diff --git a/AliceJS.d.ts b/AliceJS.d.ts
index 0ac09d1..4a3b00e 100644
--- a/AliceJS.d.ts
+++ b/AliceJS.d.ts
@@ -4,20 +4,21 @@ declare namespace JSX {
 
 declare function h(
   type: string,
-  props: { [index: string]: any } | null,
+  props?: { [index: string]: any } | null,
   ...children: (HTMLElement | string)[]
 ): Node;
 
-type AliceJSReferenceSink = { readonly __symbol: unique symbol };
+type AliceJSReferenceSink<T> = { readonly __symbol: unique symbol, readonly __signature: T };
 
-declare function use(sink: any, mapping?: (...args: any[]) => any): AliceJSReferenceSink;
+declare function use<T>(sink: T | any, mapping?: (...args: any[]) => any): AliceJSReferenceSink<T>;
+declare function useValue<T>(sink: AliceJSReferenceSink<T>): T;
 
 type Stateful<T> = T & { readonly symbol: unique symbol };
 
 
 declare function stateful<T>(target: T): Stateful<T>;
 
-declare function handle(references: AliceJSReferenceSink, callback: (value: any) => void): void;
+declare function handle<T>(references: AliceJSReferenceSink<T>, callback: (value: T) => void): void;
 
 declare function css(strings: TemplateStringsArray, ...values: any): string;
 declare var styled: { new: typeof css };
diff --git a/AliceJS.js b/AliceJS.js
index 5a4d4c3..ea391b7 100644
--- a/AliceJS.js
+++ b/AliceJS.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(window, "use", {
     };
   }
 });
-Object.assign(window, { stateful, handle, css, styled: { new: css } });
+Object.assign(window, { stateful, handle, useValue, css, styled: { new: css } });
 
 // This wraps the target in a proxy, doing 2 things:
 // - whenever a property is accessed, update the reference stack
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ export function handle(references, callback) {
   }
 }
 
+export function useValue(references) {
+  let reference = references[references.length - 1];
+  return reference.proxy[reference.property];
+}
+
 // Hack to skip use() when there's only one possible property
 Object.defineProperty(window, "h", {
   get: () => {
@@ -143,9 +148,40 @@ Object.defineProperty(window, "h", {
 function h(type, props, ...children) {
   if (typeof type === "function") {
     let newthis = stateful({});
-    let component = type.bind(newthis);
 
-    return component();
+    for (const name in props) {
+      const references = props[name];
+      if (isAJSReferences(references) && name.startsWith("bind:")) {
+        let reference = references[references.length - 1];
+        const propname = name.substring(5);
+        if (propname == "this") {
+          reference.proxy[reference.property] = newthis;
+        } else {
+          // component two way data binding!! (exact same behavior as svelte:bind)
+          let isRecursive = false;
+
+          handle(references, value => {
+            if (isRecursive) {
+              isRecursive = false;
+              return;
+            }
+            isRecursive = true;
+            newthis[propname] = value
+          });
+          handle(use(newthis[propname]), value => {
+            if (isRecursive) {
+              isRecursive = false;
+              return;
+            }
+            isRecursive = true;
+            reference.proxy[reference.property] = value;
+          });
+        }
+        delete props[name];
+      }
+    }
+
+    return type.apply(newthis, [props]);
   }
 
 
@@ -310,23 +346,28 @@ function h(type, props, ...children) {
   }
 
 
-  // two-way bind an <input>
-  useProp("$value", references => {
-    if (!isAJSReferences(references)) return;
-    if (!(elm instanceof HTMLInputElement)) return;
-
-    handle(references, value => elm.value = value);
-    let reference = references[references.length - 1];
-    elm.addEventListener("change", () => {
-      reference.proxy[reference.property] = elm.value;
-    })
-  });
-
   // insert an element at the end
   useProp("after", callback => {
     addChild(callback());
   })
 
+  for (const name in props) {
+    const references = props[name];
+    if (isAJSReferences(references) && name.startsWith("bind:")) {
+      let reference = references[references.length - 1];
+      const propname = name.substring(5);
+      if (propname == "this") {
+        reference.proxy[reference.property] = elm;
+      } else if (propname == "value") {
+        handle(references, value => elm.value = value);
+        elm.addEventListener("change", () => {
+          reference.proxy[reference.property] = elm.value;
+        })
+      }
+      delete props[name];
+    }
+  }
+
   // apply the non-reactive properties
   for (const name in props) {
     const prop = props[name];
@@ -355,7 +396,7 @@ function JSXAddAttributes(elm, name, prop) {
     return;
   }
 
-  if (typeof prop === "function" && name === "@mount") {
+  if (typeof prop === "function" && name === "mount") {
     prop(elm);
     return;
   }
@@ -386,11 +427,6 @@ function JSXAddAttributes(elm, name, prop) {
     observer.observe(elm);
     return;
   }
-  if (name.startsWith("bind:")) {
-    const propname = name.substring(5);
-    prop[propname] = elm;
-    return;
-  }
 
   elm.setAttribute(name, prop);
 }
diff --git a/examples/example.html b/examples/example.html
index ba8ec5e..60a9dbd 100644
--- a/examples/example.html
+++ b/examples/example.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css" />
-  <script src="../dist/index.js"></script>
+  <script src="../index.js"></script>
 
   <script src="lib/index.js"></script>
 </head>
diff --git a/examples/index.tsx b/examples/index.tsx
index 1a603f1..0c1f72a 100644
--- a/examples/index.tsx
+++ b/examples/index.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-function Counter() {
+function Counter(a) {
+  console.log(a);
   let css = styled.new`
     self {
       display: flex;
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ function Counter() {
     }
 `;
 
-  this.counter = 0;
+  this.counter ??= 0;
 
   return (
     <div css={css} class="box">
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ function ToDoList() {
   return (
     <div class="box" css={css}>
       <div>
-        <input $value={use(this.text)} on:change={() => addTask()} />
+        <input bind:value={use(this.text)} on:change={() => addTask()} />
         <button on:click={() => addTask()}>Add Task</button>
       </div>
       <div for={use(this.tasks)} do={(task, i) =>
@@ -99,16 +100,22 @@ function Index() {
     }
 `;
 
+  this.c = 5;
+
+  this.counterobj;
+
   return (
-    <div css={css}>
+    <div className={"as"}>
       <div>
         <h1>AliceJS Examples</h1>
         <p>Some examples of AliceJS components. Code is in examples/</p>
       </div>
       <examples>
-        <Counter />
+        <Counter a="b" bind:this={use(this.counterobj)} bind:counter={use(this.c)} />
         <ToDoList />
       </examples>
+      stuff: {use(this.counterobj.counter)}
+      <button on:click={() => this.counterobj.counter++}>as</button>
     </div>
   );
 }