diff --git a/ascii.cpp b/ascii.cpp
index 9cc112f..fcbdadf 100644
--- a/ascii.cpp
+++ b/ascii.cpp
@@ -218,8 +218,14 @@ void romcpy() {
 void debug_set_prompt();
 
 int main(int argc,char*argv[]) {
+    bool skip_bios = false;
     SDL_strlcpy(lua_filename, "game.lua", 9);
-    if (argc > 1) SDL_strlcpy(lua_filename, argv[1], 1023);
+    if (argc > 1) {
+        for (int i=0; i<argc; ++i) {
+            if (strcmp(argv[i], "--skipbios")==0) skip_bios = true;
+            else SDL_strlcpy(lua_filename, argv[i], 1023);
+        }
+    }
 
     //[TODEL]for (int i=0; i<debug_total_size;++i) debug_text[i] = 32;
 
@@ -244,7 +250,7 @@ int main(int argc,char*argv[]) {
     romcpy();
     reinit();
     debug("ASCII SYSTEM BOOTING...");
-    lua_init(NULL);
+    lua_init(skip_bios ? lua_filename : NULL);
     lua_call_init();
 
     SDL_SetEventEnabled(SDL_EVENT_DROP_FILE, true);
diff --git a/lua.cpp b/lua.cpp
index f2ecc8f..2165ad2 100644
--- a/lua.cpp
+++ b/lua.cpp
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ const char boot[] =
         "ink(1) print('G A M E',8,16)"
         "ink(4) print('S Y S T E M',20,16)"
         "ink(7) print('mini',9,8)"
-        "ink(8) print('v0.7.6',34,29)"
+        "ink(8) print('v0.7.7',34,29)"
         "w=time() "
     "end "
     "function update()"