diff --git a/examples/mandelbrot.p8 b/examples/mandelbrot.p8
index 4577736b2..6741563fb 100644
--- a/examples/mandelbrot.p8
+++ b/examples/mandelbrot.p8
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 %import c64lib
 %import c64utils
 %import c64flt
+%zeropage basicsafe
+
 
 ~ main {
     const uword width = 30