diff --git a/games/peasant/TODO b/games/peasant/TODO
index ff562f84..f7ae8017 100644
--- a/games/peasant/TODO
+++ b/games/peasant/TODO
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 TODO:
 
 next:
-+ fix keyboard input so it handles lowecase
-	wasd
-	Y/N on load/save 
++ Loading screen is slow when getting names
+	Print "Loading" message while doing it?
++ After loading, no need to clear text before moving to next level
+
 + complete waterfall, including animation
 + update intro to walk closer to edges
 + fix issue where walking stops when you cross to screen w priority
diff --git a/games/peasant/inventory.s b/games/peasant/inventory.s
index 909fff93..c1037605 100644
--- a/games/peasant/inventory.s
+++ b/games/peasant/inventory.s
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ handle_inv_keypress:
 
 	pla
 
-	and	#$7f			; clear top bit
+	and	#$5F			; clear top bit, make uppercase
 
 	cmp	#27
 	beq	urgh_done		; ESCAPE
diff --git a/games/peasant/loadsave_menu.s b/games/peasant/loadsave_menu.s
index a0e25024..deaf97b1 100644
--- a/games/peasant/loadsave_menu.s
+++ b/games/peasant/loadsave_menu.s
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ urgh_done_ls:
 	jmp	done_ls_keypress
 
 ls_check_down:
+	and	#$5F			; make uppercase
+
 	cmp	#$0A
 	beq	ls_handle_down
 	cmp	#'S'
@@ -599,7 +601,7 @@ wait_confirmation:
 
 	bit	KEYRESET		; clear keypress
 
-	and	#$7f
+	and	#$5F			; clear high-bit, make uppercase
 	cmp	#'Y'
 	bne	dont_do_it
 
diff --git a/games/peasant/parse_input.s b/games/peasant/parse_input.s
index e98c1d67..1bc10788 100644
--- a/games/peasant/parse_input.s
+++ b/games/peasant/parse_input.s
@@ -213,6 +213,16 @@ restore_parse_message:
 
 	jsr	hgr_partial_restore
 
+;	lda     last_bg_l
+ ;       sta     getsrc_smc+1
+  ;      lda     last_bg_h
+   ;     sta     getsrc_smc+2
+
+   ;     lda     #$40
+
+;	jsr	decompress_lzsa2_fast
+
+
 done_parse_message:
 
 
@@ -389,3 +399,7 @@ count_message_done:
 
 message_len:
 	.byte $0
+
+last_bg_l:	.byte $00
+last_bg_h:	.byte $00
+
diff --git a/games/peasant/peasant2.s b/games/peasant/peasant2.s
index da3a988b..13d151a9 100644
--- a/games/peasant/peasant2.s
+++ b/games/peasant/peasant2.s
@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ new_location:
 
 	lda	map_backgrounds_low,X
 	sta	getsrc_smc+1
+;	sta	last_bg_l
 	lda	map_backgrounds_hi,X
 	sta	getsrc_smc+2
+;	sta	last_bg_h
 
 	lda	#$40
 
@@ -236,3 +238,7 @@ map_priority_hi:
 	.byte	>archery_priority_lzsa		; 7	-- archery
 	.byte	>river_priority_lzsa		; 8	-- river
 	.byte	>knight_priority_lzsa		; 9	-- knight
+
+
+
+