diff --git a/kernel/interrupt/guard.cc b/kernel/interrupt/guard.cc
index 0b92480..b594acd 100644
--- a/kernel/interrupt/guard.cc
+++ b/kernel/interrupt/guard.cc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "../debug/output.h"
 #include "../object/bbuffer.h"
 #include "epilogues.h"
+#include "../debug/copystream.h"
 
 //! \brief The protected data for the epilogue level
 static Vault global_vault;
diff --git a/kernel/interrupt/guard.h b/kernel/interrupt/guard.h
index 021b737..49277c5 100644
--- a/kernel/interrupt/guard.h
+++ b/kernel/interrupt/guard.h
@@ -12,17 +12,21 @@
 #include "../thread/scheduler.h"
 #include "../types.h"
 #include "./epilogues.h"
+#include "../device/serialstream.h"
 
 //! \brief The epilogue vault contains the protected data for the epilogue level
 struct Vault {
 	TextStream kout = TextStream(0, 80, 0, 17, true);
+    //TextStream dout = TextStream(0, 80, 17, 25);
+    //SerialStream sout;
 	Scheduler scheduler;
 	Bellringer bellringer;
 	BBuffer<Key, 16> keys;
 	Semaphore keys_sem;
-static constexpr int MAX_SEMS =32;
 
-  Semaphore sems[MAX_SEMS];
+    static constexpr int MAX_SEMS =32;
+    Semaphore sems[MAX_SEMS];
+
 	// Ignore this for now, this is for a bonus task
 	Graphics graphics;
 
diff --git a/kernel/main.cc b/kernel/main.cc
index d590058..396d3bf 100644
--- a/kernel/main.cc
+++ b/kernel/main.cc
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 
 #include "./arch/lapic.h"
-#include "./debug/copystream.h"
 #include "./debug/output.h"
-#include "./device/serialstream.h"
 #include "./types.h"  // This is actually used
 #include "arch/core_interrupt.h"
 #include "syscall/handler.h"
-SerialStream sout;
 
 #include "./device/textstream.h"
+#include "./debug/copystream.h"
+#include "./device/serialstream.h"
 
 // Separate title window on first line (for simplicity at scrolling)
 static TextStream tout(0, CGA::COLUMNS, 0, 1);
 
+SerialStream sout;
+
 TextStream dout(0, 80, 17, 25);
 CopyStream copystream(&dout, &sout);
 OutputStream* copyout = &copystream;
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@ OutputStream* copyout = &copystream;
 #include "./interrupt/guard.h"
 #include "./sync/semaphore.h"
 #include "./thread/thread.h"
-Semaphore koutsem(1);
-TextStream kout(0, 80, 1, 17, true);
+//Semaphore koutsem(1);
+//TextStream kout(0, 80, 1, 17, true);
 
 // Applications
 #include "./user/app1/appl.h"
diff --git a/kernel/syscall/handler.asm b/kernel/syscall/handler.asm
index ac9830b..f5d0d30 100644
--- a/kernel/syscall/handler.asm
+++ b/kernel/syscall/handler.asm
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ syscall_entry:
 	cld
 
 	; Call the high-level (C++) system call handler
+    sti
 	call syscall_handler
+    cli
 
 	; Optional: Prevent kernel information leakage
 	; by zeroing scratch registers
diff --git a/kernel/syscall/handler.cc b/kernel/syscall/handler.cc
index ce67295..bfbba86 100644
--- a/kernel/syscall/handler.cc
+++ b/kernel/syscall/handler.cc
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ namespace Syscall {
  * instruction pointer)
  * \return system call return value
  */
+
+
 extern "C" size_t syscall_handler(size_t sysnum, size_t p1, size_t p2,
 								  size_t p3, size_t p4, size_t p5,
 								  InterruptContext *user) {
diff --git a/kernel/syscall/skeleton.cc b/kernel/syscall/skeleton.cc
index 58b21cf..a139503 100644
--- a/kernel/syscall/skeleton.cc
+++ b/kernel/syscall/skeleton.cc
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ size_t read(Vault &vault, uint32_t id, void *buf, size_t len) {
     size_t read_cnt = 0;
     while(read_cnt <= len){
         Key key;
+        vault.keys_sem.p(vault);
         vault.keys.consume(key);
         if(key.valid())
             ((char*)buf)[read_cnt++] = key.ascii();
diff --git a/kernel/thread/idlethread.cc b/kernel/thread/idlethread.cc
index 934f3e9..0e3b62c 100644
--- a/kernel/thread/idlethread.cc
+++ b/kernel/thread/idlethread.cc
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ void IdleThread::action() {
 			}
 			Core::idle();
 			// We woke up. Start ticking again
+            dout << "idle ";
+
 			LAPIC::Timer::setMasked(false);
 		} else {
 			Core::Interrupt::enable();
diff --git a/kernel/thread/idlethread.h b/kernel/thread/idlethread.h
index e6fa0f3..63cae7e 100644
--- a/kernel/thread/idlethread.h
+++ b/kernel/thread/idlethread.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  */
 class IdleThread : public Thread {
    public:
-	explicit IdleThread() : Thread() {}
+	explicit IdleThread() : Thread(true) {}
 
 	/*! \brief Wait for a thread to become ready and sleep in the meantime.
 	 *
diff --git a/kernel/user/app1/appl.cc b/kernel/user/app1/appl.cc
index e18d08e..450694c 100644
--- a/kernel/user/app1/appl.cc
+++ b/kernel/user/app1/appl.cc
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ void Application::action() {  // NOLINT
 	text[4] = 0x30+id;
 
 	for (unsigned i = 1;; ++i) {
-		write(0, text, sizeof(text));
-		if(i==id)
+		write(1, text, sizeof(text));
+		if(i==id){
+			write(2, "kill", 4);
+			write(2, &text[4], 1);
+			write(2, " ", 1);
 			sys_exit();
+		}
 		sleep(1000);
 	}
 }