diff --git a/.github/workflows/Benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/Benchmarks.yml
index 8152bf77..57760cc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Benchmarks.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Build Wasm Runtime Binary
       working-directory: ./src/hyperlight_wasm
-      run: just build-wasm-runtime ${{ matrix.config }}
+      run: |
+        just ensure-tools
+        just build-wasm-runtime ${{ matrix.config }}
 
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.89
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dep_rust.yml b/.github/workflows/dep_rust.yml
index 9415c080..07d798eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dep_rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dep_rust.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build Wasm Runtime Binary
         working-directory: ./src/hyperlight_wasm
-        run: just build-wasm-runtime ${{ matrix.config }}
+        run: |
+          just ensure-tools
+          just build-wasm-runtime ${{ matrix.config }}
 
       - name: Download Wasm Modules
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
@@ -81,7 +83,6 @@ jobs:
         run:  |
           # this must be build before the formatting and other jobs run
           # because the component model example depends on the wasm component built here
-          just ensure-tools
           just compile-wit
           just build-rust-component-examples ${{ matrix.config }}
       
diff --git a/Justfile b/Justfile
index a844c8e6..e4d03f94 100644
--- a/Justfile
+++ b/Justfile
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ ensure-tools:
     cargo install wasm-tools --locked --version 1.235.0
     cargo install cargo-component --locked --version 0.21.1
     cargo install wit-bindgen-cli --locked --version 0.43.0
+    cargo install --git https://github.com/hyperlight-dev/cargo-hyperlight cargo-hyperlight
 
-build-all target=default-target features="": (build target features) (build-wasm-examples target features) (build-rust-wasm-examples target features) (build-rust-component-examples target) (build-wasm-runtime target features)
+build-all target=default-target features="": (build target features) (build-examples target features) (build-wasm-runtime target features)
 
 build target=default-target features="": (fmt-check)
     cargo build {{ if features =="" {''} else if features=="no-default-features" {"--no-default-features" } else {"--no-default-features -F " + features } }} --verbose --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }}
@@ -33,9 +34,11 @@ compile-wit:
     wasm-tools component wit ./src/component_sample/wit/example.wit -w -o ./src/component_sample/wit/component-world.wasm
 
 build-wasm-runtime target=default-target features="":
-    cd ./src/wasm_runtime && cargo build --verbose {{ if features =="" {''} else if features=="no-default-features" {"--no-default-features" } else {"--features " + features } }} --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} && rm -R target
+    cd ./src/wasm_runtime && cargo hyperlight build --verbose {{ if features =="" {''} else if features=="no-default-features" {"--no-default-features" } else {"--features " + features } }} --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} && rm -R target
 
-build-wasm-examples target=default-target features="": (compile-wit)
+build-examples target=default-target features="": (build-wasm-examples target features) (build-rust-wasm-examples target features) (build-rust-component-examples target features)
+
+build-wasm-examples target=default-target features="": (compile-wit) 
     {{ build-wasm-examples-command }} {{target}} {{features}}
 
 build-rust-wasm-examples target=default-target features="": (mkdir-redist target)
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ check target=default-target:
     cargo check --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }}
     cd src/rust_wasm_samples  && cargo check --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }}
     cd src/component_sample  && cargo check --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }}
-    cd src/wasm_runtime && cargo check --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }}
+    cd src/wasm_runtime && cargo hyperlight check --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }}
     cd src/hyperlight_wasm_macro && cargo check --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }}
 
 fmt-check:
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ clippy target=default-target: (check target)
     cargo clippy --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
     cd src/rust_wasm_samples &&  cargo clippy --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
     cd src/component_sample &&  cargo clippy --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
-    cd src/wasm_runtime && cargo clippy --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+    cd src/wasm_runtime && cargo hyperlight clippy --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
     cd src/hyperlight_wasm_macro && cargo clippy --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
 
 # TESTING
@@ -99,7 +102,8 @@ examples-ci target=default-target features="": (build-rust-wasm-examples target)
     cargo run {{ if features =="" {"--no-default-features --features kvm,mshv3"} else {"--no-default-features -F function_call_metrics," + features } }} --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} --example metrics 
 
 examples-components target=default-target features="": (build-rust-component-examples target) 
-    {{ wit-world }} cargo run {{ if features =="" {''} else {"--no-default-features -F " + features } }} --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} --example component_example
+    {{ wit-world }} cargo run {{ if features =="" {''} else {"--no-default-features -F kvm -F " + features } }} --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} --example component_example
+    {{ wit-world-c }} cargo run {{ if features =="" {''} else {"--no-default-features -F kvm -F " + features } }} --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} --example c-component
 
 # warning, compares to and then OVERWRITES the given baseline
 bench-ci baseline target="release" features="":
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_wasm/build.rs b/src/hyperlight_wasm/build.rs
index 535925c3..0096c333 100644
--- a/src/hyperlight_wasm/build.rs
+++ b/src/hyperlight_wasm/build.rs
@@ -22,24 +22,14 @@ limitations under the License.
 // this file is included in lib.rs.
 // The wasm_runtime binary is expected to be in the x64/{config} directory.
 
