diff --git a/x86/harddrive.asm b/x86/harddrive.asm
index 3adda0d3eef8b73831dda5e8a52c4a114d7f76fc..2a50fed6a2506a55d8aa60626a4152fbbc75d8fc 100644
--- a/x86/harddrive.asm
+++ b/x86/harddrive.asm
@@ -17,5 +17,3 @@ kernel_file:
 .end:
 .length equ kernel_file.end - kernel_file
 .length_sectors equ .length / 512
-
-times 1024*1024-($-$$) db 0
diff --git a/x86/kernel.ld b/x86/kernel.ld
index 09d99583bb92b480339bc775f7e2a225ef28fd39..c81df10dc7d8485959527f4b8aa455de81f2bdcc 100644
--- a/x86/kernel.ld
+++ b/x86/kernel.ld
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 ENTRY(kstart)
 OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf64-x86-64)
 
-KERNEL_OFFSET = 0;
+KERNEL_OFFSET = 0x100000;
 
 SECTIONS {
-    . = 0x100000;
+    . = KERNEL_OFFSET;
 
     . += SIZEOF_HEADERS;
     . = ALIGN(4096);
 
-	. += KERNEL_OFFSET;
-
     .text : AT(ADDR(.text) - KERNEL_OFFSET) {
         __text_start = .;
         *(.text*)