diff --git a/disassembler.cpp b/disassembler.cpp
index cf433fc..f33eddb 100644
--- a/disassembler.cpp
+++ b/disassembler.cpp
@@ -498,13 +498,52 @@ void disassembler::flush() {
 void disassembler::check_labels() {
 
 	if ( _next_label >= 0 && _pc + _st >= _next_label) {
-		//flush();
+		//flush(); // -- too recursive.  see above.
 		if (_st) dump();
 		_next_label = next_label(_pc);
 	}
 
 }
 
+
+void disassembler::space(unsigned size) {
+	flush();
+
+	std::string line;
+
+	indent_to(line, kOpcodeTab);
+	line += "ds";
+	indent_to(line, kOperandTab);
+
+
+	while (size) {
+		uint32_t chunk;
+		if (_next_label == -1) chunk = size;
+		else {
+			chunk = _next_label - _pc;
+			chunk = std::min(chunk, size);
+		}
+
+		line.resize(kOperandTab);
+		line += std::to_string(chunk);
+		indent_to(line, kCommentTab);
+		line += "; ";
+
+		line += to_x(_pc, 4);
+		line.push_back(':');
+		line.push_back('\n');
+		fputs(line.c_str(), stdout);	
+
+
+		_pc += chunk;
+		size -= chunk;
+		if (_next_label == _pc) _next_label = next_label(_pc);
+	}
+
+
+}
+
+
 void disassembler::operator()(const std::string &expr, unsigned size) {
 
 	// todo -- what if label within size?
@@ -565,6 +604,8 @@ void disassembler::operator()(uint8_t byte) {
 	print();
 }
 
+
+
 void disassembler::print_prefix() {
 
 	switch(_mode & 0xf000) {
diff --git a/disassembler.h b/disassembler.h
index 9ed7c16..e9074f5 100644
--- a/disassembler.h
+++ b/disassembler.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class disassembler {
 		template<class T>
 		void operator()(const T &t) { code(std::begin(t), std::end(t)); }
 
+		void space(unsigned bytes);
 
 		bool m() const { return _flags & 0x20; }
 		bool x() const { return _flags & 0x10; }
diff --git a/dumpobj.cpp b/dumpobj.cpp
index 0198b9a..80636b1 100644
--- a/dumpobj.cpp
+++ b/dumpobj.cpp
@@ -244,9 +244,7 @@ bool dump_obj(const char *name, int fd)
 	zrdz_disassembler d(read_sections(section_data), read_symbols(symbol_data));
 
 	uint8_t op = REC_END;
-	unsigned section = SECT_CODE; // default section = CODE
 	unsigned line = 0;
-	std::string file;
 
 
 	d.front_matter(std::string(oname.data()));
@@ -393,7 +391,7 @@ bool dump_obj(const char *name, int fd)
 								d.emit("", "longi", "off");
 								break;
 							case D_C_FILE: {
-								file = read_cstring(iter);
+								std::string file = read_cstring(iter);
 								line = read_16(iter);
 								std::string tmp = file + ", " + std::to_string(line);
 								d.emit("", ".file", tmp);
@@ -539,11 +537,8 @@ bool dump_obj(const char *name, int fd)
 			}
 
 			case REC_SPACE: {
-				d.flush();
 				uint16_t count = read_16(iter);
-				// todo -- need to coordinate with label printer/disassembler.
-				d.emit("", "ds", d.to_x(count, 4, '$'));
-				d.set_pc(d.pc() + count);
+				d.space(count);
 				break;
 			}