diff --git a/psopacket/src/lib.rs b/psopacket/src/lib.rs
index 1f962ab..50c8a75 100644
--- a/psopacket/src/lib.rs
+++ b/psopacket/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ use quote::quote;
 pub fn pso_packet(attr: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     let arg = parse_macro_input!(attr as syn::LitInt);
     let pkt_cmd = arg.value() as u16;
-    
+
     let parsed = parse_macro_input!(item as ItemStruct);
 
-    let mut has_flag: bool = false;
     let mut from_bytes = Vec::new();
     let mut as_bytes = Vec::new();
     let mut dbg_write_vars = Vec::new();
@@ -139,13 +138,6 @@ pub fn pso_packet(attr: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
                             });
                         },
                         "u32" => {
-                            if ident_str == "flag" {
-                                if i != 0 {
-                                    return syn::Error::new(ident.span(), "flag must be first member of struct").to_compile_error().into();
-                                }
-                                has_flag = true;
-                                continue;
-                            }
                             from_bytes.push(quote! {
                                 #ident: {
                                     let mut b: [u8; 4] = [0; 4];
@@ -181,17 +173,6 @@ pub fn pso_packet(attr: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     let this_struct = parsed.ident.clone();
     let this_struct_str = this_struct.to_string();
 
-    let flag_write = if has_flag {
-        quote! {
-            buf.extend_from_slice(&u32::to_le_bytes(self.flag));
-        }
-    }
-    else {
-        quote! {
-            buf.extend_from_slice(&u32::to_le_bytes(0));
-        }
-    };
-
     let psopacket = quote! {
         impl PSOPacket for #this_struct {
             fn from_bytes(data: &Vec<u8>) -> Result<#this_struct, PacketParseError> {
@@ -205,22 +186,15 @@ pub fn pso_packet(attr: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
                     return Err(PacketParseError::WrongPacketCommand);
                 }
                 
-                if #has_flag {
-                    cur.seek(SeekFrom::Start(4)).unwrap();
-                }
-                else {
-                    cur.seek(SeekFrom::Start(8)).unwrap();
-                }
                 Ok(#this_struct {
                     #(#from_bytes)*
                 })
             }
             fn as_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
                 let mut buf: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
-                #flag_write
                 #(#as_bytes)*
 
-                let pkt_len = buf.len() as u16;
+                let pkt_len = (buf.len() + 4) as u16;
                 let mut prebuf: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
 
                 prebuf.extend_from_slice(&u16::to_le_bytes(pkt_len));
diff --git a/src/patch/packet.rs b/src/patch/packet.rs
index e3bc013..3091cd9 100644
--- a/src/patch/packet.rs
+++ b/src/patch/packet.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use std::io::{Read, Seek, SeekFrom};
 #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
 type u8_str = u8;
 
+// outgoing packets
 #[pso_packet(0x02)]
 pub struct PatchWelcome {
     copyright: [u8_str; 44],
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ pub struct PatchWelcome {
 }
 
 impl PatchWelcome {
-    fn new(server_key: u32, client_key: u32) -> PatchWelcome {
+    pub fn new(server_key: u32, client_key: u32) -> PatchWelcome {
         PatchWelcome {
             copyright: b"Patch Server. Copyright SonicTeam, LTD. 2001".clone(),
             padding: [0; 20],
@@ -25,9 +26,14 @@ impl PatchWelcome {
     }
 }
 
-pub enum PatchPacket {
-    PatchWelcome(PatchWelcome),
+
+// incoming packets
+#[pso_packet(0x02)]
+pub struct PatchWelcomeReply {
+
 }
+
+
  
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -38,7 +44,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let pkt = super::PatchWelcome::new(123, 456);
 
-        assert!(pkt.as_bytes() == vec![0x4C, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x50, 0x61, 0x74, 0x63, 0x68, 0x20, 0x53, 0x65,
+        assert!(pkt.as_bytes() == vec![0x4C, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x50, 0x61, 0x74, 0x63, 0x68, 0x20, 0x53, 0x65,
                                        0x72, 0x76, 0x65, 0x72, 0x2E, 0x20, 0x43, 0x6F, 0x70, 0x79, 0x72, 0x69, 0x67, 0x68, 0x74, 0x20,
                                        0x53, 0x6F, 0x6E, 0x69, 0x63, 0x54, 0x65, 0x61, 0x6D, 0x2C, 0x20, 0x4C, 0x54, 0x44, 0x2E, 0x20,
                                        0x32, 0x30, 0x30, 0x31, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
@@ -47,7 +53,7 @@ mod tests {
 
 
         let mut bytes = pkt.as_bytes();
-        bytes.splice(32..41, b"Elsewhere".iter().cloned());
+        bytes.splice(28..37, b"Elsewhere".iter().cloned());
 
         let new_pkt = super::PatchWelcome::from_bytes(&bytes);