diff --git a/games/lemm/TODO b/games/lemm/TODO
index 24a31f88..64d9ead2 100644
--- a/games/lemm/TODO
+++ b/games/lemm/TODO
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 + Try oring the lemmings sprites instead of over-writing
+  (did this, but now they have red hair sometimes?)
 
 + bridges you can walk through from underneath, not
 	sure how to implement that
diff --git a/games/lemm/draw_lemming.s b/games/lemm/draw_lemming.s
index c9d5f7ec..4a8908ec 100644
--- a/games/lemm/draw_lemming.s
+++ b/games/lemm/draw_lemming.s
@@ -286,7 +286,16 @@ draw_mining_common:
 	ldx	lemming_x,Y
         stx     XPOS
 	lda	lemming_y,Y
-	jmp	draw_lemming_common
+;	jmp	draw_lemming_common
+
+
+	; special case, don't OR so we aren't embedded in dirt
+	sta	YPOS
+
+	jsr	hgr_draw_sprite_autoshift
+
+	jmp	done_draw_lemming
+
 
 
 	;=========================
@@ -749,8 +758,8 @@ draw_digging_sprite:
 	lda	lemming_y,Y
 	sec
 	sbc	#2
-	jmp	draw_lemming_common
 
+	jmp	draw_lemming_common
 
 
 
diff --git a/games/lemm/move_lemming.s b/games/lemm/move_lemming.s
index 7e8c7dcc..1a193d71 100644
--- a/games/lemm/move_lemming.s
+++ b/games/lemm/move_lemming.s
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ do_lemming_mining:
 	and	#$f
 	bne	no_mining_this_frame		; only move dirt on frame 0
 
+
 	ldx	#0				; erase background
 	stx	HGR_COLOR
 
@@ -307,7 +308,6 @@ do_lemming_mining:
 	ldy	#10
 	jsr	hgr_box
 
-
 	ldx	CURRENT_LEMMING			; move 3 lines down
 	inc	lemming_y,X
 	inc	lemming_y,X