diff --git a/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/ForLoopsAsmGen.kt b/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/ForLoopsAsmGen.kt
index deb7b64cd..5906c3ae3 100644
--- a/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/ForLoopsAsmGen.kt
+++ b/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/ForLoopsAsmGen.kt
@@ -249,23 +249,6 @@ $endLabel""")
 $loopLabel""")
                         asmgen.translate(stmt.statements)
 
-                        if(iterableDt==DataType.ARRAY_UW) {
-                            asmgen.out("""
-                lda  $varname
-                sec
-                sbc  #<${stepsize.absoluteValue}
-                sta  $varname
-                lda  $varname+1
-                sbc  #>${stepsize.absoluteValue}
-                sta  $varname+1
-$modifiedLabel  cmp  #0    ; modified                
-                bcc  $endLabel
-                bne  $loopLabel
-                lda  $varname
-$modifiedLabel2 cmp  #0    ; modified 
-                bcs  $loopLabel
-$endLabel""")
-                        } else {
                             asmgen.out("""
                 lda  $varname
                 sec
@@ -283,7 +266,6 @@ $modifiedLabel  sbc  #0    ; modified
                 eor  #$80
 +               bpl  $loopLabel                
 $endLabel""")
-                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/docs/source/todo.rst b/docs/source/todo.rst
index 2cd306b14..b156ff607 100644
--- a/docs/source/todo.rst
+++ b/docs/source/todo.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 TODO
 ====
 
-- codegen: fix endless loop uword n=0 :: for uword i in 10 downto n step -3
-
 - investigate if the hiscores issue on the forum is a compiler bug or not.
 
 - IR: instructions that do type conversion (SZ etc, CONCAT, SGN) should put the result in a DIFFERENT register.
diff --git a/examples/test.p8 b/examples/test.p8
index 9db4dd57e..538293f83 100644
--- a/examples/test.p8
+++ b/examples/test.p8
@@ -1,34 +1,56 @@
+%import string
 %import textio
+%import conv
+
 %zeropage basicsafe
-%option no_sysinit
 
 main {
-    sub start() {
-        uword  n=0
-        uword i
-        txt.print("ascending:\n")
-        n=10
-        for i in 0 to n step 3 {
-            cx16.r0++
-            txt.print(" i=")
-            txt.print_uw(i)
-            txt.spc()
-            txt.print(" n=")
-            txt.print_uw(n)
-            txt.nl()
-        }
 
-        txt.print("descending:\n")
-        n=0
-        for i in 10 downto n step -3 {
-            cx16.r0++
-            txt.print(" i=")
-            txt.print_uw(i)
-            txt.spc()
-            txt.print(" n=")
-            txt.print_uw(n)
-            txt.nl()
-        }
-    }
+str[10] names = ["1??","2??","3??","4??","5??","6??","7??","8??","9??","a??"]
+str[10] scores = ["9000","8000","7000","6000","5000","4000","3000","2000","1000","50"]
+str p_str = "winner"
+uword top_score
+
+sub start() {
+    print_hiscores()
+    ubyte r = check_score(7500)
+    print_hiscores()
 }
 
+sub check_score(uword score) -> ubyte {
+	ubyte n
+	ubyte i
+	str tmp = "?????"
+
+	if score < top_score {
+		return(10) }
+	else {
+		for n in 0 to 9 {
+			if score > conv.str2uword(scores[n]) {
+				for i in 8 to n step -1 {
+					names[i+1] = names[i]
+					scores[i+1] = scores[i]
+			    }
+				;string.copy(p_str,names[n])
+				;conv.str_uw0(score)
+				;string.copy(conv.string_out,scores[n])
+				return(n)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+sub print_hiscores() {
+	ubyte n
+	for n in 0 to 9 {
+		txt.print_ub(n)
+		txt.spc()
+		txt.print(names[n])
+		txt.spc()
+		txt.print(scores[n])
+		txt.nl()
+	}
+	txt.nl()
+}
+
+}