diff --git a/kernel/src/holeybytes/ecah.rs b/kernel/src/holeybytes/ecah.rs
index 846957b7a..59eb32991 100644
--- a/kernel/src/holeybytes/ecah.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/holeybytes/ecah.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pub fn handler(vm: &mut Vm) {
             let buffer_id = vm.registers[3].cast::<u64>();
             let mem_addr = vm.registers[4].cast::<u64>();
             let length = vm.registers[5].cast::<u64>() as usize;
-            // debug!("IPC address: {:?}", mem_addr);
+            debug!("IPC address: {:?}", mem_addr);
             use alloc::vec::Vec;
 
             match buffer_id {
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ pub fn handler(vm: &mut Vm) {
                     //
                 }
                 3 => {
-                    unsafe fn x86_in(address: u16) -> u32 {
+                    unsafe fn x86_in(address: u16) -> u8 {
                         x86_64::instructions::port::Port::new(address).read()
                     }
-                    unsafe fn x86_out(address: u16, value: u32) {
+                    unsafe fn x86_out(address: u16, value: u8) {
                         x86_64::instructions::port::Port::new(address).write(value);
                     }
 
@@ -101,20 +101,32 @@ pub fn handler(vm: &mut Vm) {
                     msg_vec.remove(0);
                     match msg_type {
                         0 => {
-                            let addr = msg_vec[0];
+                            let mut addr = msg_vec[0] as u16;
                             msg_vec.remove(0);
-                            let value = unsafe { x86_in(addr as u16) };
+
+                            let addr2 = msg_vec[0] as u16;
+                            msg_vec.remove(0);
+
+                            addr = ((addr) << 8) | addr2;
+
+                            let value = unsafe { x86_in(addr) };
 
                             info!("Read the value {} from address {}", value, addr);
                             vm.registers[1] = hbvm::value::Value(value as u64);
                         }
                         1 => {
-                            let addr = msg_vec[0];
+                            let mut addr = msg_vec[0] as u16;
                             msg_vec.remove(0);
+
+                            let addr2 = msg_vec[0] as u16;
+                            msg_vec.remove(0);
+
+                            addr = ((addr) << 8) | addr2;
+
                             let value = msg_vec[0];
                             msg_vec.remove(0);
                             info!("Setting the address {} to {}", addr, value);
-                            unsafe { x86_out(addr as u16, value as u32) };
+                            unsafe { x86_out(addr, value) };
                         }
                         _ => {}
                     }
diff --git a/repbuild/src/main.rs b/repbuild/src/main.rs
index 76be7f5e5..c308774c8 100644
--- a/repbuild/src/main.rs
+++ b/repbuild/src/main.rs
@@ -337,7 +337,8 @@ fn run(release: bool, target: Target) -> Result<(), Error> {
                 "-m", "4G",
                 "-smp", "cores=4",
                 // "-enable-kvm",
-                "-cpu", "Broadwell-v4"
+                "-cpu", "Broadwell-v4",
+                "-device", "isa-debug-exit,iobase=0xf4,iosize=0x04"
             ]);
         }
         Target::Riscv64Virt => {
diff --git a/sysdata/libraries/stn/src/memory.hb b/sysdata/libraries/stn/src/memory.hb
index c3dddcb6a..fbbe80cbf 100644
--- a/sysdata/libraries/stn/src/memory.hb
+++ b/sysdata/libraries/stn/src/memory.hb
@@ -15,4 +15,21 @@ release_page := fn(ptr: ^u8, page_count: u8): void {
 	*msg_ptr = ptr
 
 	return @eca(void, 3, 2, msg, 12)
+}
+
+outb := fn(addr_high: u8, addr_low: u8, value: u8): void {
+	msg := "\0\0\0\0";
+	*msg = 1;
+	*(msg + 1) = addr_high;
+	*(msg + 2) = addr_low;
+	*(msg + 3) = value
+	@eca(void, 3, 3, msg, 4)
+	return
+}
+
+inb := fn(addr_high: u8, addr_low: u8): u8 {
+	msg := "\0\0\0\0";
+	*(msg + 1) = addr_high;
+	*(msg + 2) = addr_low
+	return @eca(u8, 3, 3, msg, 3)
 }
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diff --git a/sysdata/programs/diskio_driver/src/main.hb b/sysdata/programs/diskio_driver/src/main.hb
index 7493b263f..d5295289e 100644
--- a/sysdata/programs/diskio_driver/src/main.hb
+++ b/sysdata/programs/diskio_driver/src/main.hb
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
+stn := @use("../../../libraries/stn/src/lib.hb");
+.{log, string, memory, buffer} := stn
+
 main := fn(): int {
-    @eca(i32, 1, 1, 1);
-    
-    return 0;
+	// shuts down ableOS
+	memory.outb(0, 244, 0)
+
+	a := memory.inb(0, 70)
+	b := memory.inb(0, 71)
+
+	return 0
 }
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diff --git a/sysdata/programs/tests/src/main.hb b/sysdata/programs/tests/src/main.hb
index 05bbc8a3a..a8dbc78ef 100644
--- a/sysdata/programs/tests/src/main.hb
+++ b/sysdata/programs/tests/src/main.hb
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ service_search := fn(): void {
 }
 
 main := fn(): int {
-	service_search()
+	//service_search()
 	return 0
 }
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