LUA_LIBRARIES} ${SDL_LIBRARY})
+set_target_properties(iceball-dedi PROPERTIES C_STANDARD 99)
 set_target_properties(iceball-dedi PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "DEDI")
 
 function(copy_run_dep arg1)
diff --git a/LICENCE-others.txt b/LICENCE-others.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f2c91e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENCE-others.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Iceball includes source code of Lua BitOp, a bit operations library for
+Lua 5.1/5.2 - http://bitop.luajit.org/.
+
+Copyright (C) 2008-2012 Mike Pall. All rights reserved.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08e9e53..17098df 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ Ice Lua Components contains some content from libSDL,
   which is licensed under the LGPL version 2.1.
 It is marked accordingly.
 
+Code in src/external is licensed under their respective licenses,
+  which are listed in LICENCE-others.txt.
+
 The manual is in the public domain, except where otherwise specified.
 
 Copyright (C) 2012-2015, Iceball contributors
diff --git a/cmake/FindLuaJIT.cmake b/cmake/FindLuaJIT.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4335d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindLuaJIT.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Locate LuaJIT library
+# This module defines
+#  LUAJIT_FOUND, if false, do not try to link to Lua
+#  LUA_INCLUDE_DIR, where to find lua.h
+#  LUA_VERSION_STRING, the version of Lua found (since CMake 2.8.8)
+#
+# This module is similar to FindLua51.cmake except that it finds LuaJit instead.
+
+FIND_PATH(LUA_INCLUDE_DIR luajit.h
+	HINTS
+	$ENV{LUA_DIR}
+	PATH_SUFFIXES include/luajit-2.0 include/luajit-5_1-2.0 include
+	PATHS
+	~/Library/Frameworks
+	/Library/Frameworks
+	/sw # Fink
+	/opt/local # DarwinPorts
+	/opt/csw # Blastwave
+	/opt
+)
+
+FIND_LIBRARY(LUA_LIBRARY
+	NAMES luajit-5.1
+	HINTS
+	$ENV{LUA_DIR}
+	PATH_SUFFIXES lib64 lib
+	PATHS
+	~/Library/Frameworks
+	/Library/Frameworks
+	/sw
+	/opt/local
+	/opt/csw
+	/opt
+)
+
+IF(LUA_INCLUDE_DIR AND EXISTS "${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR}/luajit.h")
+	FILE(STRINGS "${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR}/luajit.h" lua_version_str REGEX "^#define[ \t]+LUA_RELEASE[ \t]+\"LuaJIT .+\"")
+
+	STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^#define[ \t]+LUA_RELEASE[ \t]+\"LuaJIT ([^\"]+)\".*" "\\1" LUA_VERSION_STRING "${lua_version_str}")
+	UNSET(lua_version_str)
+ENDIF()
+
+INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+# handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set LUAJIT_FOUND to TRUE if
+# all listed variables are TRUE
+FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(LuaJit
+	REQUIRED_VARS LUA_LIBRARY LUA_INCLUDE_DIR
+	VERSION_VAR LUA_VERSION_STRING)
+
+MARK_AS_ADVANCED(LUA_INCLUDE_DIR LUA_LIBRARY LUA_MATH_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/findlua.sh b/findlua.sh
index ff3b461..12676da 100755
--- a/findlua.sh
+++ b/findlua.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 # Because EVERY DISTRO JUST HAS TO INSIST ON DOING IT DIFFERENTLY
 # IT'S LIKE THESE MORONS DON'T KNOW WHAT STANDARDS ARE
 
-if pkg-config lua-5.1 ; then
+if pkg-config luajit ; then
+	pkg-config luajit $@
+elif pkg-config lua-5.1 ; then
 	# FreeBSD
 	pkg-config lua-5.1 $@
 elif pkg-config lua5.1 ; then
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index c6b6a1c..17d057d 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -754,3 +754,5 @@ int wav_init(void);
 void wav_deinit(void);
 #endif
 
+// external/bit.c
+extern int luaopen_bit(lua_State *L);
diff --git a/main.make b/main.make
index 2fa553a..73bc3fe 100644
--- a/main.make
+++ b/main.make
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ OBJS = \
 	$(OBJDIR)/lua.o $(OBJDIR)/network.o \
 	$(OBJDIR)/path.o $(OBJDIR)/json.o \
 	$(OBJDIR)/random.o \
-	$(OBJDIR)/wav.o
+	$(OBJDIR)/wav.o \
+	$(OBJDIR)/external/bit.o
 
 # TODO: make the renderer part not depend on, say, render_img.o
 
@@ -36,7 +37,10 @@ $(OBJDIR):
 $(OBJDIR)/$(RENDERER):
 	mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)/$(RENDERER)
 
-$(BINNAME): $(OBJDIR) $(OBJDIR)/$(RENDERER) $(OBJS)
+$(OBJDIR)/external:
+	mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)/external
+
+$(BINNAME): $(OBJDIR) $(OBJDIR)/$(RENDERER) $(OBJDIR)/external $(OBJS)
 	$(CC) -o $(BINNAME) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(LIBS)
 
