diff --git a/control.lua b/control.lua
index a39b779d..4d794bc1 100644
--- a/control.lua
+++ b/control.lua
@@ -18,9 +18,15 @@ local credits = {{
 	}}
 local function credit_loop(reg) for _,cred in pairs(reg) do table.insert(credits,cred) end end
 --Please Only Edit Below This Line-----------------------------------------------------------
+--set up to run other code and events
 require("mod-gui")
 credit_loop(require("locale/StdLib/event"))
-Event.register(defines.events.on_player_joined_game,function() if not global.credits then Event.dispatch({name = Event.core_events.init, tick = 0}) end end)
+--allows the code to be ran on a map where the code has just been added (ie init after init)
+local function init() if not global.credits then Event.dispatch({name = Event.core_events.init, tick = 0}) end
+Event.register(defines.events.on_player_joined_game,init)
+Event.register(defines.events.on_tick,init)
+Event.register(-2,init) Event.register(-3,init)
+--loads all the other scripts
 Event.gui_update = script.generate_event_name()
 credit_loop(require("locale/file-header"))
 --below 'game.tick/(3600*game.speed)) % 15 == 0' raises the gui_update event every 15 minutes fell free to change the update time on that