-use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs::OpenOptions;
 use std::io::Write;
-use std::iter::once;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::{env, fs};
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 use built::write_built_file;
 
-fn path_with(path: impl Into<PathBuf>) -> OsString {
-    let path = path.into();
-    let paths = env::var_os("PATH").unwrap_or_default();
-    let paths = env::split_paths(&paths);
-    let paths = once(path).chain(paths);
-    env::join_paths(paths).unwrap()
-}
-
 fn get_wasm_runtime_path() -> PathBuf {
     let manifest_dir = env::var_os("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap();
     let manifest_dir = PathBuf::from(manifest_dir);
@@ -105,7 +95,6 @@ fn build_wasm_runtime() -> PathBuf {
     let out_dir = env::var_os("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
 
     let target_dir = Path::new("").join(&out_dir).join("target");
-    let toolchain_dir = Path::new("").join(&out_dir).join("toolchain");
 
     let in_repo_dir = get_wasm_runtime_path();
 
@@ -126,19 +115,17 @@ fn build_wasm_runtime() -> PathBuf {
 
     let mut cargo_cmd = std::process::Command::new(&cargo_bin);
     let mut cmd = cargo_cmd
+        .arg("hyperlight")
         .arg("build")
+        .arg("--target-dir")
+        .arg(&target_dir)
         .arg("--profile")
         .arg(cargo_profile)
         .arg("-v")
-        .arg("--target-dir")
-        .arg(&target_dir)
         .current_dir(&in_repo_dir)
         .env_clear()
-        // On windows when `gdb` features is enabled this is not set correctly
-        .env("CFLAGS_x86_64_unknown_none", "-fPIC")
         .envs(env_vars)
-        .env("PATH", path_with(&toolchain_dir))
-        .env("HYPERLIGHT_GUEST_TOOLCHAIN_ROOT", &toolchain_dir);
+        .env("CFLAGS_x86_64_unknown_none", "-fPIC"); // Should this go on cargo hyperlight
 
     // Add --features gdb if the gdb feature is enabled for this build script
     if std::env::var("CARGO_FEATURE_GDB").is_ok() {
@@ -156,7 +143,7 @@ fn build_wasm_runtime() -> PathBuf {
         panic!("could not compile wasm_runtime");
     }
     let resource = target_dir
-        .join("x86_64-unknown-none")
+        .join("x86_64-hyperlight-none")
         .join(profile)
         .join("wasm_runtime");
 
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_wasm/examples/c-component/main.rs b/src/hyperlight_wasm/examples/c-component/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a6de5fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hyperlight_wasm/examples/c-component/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+use examples_common::get_wasm_module_path;
+use hyperlight_wasm::SandboxBuilder;
+
+use crate::bindings::example::runcomponent::Guest;
+
+extern crate alloc;
+mod bindings {
+    hyperlight_component_macro::host_bindgen!(
+        "../../src/wasmsamples/components/runcomponent-world.wasm"
+    );
+}
+
+pub struct State {}
+impl State {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        State {}
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for State {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
+impl bindings::example::runcomponent::Host for State {
+    fn r#get_time_since_boot_microsecond(&mut self) -> i64 {
+        let res = std::time::SystemTime::now()
+            .duration_since(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH)
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_micros();
+        i64::try_from(res).unwrap()
+    }
+}
+
+impl bindings::example::runcomponent::RuncomponentImports for State {
+    type Host = State;
+
+    fn r#host(&mut self) -> impl ::core::borrow::BorrowMut<Self::Host> {
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let state = State::new();
+    let mut sandbox = SandboxBuilder::new()
+        .with_guest_input_buffer_size(70000000)
+        .with_guest_heap_size(200000000)
+        .with_guest_stack_size(100000000)
+        //.with_debugging_enabled(8080)
+        .build()
+        .unwrap();
+    let rt = bindings::register_host_functions(&mut sandbox, state);
+
+    let sb = sandbox.load_runtime().unwrap();
+
+    let mod_path = get_wasm_module_path("runcomponent.aot").unwrap();
+    let sb = sb.load_module(mod_path).unwrap();
+
+    let mut wrapped = bindings::RuncomponentSandbox { sb, rt };
+    let instance = bindings::example::runcomponent::RuncomponentExports::guest(&mut wrapped);
+    let echo = instance.echo("Hello World!".to_string());
+    println!("{}", echo);
+
+    let result = instance.round_to_nearest_int(1.331, 24.0);
+    println!("rounded result {}", result);
+    assert_eq!(result, 32);
+}
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_wasm/examples/helloworld/main.rs b/src/hyperlight_wasm/examples/helloworld/main.rs
index fe21a02e..730844d3 100644
--- a/src/hyperlight_wasm/examples/helloworld/main.rs
+++ b/src/hyperlight_wasm/examples/helloworld/main.rs
@@ -83,5 +83,37 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
             );
         }
     }
+
+    let tests = [
+        (1.331, 24.0, 32),
+        (std::f32::consts::PI, std::f32::consts::E, 9),
+        (-5.7, 10.3, -59),
+        (0.0, 0.0, 0),
+        (99.999, 0.001, 0),
+        (-std::f32::consts::PI, -2.86, 9),
+        (1.5, 1.5, 2),
+    ];
+    let mut sandbox = SandboxBuilder::new().build()?;
+    sandbox
+        .register(
+            "GetTimeSinceBootMicrosecond",
+            get_time_since_boot_microsecond,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    let wasm_sandbox = sandbox.load_runtime()?;
+    let mod_path = get_wasm_module_path("RunWasm.aot")?;
+    let mut loaded_wasm_sandbox = wasm_sandbox.load_module(mod_path)?;
+    let snapshot = loaded_wasm_sandbox.snapshot()?;
+
+    for (idx, case) in tests.iter().enumerate() {
+        let (a, b, expected_result): (f32, f32, i32) = *case;
+        let result: i32 = loaded_wasm_sandbox.call_guest_function("RoundToNearestInt", (a, b))?;
+        assert_eq!(
+            result, expected_result,
+            "RoundToInt test case {idx} failed: got {}, expected {}",
+            result, expected_result
+        );
+        loaded_wasm_sandbox.restore(&snapshot)?
+    }
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/wasm_runtime/.cargo/config.toml b/src/wasm_runtime/.cargo/config.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index a8e6c8ec..00000000
--- a/src/wasm_runtime/.cargo/config.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-[build]
-target = "x86_64-unknown-none"
-
-[target.x86_64-unknown-none]
-rustflags = [
-  "-C",
-  "code-model=small",
-  "-C",
-  "link-args=-e entrypoint",
-]
-linker = "rust-lld"
-
-[env]
-HYPERLIGHT_GUEST_TOOLCHAIN_ROOT = { value = "guest-toolchain", relative = true }
-
-[profile.release]
-panic = "abort"
-
-[profile.dev]
-opt-level = 0
-panic = "abort"
diff --git a/src/wasm_runtime/build.rs b/src/wasm_runtime/build.rs
index 8780d60b..2aa4b60c 100644
--- a/src/wasm_runtime/build.rs
+++ b/src/wasm_runtime/build.rs
@@ -14,21 +14,12 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::path::Path;
 use std::{env, fs};
 
