diff --git a/linker.ld b/linker.ld
index 9873a11..539d49f 100644
--- a/linker.ld
+++ b/linker.ld
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ENTRY(_start)
-/* OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf32-i386) */
-OUTPUT_FORMAT(binary)
+OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf32-i386)
+/* OUTPUT_FORMAT(binary) */
 OUTPUT(kernel.elf)
 SEARCH_DIR(bin/kernel)
 SECTIONS{
diff --git a/src/bootloader/main.s b/src/bootloader/main.s
index d6d04a6..c970bfe 100644
--- a/src/bootloader/main.s
+++ b/src/bootloader/main.s
@@ -305,10 +305,13 @@ part_2:
     mov edi, kernel_file
     call open_file
     mov esi, eax
-    mov edi, 0x10000
+    mov edi, kload_paddr
     call read_file
     jc load_fail
     
+    mov esi, kload_paddr
+    call load_elf
+    
     jmp $
 load_kernel:
 get_mmap:
@@ -603,6 +606,7 @@ mmove:
 
 load_elf:
     ;parse elf and relocate each section to it's appropriate location
+    ;esi: address of loaded kernel;
 ;kernel info
 k_info:
     .memory_map_ptr:    dd 0x2000