diff --git a/loader.asm b/loader.asm
index 8b34b43..dfbd3e6 100644
--- a/loader.asm
+++ b/loader.asm
@@ -14,7 +14,16 @@ align 4
 	dd CHECKSUM
 
 loader:
-	mov eax, 0X1234ABCD
-
+	
 .loop:
 	jmp .loop
+
+; section for our kernel stack
+KERNEL_STACK_SIZE	equ 4096
+section .bss
+align 4	; aligned to 4 bytes for performance
+kernel_stack:
+	; (res)erve (b)ytes x
+	resb KERNEL_STACK_SIZE	; 4k of stack size in mem
+	; now we setup the stack pointer for our kernel 
+	mov esp, kernel_stack + KERNEL_STACK_SIZE