 use cargo_metadata::{MetadataCommand, Package};
 
 fn main() {
-    let toolchain_dir = env::var_os("HYPERLIGHT_GUEST_TOOLCHAIN_ROOT").unwrap();
-    let toolchain_dir = PathBuf::from(toolchain_dir);
-    let clang_path = toolchain_dir.join("clang");
-
-    assert!(
-        clang_path.exists(),
-        "could not find clang at {clang_path:?}"
-    );
-
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=.");
     let mut cfg = cc::Build::new();
 
@@ -63,7 +54,6 @@ fn main() {
 
     cfg.include("src/include");
     cfg.file("src/platform.c");
-    cfg.compiler(clang_path);
     if cfg!(windows) {
         env::set_var("AR_x86_64_unknown_none", "llvm-ar");
     }
diff --git a/src/wasmsamples/RunWasm.c b/src/wasmsamples/RunWasm.c
index 3d40682d..6736e5c6 100644
--- a/src/wasmsamples/RunWasm.c
+++ b/src/wasmsamples/RunWasm.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <math.h>
 
 int HostPrint(char* msg); // Implementation of this will be available in the native host
 
@@ -129,3 +130,12 @@ int KeepCPUBusy(int ms)
     printf("Kept CPU busy for %d ms using %d iterations of fib(10) %d|toreach max = %d|", ms, iter, INT_MAX, INT_MAX-iter);
     return ms;
 }
+
+__attribute__((export_name("RoundToNearestInt"))) 
+int RoundToNearestInt(float a, float b)
+{
+    float c = a*b;
+    float r = lrintf(c);
+    printf("rounded answer: %f\n", r);
+    return r;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/wasmsamples/components/runcomponent.c b/src/wasmsamples/components/runcomponent.c
index 0d3d43e7..c958a4dd 100644
--- a/src/wasmsamples/components/runcomponent.c
+++ b/src/wasmsamples/components/runcomponent.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "bindings/runcomponent.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <math.h>
 
 void exports_example_runcomponent_guest_echo(runcomponent_string_t *msg, runcomponent_string_t *ret)
 {
@@ -8,4 +9,11 @@ void exports_example_runcomponent_guest_echo(runcomponent_string_t *msg, runcomp
   ret->ptr = (uint8_t *) malloc(ret->len);
   memcpy(ret->ptr, msg->ptr, ret->len);
   runcomponent_string_free(msg);
+}
+
+int32_t exports_example_runcomponent_guest_round_to_nearest_int(float a, float b)
+{
+    float c = a*b;
+    float r = lrintf(c);
+    return r;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/wasmsamples/components/runcomponent.wit b/src/wasmsamples/components/runcomponent.wit
index 941fcbfe..876efdb5 100644
--- a/src/wasmsamples/components/runcomponent.wit
+++ b/src/wasmsamples/components/runcomponent.wit
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package example:runcomponent;
 
 interface guest {
     echo: func(msg: string) -> string;
+    round-to-nearest-int: func(a: f32, b: f32) -> s32;
 }
 
 interface host {