diff --git a/xmas_2018/Makefile b/xmas_2018/Makefile
index 85215c41..6ce0c275 100644
--- a/xmas_2018/Makefile
+++ b/xmas_2018/Makefile
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ PNG_TO_RLE = ../gr-utils/png2rle
 
 all:	xmas2018.dsk
 
-xmas2018.dsk:	HELLO XMAS2018 wreath.img.lz4 ball.img.lz4 merry.img.lz4 MUSIC.lz4
+xmas2018.dsk:	HELLO XMAS2018 wreath.img.lz4t ball.img.lz4 merry.img.lz4 MUSIC.lz4
 	$(DOS33) -y xmas2018.dsk SAVE A HELLO
 	$(DOS33) -y xmas2018.dsk BSAVE -a 0x1000 XMAS2018
-	$(DOS33) -y xmas2018.dsk BSAVE -a 0xa000 wreath.img.lz4 WREATH.LZ4
+	$(DOS33) -y xmas2018.dsk BSAVE -a 0xa000 wreath.img.lz4t WREATH.LZ4
 	$(DOS33) -y xmas2018.dsk BSAVE -a 0xa000 ball.img.lz4 BALL.LZ4
 	$(DOS33) -y xmas2018.dsk BSAVE -a 0xa000 merry.img.lz4 MERRY.LZ4
 	$(DOS33) -y xmas2018.dsk BSAVE -a 0x6000 MUSIC.lz4 MUSIC.LZ4
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ merry.img:	merry_christmas.png
 
 ####
 
+wreath.img.lz4t:	wreath.img.lz4
+	dd if=wreath.img.lz4 of=wreath.img.lz4t bs=1 skip=11
+	truncate wreath.img.lz4t -s -8
+
 wreath.img.lz4:	wreath.img
 	lz4 -f -16 wreath.img
 
diff --git a/xmas_2018/rts.s b/xmas_2018/rts.s
index 19c73a43..5c1c31b4 100644
--- a/xmas_2018/rts.s
+++ b/xmas_2018/rts.s
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 ; modified to assembled with ca64 -- vmw
 ; added code to patch it to run from current disk slot -- vmw
 
+; also stores filesize in ldsizel:ldsizeh
+
 	dirbuf	=	$900
 				; note, don't put this immediately below
 				;   the value being read as destaddr-4
@@ -232,12 +234,15 @@ L5:
 	; increase load size by 4, to account for offst and length
 
 	lda	filbuf+2
+	sta	ldsizel				; store out raw size
+
 	adc	#3
 	sta	sizelo
 	sta	secsize
-	sta	ldsizel
 
 	lda	filbuf+3
+	sta	ldsizeh				; store out raw size
+
 	adc	#0
 	sta	sizehi
 	sta	ldsizeh
diff --git a/xmas_2018/xmas2018.s b/xmas_2018/xmas2018.s
index 5ca05c08..7c53f058 100644
--- a/xmas_2018/xmas2018.s
+++ b/xmas_2018/xmas2018.s
@@ -48,19 +48,24 @@ apple_iie:
 
 	; decompress to $2000
 	; decompress from $a000
-	; size in ???
+	; size in ldsizeh:ldsizel (f1/f0)
 
-
-	lda     #<($a000+11)
+	clc
+	lda     #<($a000)
 	sta     LZ4_SRC
-	lda     #>($a000+11)
-	sta     LZ4_SRC+1
-
-	lda	#<($a000+4103-8)	; skip checksum at end
+	adc	ldsizel
 	sta	LZ4_END
-	lda	#>($a000+4103-8)	; skip checksum at end
+
+	lda     #>($a000)
+	sta     LZ4_SRC+1
+	adc	ldsizeh
 	sta	LZ4_END+1
 
+;	lda	#<($a000+4103-8)	; skip checksum at end
+;	sta	LZ4_END
+;	lda	#>($a000+4103-8)	; skip checksum at end
+;	sta	LZ4_END+1
+
 	lda	#<$2000
 	sta	LZ4_DST
 	lda	#>$2000