diff --git a/mist/Makefile b/mist/Makefile
index cb37104b..1ce9b099 100644
--- a/mist/Makefile
+++ b/mist/Makefile
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ qboot_sector.o:	qboot_sector.s qboot_stage2.s
 TEXT_TITLE:	text_title.o
 	ld65 -o TEXT_TITLE text_title.o -C ../linker_scripts/apple2_800.inc
 
-text_title.o:	text_title.s
+text_title.o:	text_title.s text_print.s wait_a_bit.s
 	ca65 -o text_title.o text_title.s -l text_title.lst
 
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ mist_title.o:	mist_title.s zp.inc hardware.inc common_defines.inc \
 	gr_copy.s gr_offsets.s gr_pageflip.s gr_putsprite_crop.s \
 	text_print.s gr_fast_clear.s decompress_fast_v2.s \
 	keyboard.s draw_pointer.s end_level.s audio.s \
-	init_state.s \
+	init_state.s wait_a_bit.s \
 	link_book_mist_dock.s common_sprites.inc leveldata_title.inc \
 	pt3_lib_core.s pt3_lib_init.s pt3_lib_mockingboard_detect.s \
 	pt3_lib_mockingboard_setup.s pt3_lib_irq_handler.s interrupt_handler.s
diff --git a/mist/mist_title.s b/mist/mist_title.s
index 3e05dbf0..45785b11 100644
--- a/mist/mist_title.s
+++ b/mist/mist_title.s
@@ -504,6 +504,8 @@ really_exit:
 	.include "pt3_lib_mockingboard_setup.s"
 
 
+	.include "wait_a_bit.s"
+
 
 file:
 .incbin "graphics_title_hgr/mist_title.lzsa"
@@ -533,46 +535,6 @@ draw_and_wait:
 	jsr	wait_a_bit
 	rts
 
-	;====================================
-	; wait for keypress or a few seconds
-	;====================================
-
-wait_a_bit:
-
-	bit	KEYRESET
-	tax
-
-keyloop:
-	lda	#200			; delay a bit
-	jsr	WAIT
-
-	lda	KEYPRESS
-	bmi	done_keyloop
-
-;	bmi	keypress_exit
-
-	dex
-	bne	keyloop
-
-done_keyloop:
-
-	bit	KEYRESET
-
-	rts
-
-	; just skip whole intro, not just current scene
-
-;keypress_exit:
-
-;	bit	KEYRESET
-
-;	pla			; pop two addresses off the stack
-;	pla
-;	pla
-;	pla
-;	jmp	done_intro
-
-
 
 get_mist_book:
 
diff --git a/mist/qboot_sector.s b/mist/qboot_sector.s
index 9736ec5c..384848af 100644
--- a/mist/qboot_sector.s
+++ b/mist/qboot_sector.s
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ;	fast seek/multi-read
 ;	copyright (c) Peter Ferrie 2015-16
 
-	sectors   = 12		; user-defined
+	sectors   = 13		; user-defined
 	firsttrk  = 1		; user-defined, first track to read
 	firstsec  = 0		; user-defined, first sector to read
 	address   = $12		; user-defined
diff --git a/mist/text_title.s b/mist/text_title.s
index e3b8fc91..c3c2cfe1 100644
--- a/mist/text_title.s
+++ b/mist/text_title.s
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ text_loop:
 	dex
 	bne	text_loop
 
+
+	lda	#40
+	jsr	wait_a_bit
+
 	rts
 
 
@@ -51,3 +55,4 @@ boot_message:
 
 .include	"text_print.s"
 .include	"gr_offsets.s"
+.include	"wait_a_bit.s"
diff --git a/mist/wait_a_bit.s b/mist/wait_a_bit.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f71370ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mist/wait_a_bit.s
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+	;====================================
+	; wait for keypress or a few seconds
+	;====================================
+
+wait_a_bit:
+
+	bit	KEYRESET
+	tax
+
+keyloop:
+	lda	#200			; delay a bit
+	jsr	WAIT
+
+	lda	KEYPRESS
+	bmi	done_keyloop
+
+;	bmi	keypress_exit
+
+	dex
+	bne	keyloop
+
+done_keyloop:
+
+	bit	KEYRESET
+
+	rts
+