diff --git a/src/kernel.c b/src/kernel.c
index 511ef35..5800678 100644
--- a/src/kernel.c
+++ b/src/kernel.c
@@ -55,6 +55,21 @@ static void set_mem_size(multiboot_info_t *mbd, uint32_t magic)
 	}
 }
 
+extern uint32_t boot_page_table1;
+
+void get_kernel_page_used(void)
+{
+	uint32_t *boot_pt = &boot_page_table1;
+	size_t i = 0;
+	size_t used_pages = 0;
+	for (; i < 1024; i++) {
+		if ((boot_pt[i] != 0) && (boot_pt[i] != (i << 12))) {
+			used_pages++;
+		}
+	}
+	kprintf("page used: %d/%d\n", used_pages, PT_SIZE);
+}
+
 void kernel_main(multiboot_info_t *mbd, uint32_t magic)
 {
 	terminal_initialize();
@@ -66,28 +81,25 @@ void kernel_main(multiboot_info_t *mbd, uint32_t magic)
 	        "I see no way to confuse an array of 256 seg:off pairs with a "
 	        "complex 8*unknown quantity -byte descriptor table. -- Troy "
 	        "Martin 03:50, 22 March 2009 (UTC)\n");
-
 	// PRINT_PTR(alloc_frame());
-	if (true) {
+	if (false) {
 		void *start = alloc_pages(1);
 		int *ptr;
 		uint32_t i;
 		for (i = 1; (ptr = alloc_pages(PAGE_SIZE)); i++) {
-			memset(ptr, ~0, PAGE_SIZE);
+			memset(ptr, i % 256, PAGE_SIZE);
 			*ptr = i;
-			if (i == 4096 && false)
+			if (i == 4096 && 0)
 				break;
 		}
 		PRINT_UINT(i); // 32573
-		uint16_t bozo = 0;
 		for (uint32_t j = 1; j < i - 1; j++) {
 			ptr = start + j * PAGE_SIZE;
-			kprintf("j=%d  %p: %d\n", j, ptr, *ptr);
-			if (*ptr != j) {
-				bozo++;
-				if (bozo == 12)
-					break;
-			}
+			for (uint32_t k = sizeof(*ptr);
+			     k < PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(*ptr); k++)
+				if (((uint8_t *)ptr)[k] != (j % 256))
+					kprintf("cringe %u != %u\n",
+					        ((uint8_t *)ptr)[k], j % 256);
 		}
 
 	} else {
diff --git a/src/memory/page.c b/src/memory/page.c
index 5acdb47..826acf2 100644
--- a/src/memory/page.c
+++ b/src/memory/page.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "kprintf.h"
 #include "memory.h"
+#include "string.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
 static int16_t find_next_block(size_t nb_pages, uint16_t *pd_index_ptr,
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ void *alloc_pages(size_t size)
 		}
 		page_table[i] = ((uint32_t)frame & PAGE_MASK) | INIT_FLAGS;
 	}
+	memset((void *)GET_PAGE_ADDR(pd_index, index), 0, nb_pages * PAGE_SIZE);
 	return (void *)GET_PAGE_ADDR(pd_index, index);
 }