diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c3b64dc..b69e015 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ project (WiiMake)
 # project version
 set (WiiMake_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set (WiiMake_VERSION_MINOR 1)
-set (WiiMake_VERSION_REVISION 2)
+set (WiiMake_VERSION_REVISION 3)
 
 # create header for version number
 configure_file (
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index f311a10..56a5adc 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 # Change Log
 This documents all differences between versions of the program
 
+## [1.1.3] - 2/10/17
+### Added
+
+- memory regions given in config file are aligned to
+    multiples of 0x4
+- memory regions are zereod out before code is injected
+
+### Changed
+
 ## [1.1.2] - 2/5/17
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/src/ArgumentParsing/Arguments.h b/src/ArgumentParsing/Arguments.h
index bd18479..e417fbf 100644
--- a/src/ArgumentParsing/Arguments.h
+++ b/src/ArgumentParsing/Arguments.h
@@ -5,17 +5,26 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
+#include <cmath>
 
 /* single region of memory (struct used for sorting) */
 struct MemRegion
 {
     uint32_t start, end;
 
-    MemRegion(uint32_t a, uint32_t b) : start(a), end(b) {}
+    MemRegion(uint32_t a, uint32_t b) : start(a), end(b)
+        {align();}
 
     MemRegion(std::string a, std::string b) :
-        start(stoul(a, nullptr, 16)), end(stoul(b, nullptr, 16)) {}
+        start(stoul(a, nullptr, 16)), end(stoul(b, nullptr, 16))
+        {align();}
     
+    void align()
+    {
+        start = 4 * floor((double) start / 4.0) + 4;
+        end = 4 * floor((double) end / 4.0) - 4;
+    }
+
     bool operator<(const MemRegion& other)
     {
         return end - start < other.end - other.start;
diff --git a/src/HighLevel/Builder.cpp b/src/HighLevel/Builder.cpp
index 9cf7374..0b5dd44 100644
--- a/src/HighLevel/Builder.cpp
+++ b/src/HighLevel/Builder.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,22 @@ SectionList& sections)
     }
 }
 
+/* get regions of memory to zero out */
+ASMcode Builder::getZeroedMemory(Arguments& args)
+{
+    ASMcode zereodMem;
+
+    for (auto& region : args.memRegions)
+    {
+        uint32_t address = region.start;
+        for (; address <= region.end; address += 0x04)
+        {
+            zereodMem.push_back(std::make_pair(address, 0));
+        }
+    }
+    return zereodMem;
+}
+
 /* remove all temporary files created in the build process */
 void Builder::cleanDirectory()
 {
diff --git a/src/HighLevel/HighLevel.h b/src/HighLevel/HighLevel.h
index 478b7b6..ca9e4f7 100644
--- a/src/HighLevel/HighLevel.h
+++ b/src/HighLevel/HighLevel.h
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ namespace Builder
     /* add original instruction, overwrite nop line in code */
     void addOverwrittenASM(ASMcode&, Arguments&, SectionList&);
 
+    /* get regions of memory to zero out */
+    ASMcode getZeroedMemory(Arguments&);
+
     /* remove all temporary files created in the build process */
     void cleanDirectory();
 }
diff --git a/src/ISO.cpp b/src/ISO.cpp
index ede0447..dfa3090 100644
--- a/src/ISO.cpp
+++ b/src/ISO.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ void ISO::loadState(std::string fileName)
 }
 
 /* inject code into iso */
-void ISO::injectCode(std::vector< std::pair<uint32_t, uint32_t> >& code)
+void ISO::injectCode(const std::vector< std::pair<uint32_t, uint32_t> >&
+code)
 {
     /* loop through code and write each (address, value) pair */
     for (auto& line : code)
diff --git a/src/ISO.h b/src/ISO.h
index 5b80c2d..57d7f41 100644
--- a/src/ISO.h
+++ b/src/ISO.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class ISO
     void loadState(std::string);
 
     /* inject code into iso */
-    void injectCode(std::vector< std::pair<uint32_t, uint32_t> >&);
+    void injectCode(const std::vector< std::pair<uint32_t, uint32_t> >&);
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/MainProgram/wiimake.cpp b/src/MainProgram/wiimake.cpp
index 8b99b7a..d06ec4a 100644
--- a/src/MainProgram/wiimake.cpp
+++ b/src/MainProgram/wiimake.cpp
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ void run(TokenList& tokens)
 
     /* inject code into iso */
     iso.injectCode(args.staticOverwrites);        
-    auto code = Builder::getASM(args);
-    iso.injectCode(code);
+    iso.injectCode(Builder::getZeroedMemory(args));
+    iso.injectCode(Builder::getASM(args));
 }
 
 int main(int argc, const char** argv)