diff --git a/mist/graphics_mist/Makefile b/mist/graphics_mist/Makefile
index f0603d05..ee110be7 100644
--- a/mist/graphics_mist/Makefile
+++ b/mist/graphics_mist/Makefile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ mist_graphics.inc:	\
 	gear_shipup_s.lzsa \
 	gear_base_n.lzsa \
 	spaceship_switch_s.lzsa spaceship_switch_n.lzsa \
-	spaceship_path_w.lzsa \
+	spaceship_path_e.lzsa spaceship_path_w.lzsa \
 	tree4_n.lzsa tree4_s.lzsa tree4_w.lzsa tree4_e.lzsa \
 	clock_island_s.lzsa clock_island_n.lzsa \
 	clock_puzzle_s.lzsa clock_puzzle_bridge.lzsa \
diff --git a/mist/graphics_mist/spaceship_path_e.png b/mist/graphics_mist/spaceship_path_e.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..469baa7e
Binary files /dev/null and b/mist/graphics_mist/spaceship_path_e.png differ
diff --git a/mist/leveldata_mist.inc b/mist/leveldata_mist.inc
index 2a662d4a..c4ed81b2 100644
--- a/mist/leveldata_mist.inc
+++ b/mist/leveldata_mist.inc
@@ -772,6 +772,9 @@ location38:
 	.byte	12,30		; special y
 	.word	touch_pillar-1	; special function
 
+; there is a corresponding east background
+; but we are out of room
+
 ; MIST_SPACESHIP_PATH		-- spaceship path
 location39:
 	.byte	$ff			; north exit