diff --git a/src/boot/boot.janet b/src/boot/boot.janet
index cef6b613..ef9edfd7 100644
--- a/src/boot/boot.janet
+++ b/src/boot/boot.janet
@@ -3643,7 +3643,7 @@
   (defn ffi/context
     "Set the path of the dynamic library to implictly bind, as well
      as other global state for ease of creating native bindings."
-    [native-path &named map-symbols lazy]
+    [&opt native-path &named map-symbols lazy]
     (default map-symbols default-mangle)
     (def lib (if lazy nil (ffi/native native-path)))
     (def lazy-lib (if lazy (delay (ffi/native native-path))))
@@ -3663,26 +3663,19 @@
     (def type-args (map 1 arg-pairs))
     (def computed-type-args (eval ~[,;type-args]))
     (def {:native lib
-          :native-path np
           :lazy lazy
           :native-lazy llib
           :map-symbols ms} (assert (dyn *ffi-context*) "no ffi context found"))
     (def raw-symbol (ms name))
+    (defn make-sig []
+      (ffi/signature :default ret-type ;computed-type-args))
+    (defn make-ptr []
+      (assert (ffi/lookup (llib) raw-symbol) "failed to find symbol"))
     (if lazy
-      (let [ptr
-            (delay
-              (assert (ffi/lookup (llib) raw-symbol) "failed to find symbol"))
-            sig
-            (delay
-              (ffi/signature :default ret-type ;computed-type-args))]
         ~(defn ,name ,;meta [,;formal-args]
-           (,ffi/call (,ptr) (,sig) ,;formal-args)))
-      (let [ptr
-            (assert (ffi/lookup lib raw-symbol) "failed to find symbol")
-            sig
-            (ffi/signature :default ret-type ;computed-type-args)]
+           (,ffi/call (,(delay (make-ptr))) (,(delay (make-sig))) ,;formal-args))
         ~(defn ,name ,;meta [,;formal-args]
-           (,ffi/call ,ptr ,sig ,;formal-args))))))
+           (,ffi/call ,(make-ptr) ,(make-sig) ,;formal-args)))))
 
 ###
 ###
diff --git a/src/core/ffi.c b/src/core/ffi.c
index 68f89e06..04243267 100644
--- a/src/core/ffi.c
+++ b/src/core/ffi.c
@@ -1101,15 +1101,16 @@ JANET_CORE_FN(cfun_ffi_get_callback_trampoline,
 }
 
 JANET_CORE_FN(janet_core_raw_native,
-              "(ffi/native path)",
+              "(ffi/native &opt path)",
               "Load a shared object or dll from the given path, and do not extract"
               " or run any code from it. This is different than `native`, which will "
-              "run initialization code to get a module table. Returns a `core/native`.") {
-    janet_fixarity(argc, 1);
-    const char *path = janet_getcstring(argv, 0);
-    char *processed_name = get_processed_name(path);
+              "run initialization code to get a module table. If `path` is nil, opens the current running binary. "
+              "Returns a `core/native`.") {
+    janet_arity(argc, 0, 1);
+    const char *path = janet_optcstring(argv, argc, 0, NULL);
+    char *processed_name = (NULL == path) ? NULL : get_processed_name(path);
     Clib lib = load_clib(processed_name);
-    if (path != processed_name) janet_free(processed_name);
+    if (NULL != path && path != processed_name) janet_free(processed_name);
     if (!lib) janet_panic(error_clib());
     JanetAbstractNative *anative = janet_abstract(&janet_native_type, sizeof(JanetAbstractNative));
     anative->clib = lib;
diff --git a/src/core/specials.c b/src/core/specials.c
index 1f91c3db..45627d7e 100644
--- a/src/core/specials.c
+++ b/src/core/specials.c
@@ -858,6 +858,7 @@ static JanetSlot janetc_fn(JanetFopts opts, int32_t argn, const Janet *argv) {
     for (i = 0; i < paramcount; i++) {
         Janet param = params[i];
         if (namedargs) {
+            arity--;
             if (!janet_checktype(param, JANET_SYMBOL)) {
                 errmsg = "only named arguments can follow &named";
                 goto error;
@@ -915,7 +916,7 @@ static JanetSlot janetc_fn(JanetFopts opts, int32_t argn, const Janet *argv) {
                     }
                     vararg = 1;
                     structarg = 1;
-                    arity = i;
+                    arity--;
                     seenamp = 1;
                     namedargs = 1;
                     named_table = janet_table(10);
diff --git a/test/suite0011.janet b/test/suite0011.janet
index f2806092..171e9a16 100644
--- a/test/suite0011.janet
+++ b/test/suite0011.janet
@@ -87,5 +87,11 @@
 
 (assert (= 15 (named-arguments :bob 3 :sally 5 :joe 7)) "named arguments 1")
 
+(defn named-opt-arguments
+  [&opt x &named a b c]
+  (+ x a b c))
+
+(assert (= 10 (named-opt-arguments 1 :a 2 :b 3 :c 4)) "named arguments 2")
+
 (end-suite)