diff --git a/OVMFbin/OVMF_VARS-pure-efi.fd b/OVMFbin/OVMF_VARS-pure-efi.fd
index bd3a30a..21c2b99 100644
Binary files a/OVMFbin/OVMF_VARS-pure-efi.fd and b/OVMFbin/OVMF_VARS-pure-efi.fd differ
diff --git a/kernel/bin/CustomOS.img b/kernel/bin/CustomOS.img
index 08576d5..cf75e47 100644
Binary files a/kernel/bin/CustomOS.img and b/kernel/bin/CustomOS.img differ
diff --git a/kernel/bin/kernel.elf b/kernel/bin/kernel.elf
index 7a0b321..4c57006 100755
Binary files a/kernel/bin/kernel.elf and b/kernel/bin/kernel.elf differ
diff --git a/kernel/kernel.ld b/kernel/kernel.ld
index 3b95efa..ab646ab 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel.ld
+++ b/kernel/kernel.ld
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ENTRY(_start)
 
 SECTIONS
 {
+	_KernelStart = .;
 	.text : ALIGN(0x1000)
 	{
 		*(.text)
@@ -20,4 +21,5 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(COMMON)
 		*(.bss)
 	}
+	_KernelEnd = .;
 }
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diff --git a/kernel/lib/kernel.o b/kernel/lib/kernel.o
index 4958209..cafe99c 100644
Binary files a/kernel/lib/kernel.o and b/kernel/lib/kernel.o differ
diff --git a/kernel/src/kernel.cpp b/kernel/src/kernel.cpp
index e276aa8..2bc3832 100644
--- a/kernel/src/kernel.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/kernel.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ struct BootInfo {
 extern "C" void __stack_chk_fail(void) {
 	return;
 }
-uint8_t testBuffer[20];
+
+extern uint64_t _KernelStart;
+extern uint64_t _KernelEnd;
+
 extern "C" void _start(BootInfo* bootInfo) {
 	BasicRenderer newRenderer = BasicRenderer(bootInfo->framebuffer, bootInfo->psf1_Font);
 
@@ -31,6 +34,13 @@ extern "C" void _start(BootInfo* bootInfo) {
 	PageFrameAllocator newAllocator;
 	newAllocator.ReadEFIMemoryMap(bootInfo->mMap, bootInfo->mMapSize, bootInfo->mMapDescriptorSize);
 
+	// ensure we don't absolutely fuck shit up
+	uint64_t kernelSize = (uint64_t)&_KernelEnd - (uint64_t)&_KernelStart;
+	uint64_t kernelPages = (uint64_t)kernelSize / 4096 + 1;
+
+	newAllocator.LockPages(&_KernelStart, kernelPages);
+
+	// print out ram info
 	newRenderer.Print(0xFFFFFFFF, "Free RAM: ");
 	newRenderer.Print(0xFF00FFFF, to_string(newAllocator.GetFreeRAM() / 1024));
 	newRenderer.Print(0xFF00FFFF, " KB");
@@ -44,24 +54,5 @@ extern "C" void _start(BootInfo* bootInfo) {
 	newRenderer.Print(0xFF00FFFF, " KB");
 	newRenderer.cursorPosition = {0, newRenderer.cursorPosition.y + 18};
 
-	for (int t = 0; t < 20; t++) {
-		void* address = newAllocator.RequestPage();
-		newRenderer.Print(0xFFFFFFFF, "0x");
-		newRenderer.Print(0xFFFFFFFF, to_hstring((uint64_t)address));
-		newRenderer.cursorPosition = {0, newRenderer.cursorPosition.y + 18};
-	}
-
-	//newRenderer.Print(0xFFFFFFFF, to_string(GetMemorySize(bootInfo->mMap, mMapEntries, bootInfo ->mMapDescriptorSize)));
-
-
-	// for (int i = 0; i < mMapEntries; i++) {
-	// 	EFI_MEMORY_DESCRIPTOR* desc = (EFI_MEMORY_DESCRIPTOR*)((uint64_t)bootInfo ->mMap (i * bootinfo->mMapDescriptorSize));
-	// 	newRenderer.Print(0xFFFFFFFF, EFI_MEMORY_TYPE_STRINGS[desc->type]);
-	// 	newRenderer.Print(0xFFFFFFFF, " ");
-	// 	newRenderer.Print(0xFFFF00FF, to_string(desc->numPages * 4096 / 1024));
-	// 	newRenderer.Print(0xFFFF00FF, " KB");
-	// 	newRenderer.cursorPosition = {0, newRenderer.cursorPosition.y + 18};
-	// }
-  
 	return;
 }
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