diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/DialogBoxes.cs b/Assets/Scripts/DialogBoxes.cs
index 7d7dd61..bcd9938 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/DialogBoxes.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/DialogBoxes.cs
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ public class DialogBoxes : MonoBehaviour
 
 
     // Start is called before the first frame update
-    void Start()
+    void Awake()
     {
         textField = this.gameObject.GetComponent<TMP_Text>();
         ReconfigureSpriteArray();
+        print("reconfigured");
         textField.text = dialogMessages[0];
         backgroundImageObject.sprite = images[0];
     }
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ public class DialogBoxes : MonoBehaviour
         messageCount += 1;
         if (messageCount < dialogMessages.Length)
         {
+            print("looking at message " + messageCount);
+            print("messages: " + dialogMessages.Length + ", images: " + images.Length);
             textField.text = dialogMessages[messageCount];
             backgroundImageObject.sprite = images[messageCount];
         }
@@ -50,13 +53,19 @@ public class DialogBoxes : MonoBehaviour
 
     void ReconfigureSpriteArray()
     {
+        print("attempting to reconfigure");
         // resize if need to
         if (images.Length != dialogMessages.Length)
         {
+            print("resizing");
             Sprite[] newImagesArray = new Sprite[dialogMessages.Length];
             for (int i = 0; i < newImagesArray.Length; i++)
             {
-                newImagesArray[i] = images[i];
+                if (i < images.Length) {
+                    newImagesArray[i] = images[i];
+                } else {
+                    newImagesArray[i] = null;
+                }
             }
             images = newImagesArray;
         }
@@ -69,6 +78,7 @@ public class DialogBoxes : MonoBehaviour
                 images[i] = images[i - 1];
             }
         }
+        print(images.Length);
 
     }
 }
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/EnemyPatrol.cs b/Assets/Scripts/EnemyPatrol.cs
index f915a41..055f76d 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/EnemyPatrol.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/EnemyPatrol.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class EnemyPatrol : MonoBehaviour {
     void Update() {
         if (!pinned) {
             if (isHorizontal) {
-                if (transform.position.x >= xRight || transform.position.x <= xLeft) {
+                if (transform.position.x > xRight || transform.position.x < xLeft) {
                     movementVectorHorizontal = -movementVectorHorizontal;
                     GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().flipX = !GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().flipX;
                 }