diff --git a/hit.c b/hit.c
index 9d27c1f..61d12b4 100644
--- a/hit.c
+++ b/hit.c
@@ -250,11 +250,17 @@ lget_number(const char *s)
 {
 	short i = 0;
 	long total = 0;
+	boolean negative = 0;
 
+	if (s[0] == '-') {
+	  negative = 1;
+	  i = 1;
+	}
 	while ((s[i] >= '0') && (s[i] <= '9')) {
 		total = (10 * total) + (s[i] - '0');
 		i++;
 	}
+	if (negative) total = total * -1;
 	return(total);
 }
 
diff --git a/roguegg b/roguegg
index 9fc3e07..575f1e0 100755
Binary files a/roguegg and b/roguegg differ
diff --git a/score.c b/score.c
index ccdf6e5..ec280b5 100644
--- a/score.c
+++ b/score.c
@@ -274,9 +274,9 @@ read_score_entry(struct score_entry *se, FILE *fp)
 		sf_error();
 	}
 
-	xxxx(score_block, sizeof(score_block));
+	/*	xxxx(score_block, sizeof(score_block));
 	xxxx(nickname_block, sizeof(nickname_block));
-
+	*/
 	/* Ensure null termination */
 	score_block[sizeof(score_block)-1] = 0;
 	nickname_block[sizeof(nickname_block)-1] = 0;
@@ -327,9 +327,9 @@ write_score_entry(const struct score_entry *se, int rank, FILE *fp)
 	pad_spaces(score_block, sizeof(score_block));
 	/*pad_spaces(nickname_block, sizeof(nickname_block)); -- wrong! */
 
-	xxxx(score_block, sizeof(score_block));
+	/*	xxxx(score_block, sizeof(score_block));
 	xxxx(nickname_block, sizeof(nickname_block));
-
+	*/
 	fwrite(score_block, 1, sizeof(score_block), fp);
 	fwrite(nickname_block, 1, sizeof(nickname_block), fp);
 }
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ put_scores(const object *monster, short other)
 
 	/* Initialize scores array */
 	for (i = 0; i < NUM_SCORE_ENTRIES; i++) {
-	  scores[i].gold = -1;
+	  scores[i].gold = -1L;
 	  scores[i].username[0] = '\0';
 	  scores[i].death[0] = '\0';
 	  scores[i].nickname[0] = '\0';
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ put_scores(const object *monster, short other)
 	    /* found our score */
 	    if (rogue.gold < scores[i].gold) {
 	      /* we didn't do as well as last time */
-	      score_only = 1;
+	      /*	      score_only = 1;*/
 	    } else {
 	      /* we did better; mark entry for removal */
 	      found_player = i;
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ put_scores(const object *monster, short other)
 	    /* found our score */
 	    if (rogue.exp_points < scores[i].gold) {
 	      /* we didn't do as well as last time */
-	      score_only = 1;
+	      /*	      score_only = 1;*/
 	    } else {
 	      /* we did better; mark entry for removal */
 	      found_player_exp = i;
@@ -401,12 +401,14 @@ put_scores(const object *monster, short other)
 	  }
 	}
 
+	if (found_player == -1 && found_player_exp == -1) score_only = 1;
+
 	/* Remove superseded entries, if any. */
 	if (found_player != -1) {
 	  for (i = found_player; i < FIRST_EXP_SCORE-1; i++) {
 	    scores[i] = scores[i+1];
 	  }
-	  scores[i].gold = 0;
+	  scores[i].gold = -1L;
 	  scores[i].username[0] = '\0';
 	  scores[i].death[0] = '\0';
 	  scores[i].nickname[0] = '\0';
@@ -415,7 +417,7 @@ put_scores(const object *monster, short other)
 	  for (i = found_player_exp; i < NUM_SCORE_ENTRIES-1; i++) {
 	    scores[i] = scores[i+1];
 	  }
-	  scores[i].gold = 0;
+	  scores[i].gold = -1L;
 	  scores[i].username[0] = '\0';
 	  scores[i].death[0] = '\0';
 	  scores[i].nickname[0] = '\0';
@@ -488,7 +490,7 @@ put_scores(const object *monster, short other)
 	mvaddstr(7, 0, "Rank    Gold   Name");
 
 	for (i = 0; i < FIRST_EXP_SCORE; i++) {
-	  if (scores[i].gold == 0) break;
+	  if (scores[i].gold == -1L) break;
 		if (i == rank) {
 			standout();
 		}
@@ -510,7 +512,7 @@ put_scores(const object *monster, short other)
 	mvaddstr(14, 0, "Rank Lvl/Exp    Name");
 
 	for (i = FIRST_EXP_SCORE; i < NUM_SCORE_ENTRIES; i++) {
-	  if (scores[i].gold == 0) break;
+	  if (scores[i].gold == -1L) break;
 		if (i == rank_exp) {
 			standout();
 		}