diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 86e0b7a4..95841c39 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include Makefile.inc
 
 DIRS = core
 
-.PHONY: all clean install core
+.PHONY: all clean install core run
 
 all: kernel
 
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ install: kernel
 	umount /mnt
 	cp kernel /boot/toaruos-kernel
 
+run: bootdisk.img
+	qemu -fda bootdisk.img
+
 kernel: start.o link.ld main.o core
 	${LD} -T link.ld -o kernel *.o core/*.o
 
diff --git a/bootdisk.img b/bootdisk.img
index 6cc95c04..b1c150c1 100644
Binary files a/bootdisk.img and b/bootdisk.img differ
diff --git a/core/timer.c b/core/timer.c
index 6dfe18d7..c4f22d64 100644
--- a/core/timer.c
+++ b/core/timer.c
@@ -19,18 +19,13 @@ timer_handler(
 		) {
 	++timer_ticks;
 	if (timer_ticks % 18 == 0) {
-		ticker++;
-		puts ("Tick. ");
-		if     (ticker % 4 == 0) { putch('|'); }
-		else if(ticker % 4 == 1) { putch('/'); }
-		else if(ticker % 4 == 2) { putch('-'); }
-		else if(ticker % 4 == 3) { putch('\\'); }
-		putch('\n');
+		++ticker;
 	}
 }
 
 void timer_install() {
 	irq_install_handler(0, timer_handler);
+	timer_phase(100); /* 100Hz */
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/core/vga.c b/core/vga.c
index fd6ae6e8..ef648142 100644
--- a/core/vga.c
+++ b/core/vga.c
@@ -130,6 +130,15 @@ settextcolor(
 	attrib = (backcolor << 4) | (forecolor & 0x0F);
 }
 
+/*
+ * resettextcolor
+ * Reset the text color to white on black
+ */
+void
+resettextcolor() {
+	settextcolor(15,0);
+}
+
 /*
  * init_video
  * Initialize the VGA driver.
diff --git a/include/multiboot.h b/include/multiboot.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6dbcd30b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/multiboot.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#include <system.h>
+
+#define MULTIBOOT_FLAG_MEM     0x001
+#define MULTIBOOT_FLAG_DEVICE  0x002
+#define MULTIBOOT_FLAG_CMDLINE 0x004
+#define MULTIBOOT_FLAG_MODS    0x008
+#define MULTIBOOT_FLAG_AOUT    0x010
+#define MULTIBOOT_FLAG_ELF     0x020
+#define MULTIBOOT_FLAG_MMAP    0x040
+#define MULTIBOOT_FLAG_CONFIG  0x080
+#define MULTIBOOT_FLAG_LOADER  0x100
+#define MULTIBOOT_FLAG_APM     0x200
+#define MULTIBOOT_FLAG_VBE     0x400
+
+struct multiboot
+{
+   uintptr_t flags;
+   uintptr_t mem_lower;
+   uintptr_t mem_upper;
+   uintptr_t boot_device;
+   uintptr_t cmdline;
+   uintptr_t mods_count;
+   uintptr_t mods_addr;
+   uintptr_t num;
+   uintptr_t size;
+   uintptr_t addr;
+   uintptr_t shndx;
+   uintptr_t mmap_length;
+   uintptr_t mmap_addr;
+   uintptr_t drives_length;
+   uintptr_t drives_addr;
+   uintptr_t config_table;
+   uintptr_t boot_loader_name;
+   uintptr_t apm_table;
+   uintptr_t vbe_control_info;
+   uintptr_t vbe_mode_info;
+   uintptr_t vbe_mode;
+   uintptr_t vbe_interface_seg;
+   uintptr_t vbe_interface_off;
+   uintptr_t vbe_interface_len;
+}  __attribute__((packed));
diff --git a/include/system.h b/include/system.h
index 68818c8d..53d5df2a 100644
--- a/include/system.h
+++ b/include/system.h
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 #ifndef __SYSTEM_H
 #define __SYSTEM_H
 
+/* Types */
+
 #define NULL ((void *)0UL)
 
 typedef unsigned long uintptr_t;
 typedef long size_t;
+typedef unsigned int uint32_t;
+
+/* Unimportant Kernel Strings */
+#define KERNEL_UNAME "ToAruOS"
+#define KERNEL_VERSION_STRING "0.0.1"
+
 
