diff --git a/src/jit/engine.rs b/src/jit/engine.rs
index 6af7ebf..bbd8441 100644
--- a/src/jit/engine.rs
+++ b/src/jit/engine.rs
@@ -61,10 +61,37 @@ impl Engine {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use crate::parse::lexer::Lexer;
+    use crate::parse::rd::RecursiveDescent;
+    use crate::parse::BuildAst;
+    use std::collections::HashMap;
 
-    fn jit_compile(source: &str) -> *const u8 {
-        use crate::parse::lexer::Lexer;
-        use crate::parse::rd::RecursiveDescent;
+    // TODO this will all be made obsolete with more module abstractions
+    type CompiledFns = HashMap<String, *const u8>;
+
+    fn jit_compile_ast(source: &str) -> CompiledFns {
+        println!("JIT-compiling source: {}", source);
+        let ast = RecursiveDescent::build_source_ast(source);
+        let mut engine = Engine::new();
+        let mut fns = CompiledFns::new();
+
+        for def in ast.defs.iter() {
+            if let ast::Definition::Function { implementation, .. } = def {
+                let key = implementation.def.name.to_string();
+                let val = engine.compile(&implementation).unwrap();
+                fns.insert(key, val);
+            }
+        }
+
+        fns
+    }
+
+    fn get_compiled_fn<I, O>(fns: &CompiledFns, name: &str) -> fn(I) -> O {
+        let code_ptr = fns.get(name).unwrap();
+        unsafe { std::mem::transmute::<_, fn(I) -> O>(code_ptr) }
+    }
+
+    fn jit_compile_fn(source: &str) -> *const u8 {
         println!("JIT-compiling source: {}", source);
         let lexer = Lexer::new(source);
         let mut rd = RecursiveDescent::new(lexer);
@@ -77,7 +104,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     fn jit_fn<I, O>(source: &str) -> fn(I) -> O {
-        let code_ptr = jit_compile(source);
+        let code_ptr = jit_compile_fn(source);
         unsafe { std::mem::transmute::<_, fn(I) -> O>(code_ptr) }
     }
 
@@ -210,4 +237,39 @@ mod tests {
         let code_fn = jit_fn::<i64, i64>(source);
         assert_eq!(code_fn(10), 89);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn mandelbrot_scalar() {
+        let source = include_str!("../test/mandelbrot_scalar.fae");
+        let fns = jit_compile_ast(source);
+        type Inputs = (f32, f32, f32, f32, u64);
+        let mandelbrot = get_compiled_fn::<Inputs, u64>(&fns, "mandelbrot");
+
+        // display size in characters
+        let w = 40;
+        let h = 40;
+
+        // left, top, right, and bottom input bounds
+        let l = -1.0;
+        let t = 1.0;
+        let r = 1.0;
+        let b = -1.0;
+
+        // c input to mandelbrot
+        let ca = 0.0;
+        let cb = 0.0;
+
+        // max iterations
+        let max_iter = 100;
+
+        for y in 0..h {
+            let y = (y as f32) / (t - b) + b;
+            for x in 0..w {
+                let x = (x as f32) / (r - l) + l;
+                let iters = mandelbrot((x, y, ca, cb, max_iter));
+                print!("{}", iters % 10);
+            }
+            println!("");
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/parse/mod.rs b/src/parse/mod.rs
index 348f600..641d824 100644
--- a/src/parse/mod.rs
+++ b/src/parse/mod.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ mod tests {
                 parse_test!(interface, $parser, "../test/interface.fae");
                 parse_test!(example, $parser, "../test/example.fae");
                 parse_test!(clock, $parser, "../test/clock.fae");
+                parse_test!(mandelbrot_scalar, $parser, "../test/mandelbrot_scalar.fae");
             }
         };
     }
diff --git a/src/test/mandelbrot_scalar.fae b/src/test/mandelbrot_scalar.fae
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77b635b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/mandelbrot_scalar.fae
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// TODO remove parentheses once order of operations is implemented
+// implements the calculation of the Mandelbrot set using scalars
+
+fn mandelbrot(f32 za, f32 zb, f32 ca, f32 cb, u64 max_iters) u64 {
+  // TODO figure out mutable function arguments
+  let mut za = za;
+  let mut zb = zb;
+
+  let mut i = 0;
+  while (i < max_iters) and (((za * za) + (zb * zb)) < 4.0) {
+    let new_za = (za * za) - (zb * zb) + ca;
+    zb = ((2.0 * za * zb) + cb);
+    za = new_za;
+    i = (i + 1);
+  }
+
+  i
+}