 $(OBJDIR)/lua.o: $(SRCDIR)/lua.c $(SRCDIR)/lua_*.h $(INCLUDES)
diff --git a/pkg/base/lib_bits.lua b/pkg/base/lib_bits.lua
index 229ba4d..1ff8d98 100644
--- a/pkg/base/lib_bits.lua
+++ b/pkg/base/lib_bits.lua
@@ -65,3 +65,9 @@ function bit_and(a,b)
 	end
 	return v
 end
+
+if bit then
+	bit_xor = bit.bxor
+	bit_or = bit.bor
+	bit_and = bit.band
+end
diff --git a/src/external/bit.c b/src/external/bit.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..690df7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/external/bit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+/*
+** Lua BitOp -- a bit operations library for Lua 5.1/5.2.
+** http://bitop.luajit.org/
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2008-2012 Mike Pall. All rights reserved.
+**
+** Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+** a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+** "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+** without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+** distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+** permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+** the following conditions:
+**
+** The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+** included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+**
+** THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+** EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+** MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+** IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+** CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+** TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+** SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+**
+** [ MIT license: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php ]
+*/
+
+#define LUA_BITOP_VERSION	"1.0.2"
+
+#define LUA_LIB
+#include "lua.h"
+#include "lauxlib.h"
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+/* MSVC is stuck in the last century and doesn't have C99's stdint.h. */
+typedef __int32 int32_t;
+typedef unsigned __int32 uint32_t;
+typedef unsigned __int64 uint64_t;
+#else
+#include <stdint.h>
+#endif
+
+typedef int32_t SBits;
+typedef uint32_t UBits;
+
+typedef union {
+  lua_Number n;
+#ifdef LUA_NUMBER_DOUBLE
+  uint64_t b;
+#else
+  UBits b;
+#endif
+} BitNum;
+
+/* Convert argument to bit type. */
+static UBits barg(lua_State *L, int idx)
+{
+  BitNum bn;
+  UBits b;
+#if LUA_VERSION_NUM < 502
+  bn.n = lua_tonumber(L, idx);
+#else
+  bn.n = luaL_checknumber(L, idx);
+#endif
+#if defined(LUA_NUMBER_DOUBLE)
+  bn.n += 6755399441055744.0;  /* 2^52+2^51 */
+#ifdef SWAPPED_DOUBLE
+  b = (UBits)(bn.b >> 32);
+#else
+  b = (UBits)bn.b;
+#endif
+#elif defined(LUA_NUMBER_INT) || defined(LUA_NUMBER_LONG) || \
+      defined(LUA_NUMBER_LONGLONG) || defined(LUA_NUMBER_LONG_LONG) || \
+      defined(LUA_NUMBER_LLONG)
+  if (sizeof(UBits) == sizeof(lua_Number))
+    b = bn.b;
+  else
+    b = (UBits)(SBits)bn.n;
+#elif defined(LUA_NUMBER_FLOAT)
+#error "A 'float' lua_Number type is incompatible with this library"
+#else
+#error "Unknown number type, check LUA_NUMBER_* in luaconf.h"
+#endif
+#if LUA_VERSION_NUM < 502
+  if (b == 0 && !lua_isnumber(L, idx)) {
+    luaL_typerror(L, idx, "number");
+  }
+#endif
+  return b;
+}
+
+/* Return bit type. */
+#define BRET(b)  lua_pushnumber(L, (lua_Number)(SBits)(b)); return 1;
+
+static int bit_tobit(lua_State *L) { BRET(barg(L, 1)) }
+static int bit_bnot(lua_State *L) { BRET(~barg(L, 1)) }
+
+#define BIT_OP(func, opr) \
+  static int func(lua_State *L) { int i; UBits b = barg(L, 1); \
+    for (i = lua_gettop(L); i > 1; i--) b opr barg(L, i); BRET(b) }
+BIT_OP(bit_band, &=)
+BIT_OP(bit_bor, |=)
+BIT_OP(bit_bxor, ^=)
+
+#define bshl(b, n)  (b << n)
+#define bshr(b, n)  (b >> n)
+#define bsar(b, n)  ((SBits)b >> n)
+#define brol(b, n)  ((b << n) | (b >> (32-n)))
+#define bror(b, n)  ((b << (32-n)) | (b >> n))
+#define BIT_SH(func, fn) \
+  static int func(lua_State *L) { \
+    UBits b = barg(L, 1); UBits n = barg(L, 2) & 31; BRET(fn(b, n)) }
+BIT_SH(bit_lshift, bshl)
+BIT_SH(bit_rshift, bshr)
+BIT_SH(bit_arshift, bsar)
+BIT_SH(bit_rol, brol)
+BIT_SH(bit_ror, bror)
+
+static int bit_bswap(lua_State *L)
+{
+  UBits b = barg(L, 1);
+  b = (b >> 24) | ((b >> 8) & 0xff00) | ((b & 0xff00) << 8) | (b << 24);
+  BRET(b)
+}
+
+static int bit_tohex(lua_State *L)
+{
+  UBits b = barg(L, 1);
+  SBits n = lua_isnone(L, 2) ? 8 : (SBits)barg(L, 2);
+  const char *hexdigits = "0123456789abcdef";
+  char buf[8];
+  int i;
+  if (n < 0) { n = -n; hexdigits = "0123456789ABCDEF"; }
+  if (n > 8) n = 8;
+  for (i = (int)n; --i >= 0; ) { buf[i] = hexdigits[b & 15]; b >>= 4; }
+  lua_pushlstring(L, buf, (size_t)n);
+  return 1;
+}
+
+static const struct luaL_Reg bit_funcs[] = {
+  { "tobit",	bit_tobit },
+  { "bnot",	bit_bnot },
+  { "band",	bit_band },
+  { "bor",	bit_bor },
+  { "bxor",	bit_bxor },
+  { "lshift",	bit_lshift },
+  { "rshift",	bit_rshift },
+  { "arshift",	bit_arshift },
+  { "rol",	bit_rol },
+  { "ror",	bit_ror },
+  { "bswap",	bit_bswap },
+  { "tohex",	bit_tohex },
+  { NULL, NULL }
+};
+
+/* Signed right-shifts are implementation-defined per C89/C99.
+** But the de facto standard are arithmetic right-shifts on two's
+** complement CPUs. This behaviour is required here, so test for it.
+*/
+#define BAD_SAR		(bsar(-8, 2) != (SBits)-2)
+
+LUALIB_API int luaopen_bit(lua_State *L)
+{
+  UBits b;
+  lua_pushnumber(L, (lua_Number)1437217655L);
+  b = barg(L, -1);
+  if (b != (UBits)1437217655L || BAD_SAR) {  /* Perform a simple self-test. */
+    const char *msg = "compiled with incompatible luaconf.h";
+#ifdef LUA_NUMBER_DOUBLE
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    if (b == (UBits)1610612736L)
+      msg = "use D3DCREATE_FPU_PRESERVE with DirectX";
+#endif
+    if (b == (UBits)1127743488L)
+      msg = "not compiled with SWAPPED_DOUBLE";
+#endif
+    if (BAD_SAR)
+      msg = "arithmetic right-shift broken";
+    luaL_error(L, "bit library self-test failed (%s)", msg);
+  }
+#if LUA_VERSION_NUM < 502
+  luaL_register(L, "bit", bit_funcs);
+#else
+  luaL_newlib(L, bit_funcs);
+#endif
+  return 1;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/lua.c b/src/lua.c
index ee35220..5e43732 100644
--- a/src/lua.c
+++ b/src/lua.c
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ int whitelist_validate(const char *name, int port)
 	if(name == NULL || port == 0 || port == -1)
 		return 0;
 