 /* Kernel Main */
 extern void *memcpy(void * restrict dest, const void * restrict src, size_t count);
@@ -19,6 +27,7 @@ extern void cls();
 extern void putch(unsigned char c);
 extern void puts(char *str);
 extern void settextcolor(unsigned char forecolor, unsigned char backcolor);
+extern void resettextcolor();
 extern void init_video();
 
 /* GDT */
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index bddde7fa..887cff7c 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <system.h>
+#include <multiboot.h>
 
 /*
  * memcpy
@@ -96,6 +97,10 @@ outportb(
 	__asm__ __volatile__ ("outb %1, %0" : : "dN" (_port), "a" (_data));
 }
 
+/*
+ * 99 Bottles of Beer on the -Wall
+ * Sample kernel mode program.
+ */
 void beer() {
 	int i = 99;
 	while (i > 0) {
@@ -116,10 +121,10 @@ void beer() {
 }
 
 /*
- * Kernel Entry Point
+ * kernel entry point
  */
 int
-main() {
+main(struct multiboot *mboot_ptr) {
 	gdt_install();
 	idt_install();
 	isrs_install();
@@ -128,8 +133,52 @@ main() {
 	timer_install();
 	keyboard_install();
 	init_video();
-	puts("Good Morning!\n");
-	beer();
-	for (;;);
+	/* Yes, yes, these are #define'd strings, consider this a nice test of kprintf */
+	settextcolor(12,0);
+	kprintf("[%s %s]\n", KERNEL_UNAME, KERNEL_VERSION_STRING);
+	settextcolor(1,0);
+	/* Multiboot Debug */
+	kprintf("Received the following MULTIBOOT data:\n");
+	settextcolor(7,0);
+	kprintf("Flags: %x\t", mboot_ptr->flags);
+	kprintf("Mem Lo: %x\t", mboot_ptr->mem_lower);
+	kprintf("Mem Hi: %x\n", mboot_ptr->mem_upper);
+	kprintf("Boot dev: %x\t", mboot_ptr->boot_device);
+	kprintf("cmdline: %x\t", mboot_ptr->cmdline);
+	kprintf("Mods: %x\n", mboot_ptr->mods_count);
+	kprintf("Addr: %x\t", mboot_ptr->mods_addr);
+	kprintf("Syms: %x\t", mboot_ptr->num);
+	kprintf("Syms: %x\n", mboot_ptr->size);
+	kprintf("Syms: %x\t", mboot_ptr->addr);
+	kprintf("Syms: %x\t", mboot_ptr->shndx);
+	kprintf("MMap: %x\n", mboot_ptr->mmap_length);
+	kprintf("Addr: %x\t", mboot_ptr->mmap_addr);
+	kprintf("Drives: %x\t", mboot_ptr->drives_length);
+	kprintf("Addr: %x\n", mboot_ptr->drives_addr);
+	kprintf("Config: %x\t", mboot_ptr->config_table);
+	kprintf("Loader: %x\t", mboot_ptr->boot_loader_name);
+	kprintf("APM: %x\n", mboot_ptr->apm_table);
+	kprintf("VBE Control: %x\t", mboot_ptr->vbe_control_info);
+	kprintf("VBE Mode Info: %x\t", mboot_ptr->vbe_mode_info);
+	kprintf("VBE Mode: %x\n", mboot_ptr->vbe_mode);
+	kprintf("VBE seg: %x\t", mboot_ptr->vbe_interface_seg);
+	kprintf("VBE off: %x\t", mboot_ptr->vbe_interface_off);
+	kprintf("VBE len: %x\n", mboot_ptr->vbe_interface_len);
+	resettextcolor();
+	kprintf("(End multiboot raw data)\n");
+	kprintf("Started with: %s\n", (char *)mboot_ptr->cmdline);
+	kprintf("Booted from: %s\n", (char *)mboot_ptr->boot_loader_name);
+	settextcolor(7,0);
+	kprintf("Testing colors...\n");
+	resettextcolor();
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < 256; ++i) {
+		settextcolor(i,i);
+		putch(' ');
+	}
+	resettextcolor();
+
+
+	//for (;;);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/start.asm b/start.asm
index 360f61c1..7740261d 100644
--- a/start.asm
+++ b/start.asm
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ mboot:
 global start
 start:
 	mov esp, _sys_stack
+	push ebx
+	cli
 	extern	main
 	call	main
 	jmp		$
 
+
 ; Global Descriptor Table
 global gdt_flush
 extern gp