diff --git a/assembler.rb b/assembler.rb
index f0b22d4..c3949d9 100644
--- a/assembler.rb
+++ b/assembler.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ def string(s)
 	end
 end
 
+
+
+
+# # # INSTRUCTIONS # # #
 def jmp(addr)
 	# TODO: this probs wont show up since we have < 3mb of ram but
 	# we can't jump to an address with a different 4 most significant bits
@@ -38,16 +42,13 @@ def jal(addr)
 	word op
 end
 
-def nop
-	word 0x00000000
-end
-
 # load upper immediate
-def lui(reg, val)
+# NOTE: val will be shifted left by 16
+def lui(val, dest)
 	#      oooooo ----- ttttt iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
 	op = 0b001111_00000_00000_0000000000000000
-	op |= (0b11111 & reg) << 16
 	op |= 0xffff & val
+	op |= (0b11111 & dest) << 16
 	word op
 end
 
@@ -61,6 +62,26 @@ def srl(src, amt, dest)
 	word op
 end
 
+# or immediate
+def ori(src, bits, dest)
+	#      oooooo sssss ddddd iiiiiiii iiiiiiii
+	op = 0b001101_00000_00000_00000000_00000000
+	op |= (src & 0b11111) << 21
+	op |= (bits & 0xffff)
+	op |= (dest & 0x11111) << 16
+	word op
+end
+
+
+
+
+# # # PSEUDO-INSTRUCTIONS # # #
+def nop
+	word 0x00000000
+end
+
+
+
 
 # this is a terrible idea and im doing it
 #$labels = {}
@@ -70,11 +91,10 @@ end
 #end
 
 
-
 # # # CONSTANTS # # #
 $base_addr = 0x80010000 # 0x10000 # 0x80010000
 $file_size = 0x800
-
+$gp0 = 0x1F801810
 
 # # # EXE HEADER # # #
 string "PS-X EXE"
@@ -99,22 +119,19 @@ $bytes = []
 
 
 # # # PROGRAM CODE # # #
-nop
-nop
+nop ; jmp $base_addr + 16 ; nop ; word 0xdeadbeef
 
-lui 2, 0
-lui 3, 0
+# ops should always be in format of
+# src [args] -> dest
 
+lui $gp0 >> 16, 1
+ori 1, $gp0, 1
 
-lui 2, 1
-nop
+nop ; nop ; nop ; nop
+nop ; nop ; nop ; nop
+nop ; nop ; nop ; nop
+nop ; nop ; nop ; nop
 
-srl 2, 14, 3
-srl 2, 1, 6
-nop
-
-nop
-nop
 jmp $base_addr
 nop
 
@@ -125,15 +142,6 @@ nop
 
 
 string "this is a test lol"
-word 0xFFAAFFAA
-word 0b001001_11101_11101_11111111_11111111
-word 0b001000_11101_11101_11111111_11111111
-
-word 0xAAFFAAFF
-word 0b001001_00101_00101_11111111_11111111
-word 0b001000_00101_00101_11111111_11111111
-
-