diff --git a/Lua/oot memory editor monitor.lua b/Lua/oot memory editor monitor.lua
index 18dc369..29ce6ee 100644
--- a/Lua/oot memory editor monitor.lua	
+++ b/Lua/oot memory editor monitor.lua	
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require "boilerplate"
 require "addrs.init"
+require "serialize"
 
 local blocknames = {
     'R ', 'RS', 'RO', 'RP',
@@ -28,11 +29,8 @@ function ShortMonitor:init(name, a)
     self.once = false
     self.old_bytes = {}
 
-    local modified = {}
-    for i=0, self.len/2 do
-        modified[i] = false
-    end
-    self.modified = modified
+    self.modified = {}
+    self.dirty = false
 end
 
 function ShortMonitor:diff()
@@ -54,8 +52,9 @@ end
 
 function ShortMonitor:mark(i, x, x1)
     local ih = math.floor(i/2)
-    if self.modified[ih] == false then
+    if not self.modified[ih] then
         self.modified[ih] = true
+        self.dirty = true
         local block, page, row = butts(ih)
         printf('%2s Page %1i Row %3i', blocknames[block+1], page+1, row+1)
     end
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ function ShortMonitor:dump()
         local mod = self.modified[ih]
         local value = R2(self.begin + ih)
         local vs = mod and '[variable]' or ('%04X'):format(value)
-        local s = ('%2X\t%2i\t%i\t%s\n'):format(block, page+1, row+1, vs)
+        local s = ('%02X\t%i\t%i\t%s\n'):format(block, page+1, row+1, vs)
         buff = buff..s
     end
     print(buff)
@@ -79,7 +78,13 @@ end
 -- = 5568 bytes (0x15C0)
 me = ShortMonitor('me', A(0x210A24, 0x15C0))
 
+me.modified = deserialize('_ootmemod.lua') or {}
+
 while true do
     me:diff()
+    if me.dirty then
+        serialize(me.modified, ('_ootmemod.lua'))
+        me.dirty = false
+    end
     emu.frameadvance()
 end
diff --git a/Lua/serialize.lua b/Lua/serialize.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1603d06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lua/serialize.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+-- it's simple, dumb, unsafe, incomplete, and it gets the damn job done
+
+local type = type
+local pairs = pairs
+local tostring = tostring
+local open = io.open
+local strfmt = string.format
+local strrep = string.rep
+
+function kill_bom(s)
+    if #s >= 3 and s:byte(1)==0xEF and s:byte(2)==0xBB and s:byte(3)==0xBF then
+        return s:sub(4)
+    end
+    return s
+end
+
+function sanitize(v)
+    return type(v) == 'string' and strfmt('%q', v) or tostring(v)
+end
+
+function _serialize(value, writer, level)
+    level = level or 1
+    if type(value) == 'table' then
+        local indent = strrep('\t', level)
+        writer('{\n')
+        for key,value in pairs(value) do
+            local sane = sanitize(key)
+            local keyval = sane == '"'..key..'"' and key or '['..sane..']'
+            writer(indent..keyval..' = ')
+            _serialize(value, writer, level + 1)
+            writer(',\n')
+        end
+        writer(strrep('\t', level - 1)..'}')
+    else
+        writer(sanitize(value))
+    end
+end
+
+function _deserialize(script)
+    local f = loadstring(kill_bom(script))
+    if f ~= nil then
+        return f()
+    else
+        print('WARNING: no function deserialize with')
+        return nil
+    end
+end
+
+function serialize(value, path)
+    local file = open(path, 'w')
+    if not file then return end
+    file:write("return ")
+    _serialize(value, function(...)
+        file:write(...)
+    end)
+    file:write("\n")
+    file:close()
+end
+
+function deserialize(path)
+    local file = open(path, 'r')
+    if not file then return end
+    local script = file:read('*a')
+    local value = _deserialize(script)
+    file:close()
+    return value
+end