diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 99e2dee..0ff2da0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export INCLUDE := -I"$(shell pwd)/common"
 
 export ASFLAGS := -g -x assembler-with-cpp $(INCLUDE)
 export CFLAGS  := -DDBUILTS="\"$(DBUILTS)\"" -DDBUILTL="\"$(DBUILTL)\"" -DVERSION="\"$(VERSION)\"" -DFLAVOR="\"$(FLAVOR)\"" \
-                  -g -Os -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Wcast-align -Wformat=2 -Wno-main \
+                  -g -Os -Wall -Wextra -Wcast-align -Wformat=2 -Wno-main \
                   -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -std=gnu11 -MMD -MP \
                   -Wno-unused-function -Wno-format-truncation $(INCLUDE) -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
 export LDFLAGS := -Tlink.ld -nostartfiles -Wl,--gc-sections,-z,max-page-size=512
diff --git a/arm11/Makefile b/arm11/Makefile
index 09dde18..2f321a1 100644
--- a/arm11/Makefile
+++ b/arm11/Makefile
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ INCDIRS := source
 INCLUDE := $(foreach dir,$(INCDIRS),-I"$(shell pwd)/$(dir)")
 
 ASFLAGS += $(SUBARCH) $(INCLUDE)
-CFLAGS  += $(SUBARCH) $(INCLUDE)
-LDFLAGS += $(SUBARCH) -Wl,-Map,$(TARGET).map
+CFLAGS  += $(SUBARCH) $(INCLUDE) -flto
+LDFLAGS += $(SUBARCH) -Wl,-Map,$(TARGET).map -flto
 
 include ../Makefile.common
 include ../Makefile.build
diff --git a/arm11/source/arm/exception.c b/arm11/source/arm/exception.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86df02e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arm11/source/arm/exception.c
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+/*
+ *   This file is part of GodMode9
+ *   Copyright (C) 2019 Wolfvak
+ *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <types.h>
+#include <arm.h>
+
+#include <vram.h>
+
+static const u8 num_font[16*8];
+
+#define SCREEN ((u16*)(VRAM_TOP_LA))
+
+void draw_char(u16 *fb, int c, int x, int y)
+{
+	for (int _y = 0; _y < 8; _y++) {
+		for (int _x = 0; _x < 8; _x++) {
+			u16 *fbpos = fb + (240 - (y + _y)) + (240 * (x + _x));
+
+			u8 mask = (num_font[(c * 8) + _y] >> (8 - _x)) & 1;
+
+			if (mask)
+				*fbpos = ~0;
+			else
+				*fbpos = 0;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+void draw_hex(u16 *fb, u32 num, int x, int y)
+{
+	x += 7*8;
+	for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+		draw_char(fb, num & 0xf, x, y);
+		num >>= 4;
+		x -= 8;
+	}
+}
+
+void do_exception(u32 type, u32 *regs)
+{
+	for (int i = 0; i < 400*240; i++)
+		SCREEN[i] = 0;
+
+	draw_hex(SCREEN, type, 8, 16);
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < 20; i += 2) {
+		draw_hex(SCREEN, i, 8, 32 + (i * 4));
+		draw_hex(SCREEN, regs[i], 80, 32 + (i * 4));
+
+		draw_hex(SCREEN, i + 1, 208, 32 + (i * 4));
+		draw_hex(SCREEN, regs[i + 1], 280, 32 + (i * 4));
+	}
+
+	while(1)
+		ARM_WFI();
+}
+
+static const u8 num_font[] = {
+	0b00000000,
+	0b00011000,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00101100,
+	0b00110100,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00011000,
+	0b00000000, // 0
+
+	0b00000000,
+	0b00011000,
+	0b00101000,
+	0b00001000,
+	0b00001000,
+	0b00001000,
+	0b00111100,
+	0b00000000, // 1
+
+	0b00000000,
+	0b00011000,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00000100,
+	0b00001000,
+	0b00010000,
+	0b00111100,
+	0b00000000, // 2
+
+	0b00000000,
+	0b00111000,
+	0b00000100,
+	0b00011000,
+	0b00000100,
+	0b00000100,
+	0b00111000,
+	0b00000000, // 3
+
+	0b00000000,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00111100,
+	0b00000100,
+	0b00000100,
+	0b00000100,
+	0b00000000, // 4
+
+	0b00000000,
+	0b00111100,
+	0b00100000,
+	0b00111000,
+	0b00000100,
+	0b00000100,
+	0b00111000,
+	0b00000000, // 5
+
+	0b00000000,
+	0b00011100,
+	0b00100000,
+	0b00111000,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00011000,
+	0b00000000, // 6
+
+	0b00000000,
+	0b00111100,
+	0b00000100,
+	0b00000100,
+	0b00001000,
+	0b00010000,
+	0b00010000,
+	0b00000000, // 7
+
+	0b00000000,
+	0b00011000,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00011000,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00011000,
+	0b00000000, // 8
+
+	0b00000000,
+	0b00011000,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00011100,
+	0b00000100,
+	0b00000100,
+	0b00111000,
+	0b00000000, // 9
+
+	0b00000000,
+	0b00011000,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00111100,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00000000, // A
+
+	0b00000000,
+	0b00111000,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00111000,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00111000,
+	0b00000000, // B
+
+	0b00000000,
+	0b00011100,
+	0b00100000,
+	0b00100000,
+	0b00100000,
+	0b00100000,
+	0b00011100,
+	0b00000000, // C
+
+	0b00000000,
+	0b00110000,
+	0b00101000,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00100100,
+	0b00101000,
+	0b00110000,
+	0b00000000, // C
+
+	0b00000000,
+	0b00111100,
+	0b00100000,
+	0b00111100,
+	0b00100000,
+	0b00100000,
+	0b00111100,
+	0b00000000, // E
+
+	0b00000000,
+	0b00111100,
+	0b00100000,
+	0b00111100,
+	0b00100000,
+	0b00100000,
+	0b00100000,
+	0b00000000, // F
+};
diff --git a/arm11/source/arm/vectors.s b/arm11/source/arm/vectors.s
index 6536ea0..3043516 100644
--- a/arm11/source/arm/vectors.s
+++ b/arm11/source/arm/vectors.s
@@ -16,31 +16,88 @@
  *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+/*
+ * This is almost the same as the ARM9 exception handler,
+ * but with a few extra register dumps (DFSR, IFSR and FAR)
+ */
+
 #include <arm.h>
 
 .arm
 .align 3
 
+.macro TRAP_ENTRY xrq
+    msr cpsr_f, #(\xrq << 29)
+    b XRQ_Main
+.endm
+
 .section .vector, "ax"
 vectors:
-    b XRQ_Reset @ RESET
-    b XRQ_Reset @ UNDEFINED
-    b XRQ_Reset @ SVC
-    b XRQ_Reset @ PREFETCH ABORT
-    b XRQ_Reset @ DATA ABORT
-    b XRQ_Reset @ RESERVED
-    b XRQ_IRQ   @ IRQ
-    b XRQ_Reset @ FIQ
+    b XRQ_Reset
+    b XRQ_Undefined
+    b XRQ_SVC
+    b XRQ_PrefetchAbt
+    b XRQ_DataAbt
+    b XRQ_Reserved
+    b XRQ_IRQ
+    b XRQ_FIQ
 
 XRQ_Reset:
-    mov r0, #0x18000000
-    add r1, r0, #(6 << 20)
-    mov r2, #0xFFFFFFFF
-    1:
-        cmp r0, r1
-        strne r2, [r0], #4
-        moveq r0, #0x18000000
-        b 1b
+    TRAP_ENTRY 0
+
+XRQ_Undefined:
+    TRAP_ENTRY 1
+
+XRQ_SVC:
+    TRAP_ENTRY 2
+
+XRQ_PrefetchAbt:
+    TRAP_ENTRY 3
+
+XRQ_DataAbt:
+    TRAP_ENTRY 4
+
+XRQ_Reserved:
+    TRAP_ENTRY 5
+
+XRQ_FIQ:
+    TRAP_ENTRY 7
+
+XRQ_Main:
+    ldr sp, =(exception_stack_top - 32*4)
+    stmia sp, {r0-r7}
+
+    cpsid aif
+
+    mrs r1, cpsr
+    lsr r0, r1, #29
+
+    mrs r2, spsr
+    str lr, [sp, #15*4]
+    str r2, [sp, #16*4]
+
+    ands r2, r2, #SR_PMODE_MASK
+    orreq r2, r2, #SR_SYS_MODE
+    orr r2, r2, #(0x10 | SR_NOINT)
+
+    add r3, sp, #8*4
+    msr cpsr_c, r2
+    nop
+    nop
+    stmia r3!, {r8-r14}
+    nop
+    nop
+    msr cpsr_c, r1
+
+    mrc p15, 0, r4, c5, c0, 0 @ data fault status register
+    mrc p15, 0, r5, c5, c0, 1 @ instruction fault status register
+    mrc p15, 0, r6, c6, c0, 0 @ data fault address
+    add r3, r3, #2*4 @ skip saved PC and CPSR
+    stmia r3!, {r4, r5, r6}
+
+    mov r1, sp
+    bl do_exception
+
 
 XRQ_IRQ:
     sub lr, lr, #4             @ Fix return address
@@ -58,3 +115,10 @@ XRQ_IRQ:
 
     pop {r0-r4, r12, lr}
     rfeia sp!               @ Return from exception
+
+.section .bss.xrq_stk
+.align 12
+exception_stack: @ reserve a single aligned page for the exception stack
+    .space 4096
+exception_stack_top:
+.global exception_stack_top
diff --git a/arm11/source/boot.s b/arm11/source/boot.s
index 4cb35d2..9e7deef 100644
--- a/arm11/source/boot.s
+++ b/arm11/source/boot.s
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 #include <arm.h>
 
-#define STACK_SZ    (16384)
+#define STACK_SZ    (8192)
 
 .global __boot
 __boot:
@@ -95,9 +95,11 @@ corezero_start:
 
 coresmp_start:
     bl SYS_CoreInit
-    b MainLoop
+    ldr lr, =MainLoop
+    bx lr
 
 .section .bss.stack
-.align 3
+.align 12 @ make sure stack is aligned to a page boundary
+.global _stack_base
 _stack_base:
     .space (MAX_CPU * STACK_SZ)
diff --git a/arm11/source/hw/spi.c b/arm11/source/hw/spi.c
index 358f546..32560f7 100755
--- a/arm11/source/hw/spi.c
+++ b/arm11/source/hw/spi.c
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ int SPI_DoXfer(u32 dev, const SPI_XferInfo *xfers, u32 xfer_cnt)
 
 void SPI_Init(void)
 {
-	// This cuts off access from the old SPI
-	// interface used during the NDS days
+	// This cuts off access to the old NDS SPI interface
 	*REG_CFG_SPI_CNT = 7;
 }
 
diff --git a/arm11/source/system/xalloc.c b/arm11/source/system/xalloc.c
index 3850ea8..02a7921 100755
--- a/arm11/source/system/xalloc.c
+++ b/arm11/source/system/xalloc.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "system/xalloc.h"
 
-static char xalloc_buf[XALLOC_BUF_SIZE];
+static char ALIGN(4096) xalloc_buf[XALLOC_BUF_SIZE];
 static size_t mark = 0;
 
 void *XAlloc(size_t size)
diff --git a/arm9/source/system/i2c.c b/arm9/source/system/i2c.c
index d9a3586..6ee1fd4 100755
--- a/arm9/source/system/i2c.c
+++ b/arm9/source/system/i2c.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ static bool I2C_AllocBuffer(void)
 			return false;
 		i2c_xfer_buf = (char*)xbuf;
 	}
+
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -41,11 +42,12 @@ bool I2C_readRegBuf(I2cDevice devId, u8 regAddr, u8 *out, u32 size)
 bool I2C_writeRegBuf(I2cDevice devId, u8 regAddr, const u8 *in, u32 size)
 {
 	int ret;
+	u32 *args;
 
 	if (!I2C_AllocBuffer())
 		return false;
 
-	u32 args[] = {devId, regAddr, (u32)i2c_xfer_buf, size};
+	args = (u32[]){devId, regAddr, (u32)i2c_xfer_buf, size};
 
 	memcpy(i2c_xfer_buf, in, size);
 	ARM_WbDC_Range(i2c_xfer_buf, size);
diff --git a/arm9/source/system/spiflash.c b/arm9/source/system/spiflash.c
index 4dbb830..00bc1a8 100755
--- a/arm9/source/system/spiflash.c
+++ b/arm9/source/system/spiflash.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #define SPIFLASH_CHUNK_SIZE	(0x1000)
 
-static char *spiflash_xalloc_buf = NULL;
+static char *spiflash_xfer_buf = NULL;
 
 bool spiflash_get_status(void)
 {
@@ -15,29 +15,29 @@ bool spiflash_read(u32 offset, u32 size, u8 *buf)
 {
 	u32 args[3];
 
-	if (!spiflash_xalloc_buf) {
+	if (!spiflash_xfer_buf) {
 		u32 xbuf = PXI_DoCMD(PXI_XALLOC, (u32[]){SPIFLASH_CHUNK_SIZE}, 1);
 		if (xbuf == 0 || xbuf == 0xFFFFFFFF)
 			return false;
-		spiflash_xalloc_buf = (char*)xbuf;
+		spiflash_xfer_buf = (char*)xbuf;
 	}
 
-	args[1] = (u32)spiflash_xalloc_buf;
+	args[1] = (u32)spiflash_xfer_buf;
 
 	while(size > 0) {
-		u32 rem = min(size, SPIFLASH_CHUNK_SIZE);
+		u32 blksz = min(size, SPIFLASH_CHUNK_SIZE);
 
 		args[0] = offset;
-		args[2] = rem;
+		args[2] = blksz;
 
 		ARM_DSB();
 		PXI_DoCMD(PXI_NVRAM_READ, args, 3);
-		ARM_InvDC_Range(spiflash_xalloc_buf, rem); 
-		memcpy(buf, spiflash_xalloc_buf, rem);
+		ARM_InvDC_Range(spiflash_xfer_buf, blksz); 
+		memcpy(buf, spiflash_xfer_buf, blksz);
 
-		buf += rem;
-		size -= rem;
-		offset += rem;
+		buf += blksz;
+		size -= blksz;
+		offset += blksz;
 	}
 
 	return true;
diff --git a/common/arm.h b/common/arm.h
index 28fc084..53843ed 100644
--- a/common/arm.h
+++ b/common/arm.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #define SR_ABT_MODE	(0x17)
 #define SR_UND_MODE	(0x1B)
 #define SR_SYS_MODE	(0x1F)
-#define SR_PMODE_MASK	(0x1F)
+#define SR_PMODE_MASK	(0x0F)
 
 #define SR_THUMB	BIT(5)
 #define SR_NOFIQ	BIT(6)
diff --git a/common/common.h b/common/common.h
index 5e81eeb..2fadb31 100755
--- a/common/common.h
+++ b/common/common.h
@@ -56,7 +56,11 @@
     (sizeof(x) / sizeof(*(x)))
 
 #define bkpt \
-    asm volatile("bkpt\n\t")
+    __builtin_trap()
+
+#define assert(x) \
+    (!!(x) ? (void)0 : __builtin_trap())
+
 
 #define STATIC_ASSERT(...) \
     _Static_assert((__VA_ARGS__), #__VA_ARGS__)