diff --git a/twasm/asm/main.asm b/twasm/asm/main.asm
index 7224b01..8cab49e 100644
--- a/twasm/asm/main.asm
+++ b/twasm/asm/main.asm
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ TEST_LINE_LENGTH equ 80 ; right border of test suite results
 
 [bits 64]
 [org LOAD_ADDR]
+[default abs]   ; TODO see if I actually need to do this
+                ; afaik absolute addressing is not harmful on bare metal
+                ; reasoning: stops annoying warning =D
 
 start:
   mov rsp, STACK_ADDR ; we might need more stack space, let's just be safe
@@ -200,7 +203,7 @@ assemble:
     ret
 
   ; runs dec on .pending_operator_num_args
-  .dec_num_args
+  .dec_num_args:
     push rax
     mov al, [.pending_operator_num_args]
     dec al
@@ -208,7 +211,7 @@ assemble:
     pop rax
     ret
 
-  .reset_state
+  .reset_state:
     ; I don't actually know if these `word` and `byte` directives are needed
     ; TODO check that. I think they are, becasue Nasm doesn't record the size
     ; of labels?
diff --git a/twasm/package.nix b/twasm/package.nix
index b435ebb..ee4e250 100644
--- a/twasm/package.nix
+++ b/twasm/package.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   version = "0.1.0";
   src = ./.;
   buildPhase = ''
-    ${nasm}/bin/nasm asm/main.asm -o out.bin
+    ${nasm}/bin/nasm \
+      asm/main.asm \
+      -o out.bin \
+      -w+all \
+      -w-reloc-abs
   '';
   installPhase = ''
     dd if=/dev/zero of=disk bs=512 count=2880