diff --git a/debug.lua b/debug.lua
index a3120c2..53ab1da 100644
--- a/debug.lua
+++ b/debug.lua
@@ -6,14 +6,33 @@ function init_debug()
    debug_res = false
    debug_map = false
    debug_sfx = false
-   debug_mod_buffer = false
+   debug_savedata = false
 end
 
 function debug_f(mode)
-   if (band(mode, 0x1)) debug_res = not debug_res
-   if (band(mode, 0x2)) debug_map = not debug_map
-   if (band(mode, 0x4)) debug_sfx = not debug_sfx
-   if (band(mode, 0x8)) debuf_mod_buffer = not debug_mod_buffer
+   if band(mode, 0x1) ~= 0 then
+      debug_res = true
+   else
+      debug_res = false
+   end
+
+   if band(mode, 0x2) ~= 0 then
+      debug_map = true
+   else
+      debug_map = false
+   end
+
+   if band(mode, 0x4) ~= 0 then
+      debug_sfx = true
+   else
+      debug_sfx = false
+   end
+
+   if band(mode, 0x8) ~= 0 then
+      debug_savedata = true
+   else
+      debug_savedata = false
+   end
 end
 
 function teleport(x, y)
@@ -21,21 +40,10 @@ function teleport(x, y)
 end
 
 function debug_print()
-   if debug_res then
-      debug_print_res()
-   end
-
-   if debug_map then
-      debug_print_map()
-   end
-
-   if debug_sfx then
-      debug_print_sfx()
-   end
-
-   if debug_mod_buffer then
-      debug_print_mod_buffer()
-   end
+   if (debug_res) debug_print_res()
+   if (debug_map) debug_print_map()
+   if (debug_sfx) debug_print_sfx()
+   if (debug_savedata) debug_print_savedata()
 end
 
 function debug_print_res()
@@ -47,8 +55,8 @@ function debug_print_res()
 end
 
 function debug_print_sfx()
-   clip(64, 0, 8, 8)
-   print(stat(24), 64, 0, 15)
+   clip(120, 0, 8, 8)
+   print(stat(24), 120, 0, 15)
    clip()
 end
 
@@ -59,11 +67,6 @@ function debug_print_map()
    clip()
 end
 
-function debug_print_mod_buffer()
-   clip(0, 0, 16, 128)
-   rectfill(0,0,16,128,0)
-   for k,v in pairs(mod_buffer) do
-      print(k .. ": " .. tostr(v))
-   end
-   clip()
+function debug_print_savedata()
+   print(tostr(dget(0), 1), 16, 122, 15)
 end
diff --git a/menu.lua b/menu.lua
index f9f5864..45e1b0d 100644
--- a/menu.lua
+++ b/menu.lua
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ function init_menu()
 end
 
 function menu_input()
-   -- todo: implement an actual menu
-   menu_mode = false
+   menu_mode = false -- todo: implement an actual menu
 end
 
 function draw_menu()
diff --git a/savegame.lua b/savegame.lua
index f1ef788..cf501fc 100644
--- a/savegame.lua
+++ b/savegame.lua
@@ -5,16 +5,21 @@ function init_savegame()
 end
 
 function load_game()
-   player_x = dget(0)
-   player_y = dget(1)
+   local pos = dget"0"
+   player_x = flr(pos)
+   player_y = shl(pos, 16)
 end
 
 function save_game()
-   dset(0, player_x)
-   dset(1, player_y)
+   -- store location in 1 byte by packing Y position into the nominal
+   -- fraction section.
+   local pos = bor(player_x, lshr(player_y, 16))
+   dset(0, pos)
 end
 
 -- delete the save data
 function clear_save()
    memset(0x5e00, 0, 256)
+   init_world""
+   init_player""
 end