2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/230521We discuss the impact of including corrections beyond single gluon exchange in light mesons within the nonperturbative framework of Dyson-Schwinger equations (DSE) and Bethe-Salpeter equations (BSE). We do this by considering unquenching effects in the form of hadronic resonance contributions, notably pion exchange, and by the inclusion of the dominant gluon self-interactions to the quark-gluon vertex. Thus we make steps towards an ab initio description of light mesons by functional methods.6 pages,1 figure. Based on a talk given at ExcitedQCD 09, Feb 8-14, Zakopane, PolandHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenologytext