diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 0d77a98..775db60 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@
 * Tuukka Turto <tuukka.turto@oktaeder.net>
 * Vasudev Kamath <kamathvasudev@gmail.com>
 * Yuval Langer <yuval.langer@gmail.com>
+* Fatih Kadir Akın <fka@fatihak.in>
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diff --git a/docs/quickstart.rst b/docs/quickstart.rst
index 5bdb130..79a9255 100644
--- a/docs/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/quickstart.rst
@@ -2,20 +2,20 @@
 Quickstart
 ==========
 
-.. image:: _static/cuddles.png
+.. image:: _static/cuddles-transparent-small.png
    :alt: Karen Rustard's Cuddles
 
-(thanks to Karen Rustad for Cuddles!)
+(Thanks to Karen Rustad for Cuddles!)
 
 
-HOW TO GET HY REAL FAST:
+**HOW TO GET HY REAL FAST**:
 
-1. create a `Python virtual environment
+1. Create a `Virtual Python Environment
    <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv>`_
-2. activate your Python virtual environment
-3. ``pip install hy``
-4. start a REPL with ``hy``
-5. type stuff in the REPL::
+2. Activate your Virtual Python Environment
+3. Install `hy from PyPI <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/hy>`_ with ``pip install hy``
+4. Start a REPL with ``hy``
+5. Type stuff in the REPL::
 
        => (print "Hy!")
        Hy!
@@ -25,20 +25,19 @@ HOW TO GET HY REAL FAST:
 
        etc
 
-6. hit CTRL-D when you're done
+6. Hit CTRL-D when you're done
 
 OMG! That's amazing! I want to write a hy program.
 
-7. open up an elite programming editor
-8. type::
+7. Open up an elite programming editor and type::
 
-       (print "i was going to code in python syntax, but then i got hy")
+       (print "I was going to code in python syntax, but then I got hy.")
 
-9. save as ``test_program_of_awesome.hy``
-10. run::
+8. Save as ``awesome.hy``
+9. And run your first Hy program::
 
-        hy test_program_of_awesome.hy
+        hy awesome.hy
 
-11. take a deep breath so as to not hyperventilate
-12. smile villainously and sneak off to your hydeaway and do
+10. Take a deep breath so as to not hyperventilate
+11. Smile villainously and sneak off to your hydeaway and do
     unspeakable things
diff --git a/hy/contrib/loop.hy b/hy/contrib/loop.hy
index 73526fa..2c2690a 100644
--- a/hy/contrib/loop.hy
+++ b/hy/contrib/loop.hy
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ;;; Hy tail-call optimization
 ;;
 ;; Copyright (c) 2014 Clinton Dreisbach <clinton@dreisbach.us>
+;; Copyright (c) 2014 Paul R. Tagliamonte <tag@pault.ag>
 ;;
 ;; Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
 ;; copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
@@ -55,7 +56,24 @@
                 (recursive-replace old-term new-term term)]
                [True term]) [term body])))
 
-(defmacro loop [bindings &rest body]
+
+(defmacro/g! fnr [signature &rest body]
+  (let [[new-body (recursive-replace 'recur g!recur-fn body)]]
+    `(do
+      (import [hy.contrib.loop [--trampoline--]])
+      (with-decorator
+        --trampoline--
+        (def ~g!recur-fn (fn [~@signature] ~@new-body)))
+      ~g!recur-fn)))
+
+
+(defmacro defnr [name lambda-list &rest body]
+  (if (not (= (type name) HySymbol))
+    (macro-error name "defnr takes a name as first argument"))
+  `(setv ~name (fnr ~lambda-list ~@body)))
+
+
+(defmacro/g! loop [bindings &rest body]
   ;; Use inside functions like so:
   ;; (defun factorial [n]
   ;;   (loop [[i n]
@@ -67,13 +85,7 @@
   ;; If recur is used in a non-tail-call position, None is returned, which
   ;; causes chaos. Fixing this to detect if recur is in a tail-call position
   ;; and erroring if not is a giant TODO.
-  (with-gensyms [recur-fn]
-    (let [[fnargs (map (fn [x] (first x)) bindings)]
-          [initargs (map second bindings)]
-          [new-body (recursive-replace 'recur recur-fn body)]]
-      `(do
-        (import [hy.contrib.loop [--trampoline--]])
-        (def ~recur-fn
-          (--trampoline-- (fn [~@fnargs]
-                            ~@new-body)))
-        (~recur-fn ~@initargs)))))
+  (let [[fnargs (map (fn [x] (first x)) bindings)]
+        [initargs (map second bindings)]]
+    `(do (defnr ~g!recur-fn [~@fnargs] ~@body)
+         (~g!recur-fn ~@initargs))))