diff --git a/engine/components.scm b/engine/components.scm
index 54b220d..87b12c8 100644
--- a/engine/components.scm
+++ b/engine/components.scm
@@ -37,15 +37,20 @@
 ;; Generic accessors and mutators for position, rotation, scale, anchor, and parent
 ;; This allows us to abstract across different transform types - (position) will work for
 ;; screen-transform and 2D-transform, with type checking
-(export position set-position! rotation set-rotation! scale set-scale!
-	anchor set-anchor! parent set-parent!)
+(export global-position position set-position! rotation
+	set-rotation! scale set-scale! anchor set-anchor!
+	parent set-parent!)
 
-(define (position component)
+(define (global-position component)
   (assert (record? component))
   (if (null? (parent component))
       ((rtd-accessor (record-rtd component) 'position) component)
       (v+ ((rtd-accessor (record-rtd component) 'position) component)
-	  (position (parent component)))))
+	  (global-position (parent component)))))
+
+(define (position component)
+  (assert (record? component))
+  ((rtd-accessor (record-rtd component) 'position) component))
 
 (define (set-position! component position)
   (assert (record? component))