diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 286bb54..0820bd0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Stupid Worm Languag
-- program space is an arbitrary sized grid of bytes
-- the worm starts as just a head `@`
+- program space is an arbitrary sized grid
+- the worm starts where you place the worm head @
 - as it passes over commands, they get moved to the back of the worm
 - values get pushed to stack (eaten) when passed over, worm body length increases
 - the program gets rearranged every time the worm executes it
 
 ## commands
 ```
-+- pop 2 values, push sum/difference (uses the order they are popped, so `0-` negates the top of the stack)
++- pop 2 values *, push sum/difference (uses the order they are popped, so `0 -` negates the top of the stack)
 ><^v change direction
 0..9 push number to stack
 /\ pop stack, reflect to the side if not zero
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@
 = duplicate top of stack
 ! pop and write output as ascii char
 " pop and write output as number
-_ push a space character
-all other characters are pushed as-is
 ```
+* pop when stack is empty yields zero
diff --git a/programs/hello_world.worm b/programs/hello_world.worm
deleted file mode 100644
index 996ec08..0000000
--- a/programs/hello_world.worm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hello,_world+1_@<
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 259d4fc..bcf870b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -225,8 +225,10 @@ impl SandWormInterpreter {
 				}
 			}
 			b' ' | 0 => dont_push_instruction = true,
-			b'_' => self.worm_in.push(b' '),
-			other => self.worm_in.push(other),
+			other => {
+				self.worm_in.push(other);
+				dont_push_instruction = true;
+			}
 		}
 		if !dont_push_instruction {
 			self.worm_out.insert(0, instruction);