diff --git a/lib/risc/machine.rb b/lib/risc/machine.rb
index 5696a597..2940c1f1 100644
--- a/lib/risc/machine.rb
+++ b/lib/risc/machine.rb
@@ -21,26 +21,27 @@ module Risc
       @risc_init = nil
       @constants = []
     end
-    attr_reader  :constants , :cpu_init , :binary_init
+    attr_reader  :constants , :cpu_init
     attr_reader  :booted , :translated
+    attr_reader  :platform
 
     # translate to arm, ie instantiate an arm translator and pass it to translate
     #
     # currently we have no machanism to translate to other cpu's (nor such translators)
     # but the mechanism is ready
     def translate_arm
+      @platform = Platform.for("Arm")
       @translated = true
-      translate(Arm::Translator.new)
+      translate(@platform.translator)
     end
 
     # translate code to whatever cpu the translator translates to
-    # this means translating the initial jump (cpu_init into binary_init)
+    # this means translating the initial jump
     # and then translating all methods
     def translate( translator )
       methods = Parfait.object_space.get_all_methods
       translate_methods( methods , translator )
       @cpu_init = risc_init.to_cpu(translator)
-      @binary_init = Parfait::BinaryCode.new(1)
     end
 
     # go through all methods and translate them to cpu, given the translator
@@ -77,9 +78,8 @@ module Risc
     def position_all
       translate_arm unless @translated
       #need the initial jump at 0 and then functions
-      Position.set(binary_init,0)
-      Position.set(cpu_init , 12 , binary_init)
-      @code_start = position_objects( binary_init.padded_length )
+      Position.set(cpu_init , 0 , cpu_init)
+      @code_start = position_objects( @platform.padding )
       # and then everything code
       position_code
     end
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ module Risc
       # want to have the objects first in the executable
       objects.each do | id , objekt|
         next if objekt.is_a?( Parfait::BinaryCode) or objekt.is_a?( Risc::Label )
+        next if objekt.is_a?( Parfait::TypedMethod)
         before = at
         Position.set(objekt,at)
         at += objekt.padded_length
@@ -111,15 +112,10 @@ module Risc
       objects.each do |id , method|
         next unless method.is_a? Parfait::TypedMethod
         before = at
+        Position.set(method,at)
+        at += method.padded_length
         Position.set( method.binary , at , method)
         Position.set( method.cpu_instructions, at + 12 , method.binary)
-        # before = at
-        # nekst = method.binary
-        # while(nekst)
-        #   Position.set(nekst , at , method)
-        #   at += nekst.padded_length
-        #   nekst = nekst.next
-        # end
         log.debug "Method #{method.name}:#{before.to_s(16)} len: #{(at - before).to_s(16)}"
         log.debug "Instructions #{method.cpu_instructions.object_id.to_s(16)}:#{(before+12).to_s(16)}"
       end
@@ -139,7 +135,6 @@ module Risc
         writer.assemble(method.cpu_instructions)
       end
       log.debug "BinaryInit #{cpu_init.first.object_id.to_s(16)}"
-      BinaryWriter.new(binary_init).assemble(cpu_init)
     end
 
     def boot
diff --git a/lib/risc/position/code_position.rb b/lib/risc/position/code_position.rb
index a5ffbc48..e610ee15 100644
--- a/lib/risc/position/code_position.rb
+++ b/lib/risc/position/code_position.rb
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ module Risc
         @method = method
       end
       def init(at)
-        return unless code.next
-        Position.set(code.next , at + code.padded_length, method)
+        next_pos = at + code.padded_length
+        if code.next
+          Position.set(code.next , next_pos, method)
+        else
+          Position.set(method , next_pos)
+        end
       end
       def reset_to(pos)
         super(pos)
diff --git a/lib/risc/text_writer.rb b/lib/risc/text_writer.rb
index d91236ad..8f8b6ce0 100644
--- a/lib/risc/text_writer.rb
+++ b/lib/risc/text_writer.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module Risc
 
     MARKER = 0xBAD4C0DE
 
-    def initialize( machine)
+    def initialize(machine)
       @machine = machine
       @load_at = 0x10054 # this is linux/arm
     end
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module Risc
     # - all BinaryCode
     def write_as_string
       @stream = StringIO.new
-      write_init(@machine.binary_init)
+      write_init(@machine.cpu_init)
       write_debug
       write_objects
       write_code
@@ -150,15 +150,9 @@ module Risc
       log.debug "Data4 witten stream 0x#{@stream.length.to_s(16)}"
     end
 
-    # first jump, treated as a binary code, but this one needs
-    # the actual jump as the first
-    def write_init( code )
-      code.each_word do |word|
-        @stream.write_unsigned_int_32( word || 0 )
-      end
-      write_ref_for( code.next )
-      write_ref_for( code.get_type )
-      @stream.write_signed_int_32( MARKER  )
+    # first jump,
+    def write_init( cpu_init )
+      cpu_init.assemble(@stream)
       log.debug "Init witten stream 0x#{@stream.length.to_s(16)}"
     end
 
diff --git a/test/arm/test_call.rb b/test/arm/test_call.rb
index d1888139..c622b31a 100644
--- a/test/arm/test_call.rb
+++ b/test/arm/test_call.rb
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ module Arm
       # the address is what an assembler calculates (a signed number for the amount of instructions),
       # ie the relative (to pc) address -8 (pipeline) /4 so save space
       # so the cpu adds the value*4 and starts loading that (load, decode, execute)
-      code = @machine.b(	-4 ) #this jumps to the next instruction
-      assert_code code , :b , [0xff,0xff,0xff,0xea] #ea ff ff fe
+      code = @machine.b(	0 ) #this jumps to the next next instruction
+      assert_code code , :b , [0x0,0x0,0x0,0xea] #ea 00 00 00
     end
     def test_call #see comment above. bx not implemented (as it means into thumb, and no thumb here)
       code = @machine.call(	-4 ,{} )#this jumps to the next instruction
diff --git a/test/risc/test_machine.rb b/test/risc/test_machine.rb
index cf748f42..a140bfba 100644
--- a/test/risc/test_machine.rb
+++ b/test/risc/test_machine.rb
@@ -35,23 +35,14 @@ module Risc
       @machine.position_all
       @machine.create_binary
     end
-    def test_has_binary
-      assert_equal Parfait::BinaryCode , @machine.binary_init.class
-    end
-    def test_has_jump
-      assert_equal "ea000fb4" ,  @machine.binary_init.get_word(1).to_s(16)
-    end
-    def test_pos_bin
-      assert_equal "0x0" ,  Position.get(@machine.binary_init).to_s
-    end
     def test_pos_cpu
-      assert_equal 12 ,  Position.get(@machine.cpu_init).at
+      assert_equal 0 ,  Position.get(@machine.cpu_init).at
     end
     def test_cpu_at
-      assert_equal "0x3ee4" ,  Position.get(@machine.cpu_init.first).to_s
+      assert_equal "0x4d50" ,  Position.get(@machine.cpu_init.first).to_s
     end
     def test_cpu_bin
-      assert_equal "0x3ed8" ,  Position.get(Position.get(@machine.cpu_init.first).binary).to_s
+      assert_equal "0x4d44" ,  Position.get(Position.get(@machine.cpu_init.first).binary).to_s
     end
     def test_cpu_label
       assert_equal Position::InstructionPosition ,  Position.get(@machine.cpu_init.first).class