diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e98880
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diff --git a/assets/.DS_Store b/assets/.DS_Store
index 0050115..491eedd 100644
Binary files a/assets/.DS_Store and b/assets/.DS_Store differ
diff --git a/assets/audio/.DS_Store b/assets/audio/.DS_Store
index c1e01e1..956d5a3 100644
Binary files a/assets/audio/.DS_Store and b/assets/audio/.DS_Store differ
diff --git a/geometry/grid.go b/geometry/grid.go
index ce92cb7..8d72ee5 100644
--- a/geometry/grid.go
+++ b/geometry/grid.go
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ var defaultSquareSpacing = 5
 var minBorder = 20
 var ScoreOffset = 50
 var HighScoreOffset = 10
-var GameGrid Grid
+var GameGrid *Grid
 var MaxGridDimension = 20
 
 type Grid struct {
 	squareSpacing           int
-	squares                 [][]Square
+	squares                 [][]*Square
 	startX                  int
 	startY                  int
 	squareSize              int
@@ -77,14 +77,14 @@ func BuildGrid(numRows int, numColumns int) {
 	grd.startY = currentY
 	grd.squareSize = sqSize
 
-	table := make([][]Square, numRows)
+	table := make([][]*Square, numRows)
 
 	for i := 0; i < numRows; i++ {
-		row := make([]Square, numColumns)
+		row := make([]*Square, numColumns)
 		for j := 0; j < numColumns; j++ {
 			sq := MakeSquare(sqSize)
 			sq.SetPosition(currentX, currentY)
-			row[j] = sq
+			row[j] = &sq
 			currentX += sqSize + grd.squareSpacing
 		}
 		table[i] = row
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func BuildGrid(numRows int, numColumns int) {
 	}
 	grd.coloredSquaresRemaining = squaresToColour
 
-	GameGrid = grd
+	GameGrid = &grd
 }
 
 func (grd *Grid) Draw(screen *ebiten.Image) {
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (grd *Grid) ChangeColour(row int, column int, clr color.Color) {
 }
 
 func (grd *Grid) GetSquareAt(row int, column int) *Square {
-	return &grd.squares[row-1][column-1]
+	return grd.squares[row-1][column-1]
 }
 
 func (grd *Grid) ColouredSquaresRemaining() int {
diff --git a/geometry/player.go b/geometry/player.go
index bd0445a..5cab649 100644
--- a/geometry/player.go
+++ b/geometry/player.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var CurrentEnergy = defaultStartingEnergy
 var CurrentLevel = 1
 
 type Player struct {
-	square         Square
+	square         *Square
 	row            int
 	col            int
 	currColorIndex int
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func SetupPlayer() {
 	sq.SetPosition(gridSq.x, gridSq.y)
 
 	//setup struct for passing around
-	ply := Player{square: sq, row: rows, col: 1, currColorIndex: 0}
+	ply := Player{square: &sq, row: rows, col: 1, currColorIndex: 0}
 	MainPlayer = &ply
 }
 
diff --git a/states/playLevelState.go b/states/playLevelState.go
index 884f79f..a9eb6b5 100644
--- a/states/playLevelState.go
+++ b/states/playLevelState.go
@@ -67,5 +67,5 @@ func (s *PlayLevelState) Update() {
 func (s *PlayLevelState) Draw(screen *ebiten.Image) {
 	geom.GameGrid.Draw(screen)
 	geom.MainPlayer.Draw(screen)
-	score.ScoreMngr.Draw(screen)
+	score.ScoreMngr.Draw(screen) //something in here is causing big time CPU usage
 }
diff --git a/tools/scoreManager.go b/tools/scoreManager.go
index f5a566f..eff7230 100644
--- a/tools/scoreManager.go
+++ b/tools/scoreManager.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 var ScoreMngr ScoreManager
+var smallFace = assets.LoadFontFace("fonts/robot.otf", 12)
+var bigFace = assets.LoadFontFace("fonts/robot.otf", 20)
 
 type ScoreManager struct{}
 
@@ -24,22 +26,14 @@ func (sm *ScoreManager) Draw(screen *ebiten.Image) {
 
 	w, h := ebiten.WindowSize()
 
-	//highScoreStr := fmt.Sprintf("High Score: %v", highScore)
 	levelStr := fmt.Sprintf("Level: %v", geom.CurrentLevel)
-	face := assets.LoadFontFace("fonts/robot.otf", 12)
-
-	//draw high score (i.e. best level)
-	//stringWidth := font.MeasureString(face, highScoreStr).Ceil()
-	//text.Draw(screen, highScoreStr, face, w-stringWidth-geom.HighScoreOffset, h-geom.HighScoreOffset, color.White)
 
 	//draw current level
-	//stringWidth = font.MeasureString(face, levelStr).Ceil()
-	text.Draw(screen, levelStr, face, geom.HighScoreOffset, h-geom.HighScoreOffset, color.White)
+	text.Draw(screen, levelStr, smallFace, geom.HighScoreOffset, h-geom.HighScoreOffset, color.White)
 
 	//draw energy at the top
 	energyStr := fmt.Sprintf("Energy: %v", geom.CurrentEnergy)
-	face = assets.LoadFontFace("fonts/robot.otf", 20)
-	stringWidth := font.MeasureString(face, energyStr).Ceil()
-	text.Draw(screen, energyStr, face, w/2-stringWidth/2, geom.ScoreOffset, color.White)
+	stringWidth := font.MeasureString(bigFace, energyStr).Ceil()
+	text.Draw(screen, energyStr, bigFace, w/2-stringWidth/2, geom.ScoreOffset, color.White)
 
 }