diff --git a/asm/6502/decompress_fast_v1.asm b/asm/6502/decompress_fast_v1.asm
index cd45747..b36cc17 100644
--- a/asm/6502/decompress_fast_v1.asm
+++ b/asm/6502/decompress_fast_v1.asm
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ PREPARE_COPY_LITERALS
    TAX
    LDA SHIFT_TABLE-1,X                  ; shift literals length into place
                                         ; -1 because position 00 is reserved
+PREPARE_COPY_LITERALS_DIRECT
    TAX
 
 PREPARE_COPY_LARGE_LITERALS
@@ -216,14 +217,14 @@ DECOMPRESSION_DONE
    RTS
 
 SHIFT_TABLE
-   DB     00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h,00h
-   DB 01h,01h,01h,01h,01h,01h,01h,01h,01h,01h,01h,01h,01h,01h,01h,01h
-   DB 02h,02h,02h,02h,02h,02h,02h,02h,02h,02h,02h,02h,02h,02h,02h,02h
-   DB 03h,03h,03h,03h,03h,03h,03h,03h,03h,03h,03h,03h,03h,03h,03h,03h
-   DB 04h,04h,04h,04h,04h,04h,04h,04h,04h,04h,04h,04h,04h,04h,04h,04h
-   DB 05h,05h,05h,05h,05h,05h,05h,05h,05h,05h,05h,05h,05h,05h,05h,05h
-   DB 06h,06h,06h,06h,06h,06h,06h,06h,06h,06h,06h,06h,06h,06h,06h,06h
-   DB 07h,07h,07h,07h,07h,07h,07h,07h,07h,07h,07h,07h,07h,07h,07h,07h
+   !BYTE     $00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00
+   !BYTE $01,$01,$01,$01,$01,$01,$01,$01,$01,$01,$01,$01,$01,$01,$01,$01
+   !BYTE $02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02
+   !BYTE $03,$03,$03,$03,$03,$03,$03,$03,$03,$03,$03,$03,$03,$03,$03,$03
+   !BYTE $04,$04,$04,$04,$04,$04,$04,$04,$04,$04,$04,$04,$04,$04,$04,$04
+   !BYTE $05,$05,$05,$05,$05,$05,$05,$05,$05,$05,$05,$05,$05,$05,$05,$05
+   !BYTE $06,$06,$06,$06,$06,$06,$06,$06,$06,$06,$06,$06,$06,$06,$06,$06
+   !BYTE $07,$07,$07,$07,$07,$07,$07,$07,$07,$07,$07,$07,$07,$07,$07,$07
 
 !ifdef BACKWARD_DECOMPRESS {