diff --git a/bootsect.asm b/bootsect.asm
index 2cb6333..dd72fa6 100644
--- a/bootsect.asm
+++ b/bootsect.asm
@@ -141,11 +141,12 @@ found_file:				;ds:si points to root dir entry of kernel file
 	mov	bx, FAT_SEG
 	mov	ds, bx			;ds points to beginning of FAT
 	xor	bx, bx
+	xor	di, di
 
 readkernel_loop:
 	cmp	ax, 0xff7
 	jg	readkernel_done
-	;inc	word	[k_count]
+	inc	di
 	push	ax
 	push	bx
 	call	getCHSfromCluster
@@ -183,20 +184,24 @@ got_cluster:
 	jmp	readkernel_loop
 
 readkernel_done:			;now copy kernel to final location in KERNEL_ADD!
+	xor	ecx, ecx
+	mov	cx, di			;cx=# of 512byte sectors loaded
+	shl	ecx, 9			;ecx=ecx*512
 
-;	mov	ax, KERNEL_SEG
-;	mov	ds, ax
-;	xor	esi, esi
-;	xor	ax, ax
-;	mov	es, ax
-;	mov	edi, KERNEL_ADD
-;	xor	ecx, ecx
-;	mov	cx, [k_count]		;cx=# of 512byte sectors loaded
-;	shl	ecx, 9			;ecx=ecx*512
-;movekernel_loop:
-;	o32 lodsb			;mov	al, [ds:esi]
-;	o32 stosb			;mov	[es:edi], al
-;	o32 loop	movekernel_loop
+	mov	ax, KERNEL_SEG
+	mov	ds, ax
+	xor	esi, esi
+	xor	ax, ax
+	mov	es, ax
+	mov	edi, KERNEL_ADD
+movekernel_loop:
+	mov	al, [ds:esi]
+	inc	esi
+	mov	[es:edi], al
+	inc	edi
+	dec	ecx
+	cmp	ecx, 0
+	jne	movekernel_loop
 
 	jmp	$