diff --git a/src/chunk.sh b/src/chunk.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59d9a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/chunk.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# chunk.sh - misc chunk functions
+
+function chunk_header() {
+	chunk="7fff" # amount of blocks, doesnt matter
+	chunk+="08"   # palette - bits per block
+	chunk+="$(int2varint ${#palette[@]})" # palette - entries amount
+
+	chunk+="${palette[@]}"
+}
+
+function chunk_footer() {
+	chunk+="0001" # biome palette
+	chunk+="$(repeat 26 "0000000000000001")" # set biome to plains
+}
+
+function chunkfix() {
+	sed -E 's/(.{8})(.{8})/\2\1/;'
+}
+
+function hexchunkfix() {
+	sed -E 's/(.{16})(.{16})/\2\1/;'
+}
diff --git a/src/int.sh b/src/int.sh
index a6245ab..5491538 100644
--- a/src/int.sh
+++ b/src/int.sh
@@ -157,8 +157,12 @@ function to_ieee754() {
 		i=$((i+1))
 		m=$((m*2))
 	done
+
+	# we need to lie and tell Bash that this string is decimal, even though it's binary
+	# otherwise, it will interpret this as octal
 	
-	mantissa=$(printf "1%010d" $(hex2bin $(printf "%x" $i)))
+	# shh, nobody tell Bash
+	mantissa=$(printf "1%010d" $((10#$(hex2bin $(printf "%x" $i)))))
 	
 	# leading zeroes kept screwing me over, I'm hardcoding 1 and -1
 	if [[ $n == -1 ]]; then
diff --git a/src/misc.sh b/src/misc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..507f13a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/misc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# misc.sh - helper functions
+
+function repeat() {
+	printf -- "$2%.0s" $(seq 1 $1)
+}