diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 37dd8e80..20307351 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## Unreleased - ???
+- Add `symbol/slice`
+- Add `keyword/slice`
+- Allow cross compilation with Makefile.
 - Change `compare-primitve` to `cmp` and make it more efficient.
 - Change `reverse` to `reversed`, reverse now mutates the backing array
 - `janet_dobytes` and `janet_dostring` return parse errors in \*out
diff --git a/src/core/string.c b/src/core/string.c
index 7c4ed80c..e37d1687 100644
--- a/src/core/string.c
+++ b/src/core/string.c
@@ -176,6 +176,18 @@ static Janet cfun_string_slice(int32_t argc, Janet *argv) {
     return janet_stringv(view.bytes + range.start, range.end - range.start);
 }
 
+static Janet cfun_symbol_slice(int32_t argc, Janet *argv) {
+    JanetByteView view = janet_getbytes(argv, 0);
+    JanetRange range = janet_getslice(argc, argv);
+    return janet_symbolv(view.bytes + range.start, range.end - range.start);
+}
+
+static Janet cfun_keyword_slice(int32_t argc, Janet *argv) {
+    JanetByteView view = janet_getbytes(argv, 0);
+    JanetRange range = janet_getslice(argc, argv);
+    return janet_keywordv(view.bytes + range.start, range.end - range.start);
+}
+
 static Janet cfun_string_repeat(int32_t argc, Janet *argv) {
     janet_fixarity(argc, 2);
     JanetByteView view = janet_getbytes(argv, 0);
@@ -529,6 +541,16 @@ static const JanetReg string_cfuns[] = {
              "from the end of the string. Note that index -1 is synonymous with "
              "index (length bytes) to allow a full negative slice range. ")
     },
+    {
+        "keyword/slice", cfun_keyword_slice,
+        JDOC("(keyword/slice bytes &opt start end)\n\n"
+             "Same a string/slice, but returns a keyword.")
+    },
+    {
+        "symbol/slice", cfun_symbol_slice,
+        JDOC("(symbol/slice bytes &opt start end)\n\n"
+             "Same a string/slice, but returns a symbol.")
+    },
     {
         "string/repeat", cfun_string_repeat,
         JDOC("(string/repeat bytes n)\n\n"
diff --git a/src/core/vm.c b/src/core/vm.c
index 1eb372cb..6e7a0c3d 100644
--- a/src/core/vm.c
+++ b/src/core/vm.c
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ int janet_init(void) {
      * a collection pretty much every cycle, which is
      * incredibly horrible for performance, but can help ensure
      * there are no memory bugs during development */
-    janet_vm_gc_interval = 0x10000;
+    janet_vm_gc_interval = 0x400000;
     janet_symcache_init();
     /* Initialize gc roots */
     janet_vm_roots = NULL;