diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 908ff1762..4c59e7ceb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ ACME=acme
 CADIUS=cadius
 
 asm: md
-	$(ACME) -r build/4cade.lst src/4cade.a
+	$(ACME) -r build/4cade.lst src/4cade.a >build/relbase.log
+	$(ACME) -r build/4cade.lst -DRELBASE=`cat build/relbase.log | grep "RELBASE =" | cut -d"=" -f2 | cut -d"(" -f2 | cut -d")" -f1` src/4cade.a
 	$(ACME) src/fx/fx.dhgr.ripple.a
 	$(ACME) src/fx/fx.dhgr.iris.a
 	$(ACME) src/fx/fx.dhgr.radial.a
diff --git a/src/4cade.a b/src/4cade.a
index 5c14304ab..3e2d2ac19 100644
--- a/src/4cade.a
+++ b/src/4cade.a
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 !to "build/LAUNCHER.SYSTEM",plain
 *=$2000
 
+!ifndef RELBASE {
+RELBASE=$2000
+}
+
          !source "src/constants.a"
          !source "src/macros.a"
 
@@ -12,7 +16,7 @@
          !source "src/4cade.init.a"
 
 FirstMover
-!pseudopc $D000 {
+!pseudopc RELBASE {
 Reenter                              ; self-running demos should call this to exit back to 4cade
          cld
          cli
@@ -68,6 +72,13 @@ Main
          !source "src/ui.font.a"
          !source "src/ui.font.data.a"
 gGlobalPrefsStore
-         !word *+2                   ; address of first okvs store
+         !word $D000                 ; address of first okvs store
 }
 LastMover
+!if RELBASE = $2000 {
+  !ifdef PASS2 {
+  } else { ;PASS2
+    !set PASS2=1
+    !warn "RELBASE = ", $FE00 - (LastMover - FirstMover)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/4cade.init.a b/src/4cade.init.a
index 30953f159..ab1220550 100644
--- a/src/4cade.init.a
+++ b/src/4cade.init.a
@@ -26,11 +26,10 @@
                                      ;     bit 6 = 1 if 128K
                                      ;     bit 7 = 1 if joystick
 
-         jsr   init                  ; initialize ProRWTS2 (bye bye ProDOS)
-         +READ_RAM1_WRITE_RAM1
+         +READ_ROM_WRITE_RAM1
          ldx   #$00                  ; relocate rest of program to RAM bank 1 in language card
 @FM      lda   FirstMover,x
-         sta   $D000,x
+         sta   RELBASE,x
          inx
          bne   @FM
          lda   @FM+2
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@
          inc   @FM+5
          bne   @FM
 +
+         jsr   init                  ; initialize ProRWTS2 (bye bye ProDOS)
          jmp   OneTimeSetup
 
 @no64K
diff --git a/src/glue.prorwts2.a b/src/glue.prorwts2.a
index 0d39777b6..9d6cc1928 100644
--- a/src/glue.prorwts2.a
+++ b/src/glue.prorwts2.a
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ traverse
 
          pla
          sta   (namlo), y
+         lda   $c08b
 @go
          rts
 
@@ -404,7 +405,7 @@ ProDOS_enter
   !ifdef PASS2 {
 !set CloseHandles = @imp_close
   } else { ;PASS2
-    !set PASS2=1
+!set CloseHandles = *
   }
     stx    ProDOS_savedX+1
     sty    ProDOS_savedY+1
diff --git a/src/prorwts2.a b/src/prorwts2.a
index e1da87fd2..c7333190b 100644
--- a/src/prorwts2.a
+++ b/src/prorwts2.a
@@ -463,8 +463,8 @@ unrentry1       jsr     $d1d1
 
 bankram
 !if load_banked = 1 {
-                lda     LCBANK2 - ((lc_bank - 1) * 8)
-                lda     LCBANK2 - ((lc_bank - 1) * 8)
+                lda     LCBANK2 + 2 - ((lc_bank - 1) * 8)
+                lda     LCBANK2 + 2 - ((lc_bank - 1) * 8)
 } ;load_banked
 !if load_aux = 1 {
                 sta     SETAUXWR + (load_banked * 4) ;SETAUXWR or SETAUXZP
@@ -550,15 +550,8 @@ unrdrvoff1      lda     MOTOROFF
                 ;and code is less than two pages long (e.g. aligned_read, no write)
                 ;can't insert code during pass two because it breaks existing offsets
 
-    !ifdef PASS2 {
-      !if >(hddcodeend - reloc) > 0 {
-        !set hack=$100
-      } ;hddcodeend
-    } else { ;PASS2 not defined
-      !set hack=0
-    } ;PASS2
-                lda     unrelochdd + hack, y
-                sta     reloc + hack, y
+                lda     unrelochdd + $100, y
+                sta     reloc + $100, y
   } ;one_page
                 iny
                 bne     -
@@ -2877,7 +2870,6 @@ hdddataend
 ;math magic to determine ideal loading address, and information dump
 !ifdef PASS2 {
 } else { ;PASS2 not defined
-  !set PASS2=1
   !if enable_floppy = 1 {
     !if reloc < $c000 {
       !if ((dataend + $ff) & -256) > $c000 {
diff --git a/winmake.bat b/winmake.bat
index 69878efc9..0dab4e7a7 100644
--- a/winmake.bat
+++ b/winmake.bat
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ rem
 rem a qkumba monstrosity from 2018-10-29
 rem
 
+setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
 set DISK=4cade.2mg
 set VOLUME=A.4AM.PACK
 
@@ -30,7 +31,9 @@ if "%1" equ "asm" (
 2>nul md build\DEMO
 2>nul md build\FX
 
-%ACME% -r build\4cade.lst src\4cade.a
+2>build\out.txt %ACME% -r build\4cade.lst src\4cade.a
+for /f "tokens=2,3 delims=)" %%q in ('find "RELBASE =" build\out.txt') do set _make=%%q
+%ACME% -DRELBASE=$%_make:~-4% -r build\4cade.lst src\4cade.a
 %ACME% src\fx\fx.dhgr.ripple.a
 %ACME% src\fx\fx.dhgr.iris.a
 %ACME% src\fx\fx.dhgr.radial.a