diff --git a/app.lua b/app.lua
index f374619..6c7dc3b 100644
--- a/app.lua
+++ b/app.lua
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ function love.run()
         return --[[status]] true
       end
   App.files = love.filesystem.getDirectoryItems
+  App.file_info = love.filesystem.getInfo
   App.mkdir = love.filesystem.createDirectory
   App.remove = love.filesystem.remove
   App.source_dir = love.filesystem.getSource()..'/'  -- '/' should work even on Windows
diff --git a/live.lua b/live.lua
index 2c11363..d199045 100644
--- a/live.lua
+++ b/live.lua
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ function live.run(buf)
       live.eval(definition_name..' = nil', 'driver')  -- ignore errors which will likely be from keywords like `function = nil`
       -- try to remove the file from both source_dir and save_dir
       -- this won't work for files inside .love files
-      App.remove(App.source_dir..Live.filename[definition_name])
+      nativefs.remove(App.source_dir..Live.filename[definition_name])
       love.filesystem.remove(Live.filename[definition_name])
       Live.filename[definition_name] = nil
     end
@@ -221,10 +221,9 @@ function live.run(buf)
       Live.filename[definition_name] = filename
     end
     -- try to write to source dir
-    local status, err = App.write_file(App.source_dir..filename, buf)
+    local status, err = nativefs.write(App.source_dir..filename, buf)
     if err then
-      -- not possible; perhaps it's a .love file
-      -- try to write to save dir
+      -- fall back on save dir
       local status, err2 = love.filesystem.write(filename, buf)
       if err2 then
         -- throw an error