diff --git a/games/peasant/inside.s b/games/peasant/inside.s
index 554e8d57..0b55f287 100644
--- a/games/peasant/inside.s
+++ b/games/peasant/inside.s
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ inside:
 
         jsr     decompress_lzsa2_fast
 
-
-	; update map location
-
-;	jsr	update_map_location
-
 	; update score
 
 	jsr	update_score
@@ -59,6 +54,12 @@ new_location:
 
 	;==========================
 	; load updated verb table
+	;==========================
+
+	; setup default verb table
+
+	jsr	setup_default_verb_table
+
 
 	; we are INSIDE so locations 24...26 map to 0...2
 
@@ -67,12 +68,13 @@ new_location:
 	sbc	#LOCATION_BASE
 	tax
 
+.if 0
 	lda	verb_tables_low,X
 	sta	INL
 	lda	verb_tables_hi,X
 	sta	INH
 	jsr	load_custom_verb_table
-
+.endif
 
 	;=====================
 	; load bg
diff --git a/games/peasant/peasant1.s b/games/peasant/peasant1.s
index aa4401af..959da5fd 100644
--- a/games/peasant/peasant1.s
+++ b/games/peasant/peasant1.s
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ peasantry1:
 
 	jsr	decompress_lzsa2_fast
 
-	; update map location
-
-;	jsr	update_map_location
 
 	; update score
 
@@ -57,6 +54,11 @@ new_location:
 
 	;==========================
 	; load updated verb table
+	;==========================
+
+	; setup default verb table
+
+	jsr	setup_default_verb_table
 
 	; we are PEASANT1 so locations 0...4 map to 0...4
 
diff --git a/games/peasant/peasant3.s b/games/peasant/peasant3.s
index 875e44dd..02144a79 100644
--- a/games/peasant/peasant3.s
+++ b/games/peasant/peasant3.s
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ peasantry3:
 	jsr	decompress_lzsa2_fast
 
 
-	; update map location
-
-;	jsr	update_map_location
-
 	; update score
 
 	jsr	update_score
@@ -59,6 +55,12 @@ new_location:
 
 	;==========================
 	; load updated verb table
+	;==========================
+
+	; setup default verb table
+
+	jsr	setup_default_verb_table
+
 
 	; we are PEASANT3 so locations 10...14 map to 0...4
 
diff --git a/games/peasant/peasant4.s b/games/peasant/peasant4.s
index dfbd06b4..5e718e96 100644
--- a/games/peasant/peasant4.s
+++ b/games/peasant/peasant4.s
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ new_location:
 
 	;==========================
 	; load updated verb table
+	;==========================
+
+	; setup default verb table
+
+	jsr	setup_default_verb_table
+
 
 	; we are PEASANT4 so locations 15...19 map to 0...4