diff --git a/assets.mdesk b/assets.mdesk
index 5061be1..50c2f2b 100644
--- a/assets.mdesk
+++ b/assets.mdesk
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 {
  filepath: "unread_triangle.png",
 }
+@image skull:
+{
+    filepath: "skull.png",
+}
 @image loading:
 {
  filepath: "loading.png",
diff --git a/assets/skull.png b/assets/skull.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1e1e69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/skull.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:b45b638cb38b20762eba50d5e8a8aa2801bd41bd5af39401d12a28a57ef39607
+size 65422
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 63cb647..52950cb 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -2173,7 +2173,7 @@ void transition_to_room(GameState *gs, ThreeDeeLevel *level, MD_String8 new_room
 
 	gs->player->current_room_name = new_room_name;
 
-	if(MD_S8Match(new_room_name, MD_S8Lit("StartingLevel"), 0))
+	if(MD_S8Match(new_room_name, MD_S8Lit("StartingRoom"), 0))
 	{
 		gs->angel->perceptions_dirty = true;
 	}
@@ -2220,6 +2220,8 @@ void initialize_gamestate_from_threedee_level(GameState *gs, ThreeDeeLevel *leve
 		it->target_rotation = it->rotation;
 	}
 
+	transition_to_room(gs, &level_threedee, MD_S8Lit("Forest")); // hack to disable cold opening angel sequence right now
+
 	// @Place(parse and enact the drama document parse drama)
 	if(1)
 	{