diff --git a/include/arc/graphics/spritesheet.h b/include/arc/graphics/spritesheet.h
index 3310fe0..b543927 100644
--- a/include/arc/graphics/spritesheet.h
+++ b/include/arc/graphics/spritesheet.h
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ void ARC_Spritesheet_CreateFromFile(ARC_Spritesheet **spritesheet, ARC_Renderer
 */
 void ARC_Spritesheet_Destroy(ARC_Spritesheet *spritesheet);
 
+/**
+ * @brief renders the texture of a spritesheet
+ *
+ * @param[in] spritesheet  ARC_Spritesheet to render
+ * @param[in] renderer     the renderer to draw to
+ * @param[in] renderBounds the area of the renderer to copy the spritesheet to
+*/
+void ARC_Spritesheet_Render(ARC_Spritesheet *spritesheet, ARC_Renderer *renderer, ARC_Rect renderBounds);
+
 /**
  * @brief renders a section of a spritesheet
  *
diff --git a/include/arc/std/parser/helpers.h b/include/arc/std/parser/helpers.h
index e06f5c5..c4cc4db 100644
--- a/include/arc/std/parser/helpers.h
+++ b/include/arc/std/parser/helpers.h
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 #include "arc/std/parser.h"
-#include <stddef.h>
 
 /**
  * @brief recurses through a tag token adding token strings to a main string
diff --git a/packages/graphics/sdl/config.c b/packages/graphics/sdl/config.c
index 07ced82..529bba3 100644
--- a/packages/graphics/sdl/config.c
+++ b/packages/graphics/sdl/config.c
@@ -22,10 +22,13 @@ void ARC_Config_InitGraphics(ARC_Config *config, ARC_Renderer *renderer){
 void ARC_ConfigType_SpritesheetString(void **type, ARC_ParserTagToken *parsedData, ARC_Config *config, void *userdata){
     ARC_Renderer *renderer = (ARC_Renderer *)userdata;
 
+    //get the string chars between the quotes
+    ARC_ParserTagToken *stringCharsTagToken = (ARC_ParserTagToken *)ARC_Vector_Get(parsedData->tagTokens, 1);
+
     //get the path
     ARC_String *path;
     ARC_String_Create(&path, NULL, 0);
-    ARC_ParserData_HelperRecurseStringAdd(&path, parsedData);
+    ARC_ParserData_HelperRecurseStringAdd(&path, stringCharsTagToken);
 
     //read in and set the texture
     ARC_Spritesheet_CreateFromFile((ARC_Spritesheet **)type, renderer, path);
diff --git a/packages/graphics/sdl/spritesheet.c b/packages/graphics/sdl/spritesheet.c
index a2e8a20..eaa496b 100644
--- a/packages/graphics/sdl/spritesheet.c
+++ b/packages/graphics/sdl/spritesheet.c
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ void ARC_Spritesheet_Destroy(ARC_Spritesheet *spritesheet){
     free(spritesheet);
 }
 
+void ARC_Spritesheet_Render(ARC_Spritesheet *spritesheet, ARC_Renderer *renderer, ARC_Rect renderBounds){
+    SDL_RenderCopy((SDL_Renderer *)renderer, spritesheet->texture, NULL, (SDL_Rect *)&renderBounds);
+}
+
 void ARC_Spritesheet_RenderArea(ARC_Spritesheet *spritesheet, ARC_Rect sheetBounds, ARC_Renderer *renderer, ARC_Rect renderBounds){
     SDL_RenderCopy((SDL_Renderer *)renderer, spritesheet->texture, (SDL_Rect *)&sheetBounds, (SDL_Rect *)&renderBounds);
 }
diff --git a/src/std/lexer.c b/src/std/lexer.c
index c2ee606..e690dd6 100644
--- a/src/std/lexer.c
+++ b/src/std/lexer.c
@@ -335,7 +335,8 @@ uint32_t ARC_Lexer_AutomataMatchCharFn(ARC_String **tokenData, ARC_String *strin
 
     //check to see if there is a match with automataData as a char
     if(string->data[0] == *(char *)automataData){
-        //return the token was found of length 1
+        //return the token as token data and the token was found of length 1
+        ARC_String_Create(tokenData, string->data, 1);
         return 1;
     }