diff --git a/anselme/common/init.lua b/anselme/common/init.lua
index 14aacf8..bdad1ce 100644
--- a/anselme/common/init.lua
+++ b/anselme/common/init.lua
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ local common = {
 		},
 		infixes = {
 			{ ";", 1 },
-			{ "#", 2 }, { "->", 2 }, { "~>", 2 },
+			{ "#", 2 }, { "->", 2 },
 			{ "~", 4 }, { "~?", 4 },
 			{ "|>", 5 }, { "&", 5 }, { "|", 5 },
 			{ "==", 7 }, { "!=", 7 }, { ">=", 7 }, { "<=", 7 }, { "<", 7 }, { ">", 7 },
diff --git a/anselme/parser/expression/secondary/infix/resume.lua b/anselme/parser/expression/secondary/infix/resume.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 593622a..0000000
--- a/anselme/parser/expression/secondary/infix/resume.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-local infix_quote_right = require("anselme.parser.expression.secondary.infix.infix_quote_right")
-
-local operator_priority = require("anselme.common").operator_priority
-
-return infix_quote_right {
-	operator = "~>",
-	identifier = "_~>_",
-	priority = operator_priority["_~>_"]
-}
diff --git a/anselme/parser/expression/secondary/init.lua b/anselme/parser/expression/secondary/init.lua
index 84171a2..08b50a3 100644
--- a/anselme/parser/expression/secondary/init.lua
+++ b/anselme/parser/expression/secondary/init.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ local secondaries = {
 	r("infix.tuple"),
 	r("infix.tag"),
 	r("infix.translate"),
-	r("infix.resume"),
 	-- 4
 	r("infix.while"),
 	r("infix.if"),
diff --git a/anselme/stdlib/checkpoint.lua b/anselme/stdlib/checkpoint.lua
index 7631d5a..dcb63b6 100644
--- a/anselme/stdlib/checkpoint.lua
+++ b/anselme/stdlib/checkpoint.lua
@@ -4,27 +4,18 @@ local ArgumentTuple, Boolean, Nil = ast.ArgumentTuple, ast.Boolean, ast.Nil
 local resume_manager = require("anselme.state.resume_manager")
 
 return {
-	{
-		"_~>_", "(anchor::anchor, quote)",
-		function(state, anchor, quote)
-			resume_manager:push(state, anchor)
-			local r = quote:call(state, ArgumentTuple:new())
-			resume_manager:pop(state)
-			return r
-		end
-	},
-	{
-		"_~>_", "(anchor::nil, quote)",
-		function(state, anchor, quote)
-			return quote:call(state, ArgumentTuple:new())
-		end
-	},
 	{
 		"resume", "(function::closure, anchor::anchor)",
 		function(state, func, anchor)
 			return func:resume(state, anchor)
 		end
 	},
+	{
+		"resume", "(function::closure, anchor::nil)",
+		function(state, func)
+			return func:call(state, ArgumentTuple:new())
+		end
+	},
 	{
 		"resuming", "()",
 		function(state)
diff --git a/ideas.md b/ideas.md
index 5a4ef9a..2ea2909 100644
--- a/ideas.md
+++ b/ideas.md
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ Syntax modifications:
 		Could interpret the left operand as a string when it is an identifier, like how _._ works.
 		Would feel good to have less nodes. But because we can doesn't mean we should. Also Assignment is reused in a few other places.
 
+	- remove operators if possible, i'd like to avoid the code looking like a bunch of sigils
+
 ---
 
 Reduce the number of AST node types ; try to merge similar node and make simpler individuals nodes if possible by composing them.
diff --git a/test/tests/resume anchors.ans b/test/tests/resume anchors.ans
index 2a8c81b..57cda80 100644
--- a/test/tests/resume anchors.ans	
+++ b/test/tests/resume anchors.ans	
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 :f = $(anchor=())
 	:x = 8
-	anchor ~>
+	($_)!resume(anchor)
 		|a
 		| A |>
 			| b