-	int i;
-
-	for(i = 0; i < raw_whitelist_len; i++)
+	for(int i = 0; i < raw_whitelist_len; i++)
 		if(!strcmp(raw_whitelist[i].addr, name) && (raw_whitelist[i].port == -1 || port == raw_whitelist[i].port))
 			return 1;
 
@@ -374,6 +372,9 @@ void icelua_loadbasefuncs(lua_State *L)
 	lua_pushcfunction(L, luaopen_table);
 	lua_call(L, 0, 0);
 
+	// additional libraries
+	luaopen_bit(L);
+
 	// overwrite dofile/loadfile.
 	lua_pushcfunction(L, icelua_fn_base_loadfile);
 	lua_setglobal(L, "loadfile");
diff --git a/src/lua_fetch.h b/src/lua_fetch.h
index 5e5782d..3a73403 100644
--- a/src/lua_fetch.h
+++ b/src/lua_fetch.h
@@ -354,25 +354,7 @@ int icelua_fn_common_fetch_poll(lua_State *L)
 				lua_pushlstring(L, to_client_local.cfetch_ubuf, to_client_local.cfetch_ulen);
 				ret = 1;
 #else
-				// create temp file (sackit doesn't support loading from memory, at least right now)
-				// "Never use this function." i have no other choice
-				char *tfname = tempnam(NULL, "ibsit");
-				if(tfname == NULL)
-				{
-					ret = 0;
-					break;
-				}
-				FILE *fp = fopen(tfname, "wb");
-				if(fp == NULL)
-				{
-					ret = 0;
-					free(tfname);
-					break;
-				}
-				fwrite(to_client_local.cfetch_ubuf, to_client_local.cfetch_ulen, 1, fp);
-				fclose(fp);
-
-				it_module_t *mus = sackit_module_load(tfname);
+				it_module_t *mus = sackit_module_load_memory(to_client_local.cfetch_ubuf, to_client_local.cfetch_ulen);
 				if(mus == NULL)
 				{
 					ret = 0;
@@ -380,8 +362,6 @@ int icelua_fn_common_fetch_poll(lua_State *L)
 					ret = 1;
 					lua_pushlightuserdata(L, mus);
 				}
-
-				free(tfname);
 #endif
 			} break;