diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7024c52..d23d186 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /bin/elem
-/bin/elem.exe
\ No newline at end of file
+/bin/elem.exe
+/inv.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/inv.txt b/bin/inv_base.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/inv.txt
rename to bin/inv_base.txt
diff --git a/src/loader.c b/src/loader.c
index 949ce7d..91a01ae 100644
--- a/src/loader.c
+++ b/src/loader.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ int load_elements(hashmap *m, char *table, int use_inv) {
     did_something = 1;
 
     if (use_inv) {
-      hashmap_set(m, str, strlen(str) - 2, (uintptr_t)1);
+      hashmap_set(m, str, strlen(str) - 1, (uintptr_t)1);
       continue;
     }
 
@@ -37,13 +37,12 @@ int load_elements(hashmap *m, char *table, int use_inv) {
     hashmap_set(m, combo, strlen(combo) - 1, (uintptr_t)str);
   }
 
-
-  printf("%i\n",did_something);
-
   if (!did_something) {
     free(str);
   }
 
+  fclose(fptr);
+
   return did_something;
 
   // todo: properly free this
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 6ece10f..341b347 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#define inv_file "inv.txt"
+#define inv_base_file "inv_base.txt"
+#define combo_file "combos.txt"
+
 #define MAX_BUF_LENGTH 1024
 #define MAX_COMBO_LENGTH 1024
 
@@ -16,9 +20,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   char *command_re = calloc(MAX_BUF_LENGTH, sizeof(char));
   char **sort_tmp = calloc(MAX_COMBO_LENGTH, sizeof(char **));
 
-  load_elements(elements, "combos.txt", 0) ||
-      load_elements(elements, "bin/combos.txt", 0);
-  load_elements(inv, "inv.txt", 1) || load_elements(inv, "bin/inv.txt", 1);
+  load_elements(elements, combo_file, 0) ||
+      load_elements(elements, "bin/" combo_file, 0);
+  load_elements(inv, inv_base_file, 1) ||
+      load_elements(inv, "bin/" inv_base_file, 1);
+
+  load_elements(inv, inv_file, 1);
 
   printf("Welcome to Elemental on Command Line!\n");
   while (1) {
@@ -35,7 +42,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     int failed = 0;
     for (int i = 0; i < combos; i++) {
       uintptr_t result;
-      hashmap_get(inv, sort_tmp[i], strlen(sort_tmp[i]) - 1, &result);
+      hashmap_get(inv, sort_tmp[i], strlen(sort_tmp[i]), &result);
       if (result != 1) {
         printf("You don't have %s.\n", sort_tmp[i]);
         failed = 1;
@@ -56,8 +63,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
     char *res_str = (char *)result;
 
-    hashmap_set(inv, res_str, strlen(res_str) - 1, (uintptr_t)1);
+    hashmap_set(inv, res_str, strlen(res_str), (uintptr_t)1);
     printf("You made %s!\n", res_str);
+
+    FILE *fptr;
+
+    fptr = fopen(inv_file, "a");
+    if (fptr == NULL)
+      continue;
+    fwrite("\n",sizeof(char),1,fptr);
+    fwrite(res_str, sizeof(char), strlen(res_str), fptr);
+    fclose(fptr);
   }
 
   // free(command);
diff --git a/src/writer.c b/src/writer.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29