diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f4f7ff5..6ad54c2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ DTASK_TARGETS := midi_tasks
 DTASK_GENERATED_HEADERS := $(patsubst %, .gen/%.h, $(DTASK_TARGETS))
 INCLUDE += -I $(DTASK_SRC)
 
-LIBS += -lasound
+LIBS += -lasound -lz
 
 .PHONY: all
 all: midipush
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index c6d1b44..7bc2769 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ with pkgs;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "midipush";
   src = ./.;
-  buildInputs = [ python alsaLib fluidsynth ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    python
+    alsaLib
+    fluidsynth
+    zlib # for crc32
+  ];
   sf = "${soundfont-fluid}/share/soundfonts/FluidR3_GM2-2.sf2";
   shellHook = ''
     start_sf () {
diff --git a/midi_tasks.c b/midi_tasks.c
index b65934f..b8f698f 100644
--- a/midi_tasks.c
+++ b/midi_tasks.c
@@ -165,9 +165,6 @@ typedef union {
 
 DTASK(note_record, struct { uint64_t notes[BEATS][16]; }) {
   int channel = *DREF_PASS(channel);
-  if(*DREF_PASS(disable_channel) & (1ull << channel)) {
-    return false;
-  }
   if(*DREF(new_button)) {
     if(!*DREF_PASS(deleting)) {
       memset(DREF(note_record), 0, sizeof(note_record_t));
@@ -208,38 +205,34 @@ DTASK(record, map_t) {
     if(!*DREF(deleting)) {
       map_clear(record);
     } else {
-      unsigned char noteon = 0x90 | channel;
       FORMAP(i, record) {
         pair_t *p = &record[i];
         msg_data_t msg = { .data = p->second };
-        if((msg.byte[0]) == noteon) {
+        if((msg.byte[0] & 0xf) == channel) {
           p->second = 0;
         }
       }
     }
     return true;
   }
-  if(*DREF_PASS(disable_channel) & (1ull << channel)) {
-    return false;
-  }
   if(*DREF(deleting)) {
     map_iterator it = map_iterator_begin(record, beat);
     pair_t *p = map_find_iter(&it);
-    unsigned char noteon = 0x90 | channel;
     while(p) {
       msg_data_t msg = { .data = p->second };
-      if((msg.byte[0]) == noteon) {
+      if((msg.byte[0] & 0xf) == channel) {
         p->second = 0;
       }
       p = map_next(&it, p);
     }
-  } else if(*DREF(recording)) {
+  } else {
     if(state->events & DELETING) {
       // delete disabled, so collect garbage
       int n = map_filter(record, nonzero_value);
       printf("%d notes discarded\n", n);
     }
-    if(state->events & PUSH_MIDI_MSG_IN) {
+    if(*DREF(recording) &&
+       state->events & PUSH_MIDI_MSG_IN) {
       const seg_t *msg_in = DREF(push_midi_msg_in);
       unsigned char control = msg_in->s[0] & 0xf0;
       if(ONEOF(control, 0x80, 0x90)) {
@@ -297,7 +290,7 @@ DTASK(set_page, struct { int val, set, keep; }) {
         p->val = (c - 102) * 8 | (p->val & 0x07);
         p->set |= 0x38;
       } else if(top) {
-        p->val = p->val & 0x38 | (c - 20);
+        p->val = (p->val & 0x38) | (c - 20);
         p->set |= 0x07;
       }
     } else if (p->set) {
diff --git a/midipush.c b/midipush.c
index dad5a52..34e82c9 100644
--- a/midipush.c
+++ b/midipush.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <zlib.h> // crc32
 
 #include "dtask.h"
 #include "types.h"
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@
 #include "midi_tasks.h"
 #include "midipush.h"
 
+#define STATE_FILE "midipush.state"
+
 const int initial = PRINT_MIDI_MSG | LIGHT_BAR | PLAYBACK | SHOW_PROGRAM | PASSTHROUGH | SHOW_DISABLE_CHANNEL | TRANSPOSE;
 
 static snd_rawmidi_t *rawmidi_in = NULL, *rawmidi_out = NULL, *synth_out = NULL;
@@ -289,6 +292,54 @@ int get_pfds(snd_rawmidi_t *m, struct pollfd *pfds, int pfds_n) {
   return n;
 }
 
+static
+bool load_state(const char *name, midi_tasks_state_t *state) {
+  int fd = open(name, O_RDONLY);
+  if(fd >= 0) {
+    char *task_specific = (char *)state + sizeof(dtask_state_t);
+    size_t task_specific_size = sizeof(*state) - sizeof(dtask_state_t);
+    read(fd, task_specific, task_specific_size);
+    read(fd, record, static_sizeof(record)); // ***
+    uLong crc = crc32(0L, Z_NULL, 0);
+    crc = crc32(crc, task_specific, task_specific_size);
+    crc = crc32(crc, record, static_sizeof(record));
+    state->record = record;
+    uLong crc_read;
+    read(fd, &crc_read, sizeof(crc_read));
+    close(fd);
+    if(crc == crc_read) {
+      printf("state loaded from: %s\n", name);
+      return true;
+    } else {
+      printf("bad crc: %s\n", name);
+      memset(task_specific, 0, task_specific_size);
+      memset(record, 0, static_sizeof(record));
+    }
+  } else {
+    printf("failed to load: %s\n", name);
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+static
+void save_state(const char *name, midi_tasks_state_t *state) {
+  int fd = open(name, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0644);
+  if(fd >= 0) {
+    char *task_specific = (char *)state + sizeof(dtask_state_t);
+    size_t task_specific_size = sizeof(*state) - sizeof(dtask_state_t);
+    uLong crc = crc32(0L, Z_NULL, 0);
+    crc = crc32(crc, task_specific, task_specific_size);
+    crc = crc32(crc, record, static_sizeof(record));
+    write(fd, task_specific, task_specific_size);
+    write(fd, record, static_sizeof(record)); // ***
+    write(fd, &crc, sizeof(crc));
+    close(fd);
+    printf("state saved to: %s\n", name);
+  } else {
+    printf("failed to save: %s\n", name);
+  }
+}
+
 STATIC_ALLOC(record, pair_t, 1 << 15);
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   static_alloc_init();
@@ -331,16 +382,22 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     n = snd_rawmidi_open(NULL, &synth_out, portname, SND_RAWMIDI_SYNC | SND_RAWMIDI_NONBLOCK);
     assert_throw(n >= 0, "Problem opening MIDI port: %s", snd_strerror(n));
 
+    if(!load_state(STATE_FILE, &midi_state)) {
+      midi_state.record = init_map(record, record_size);
+    }
+
     pfds_in_n = get_pfds(rawmidi_in, pfds_in, LENGTH(pfds_in));
     dtask_enable((dtask_state_t *)&midi_state, initial);
     dtask_select((dtask_state_t *)&midi_state);
-    midi_state.record = init_map(record, record_size);
     while(read_midi_msgs(rawmidi_in, midi_input_rb, &midi_state)) {
       poll(pfds_in, pfds_in_n, 10);
       gettimeofday(&midi_state.time_of_day, NULL);
       dtask_run((dtask_state_t *)&midi_state, TIME_OF_DAY);
     }
 
+    dtask_disable((dtask_state_t *)&midi_state, initial);
+    save_state(STATE_FILE, &midi_state);
+
     snd_rawmidi_close(rawmidi_in);
     snd_rawmidi_close(rawmidi_out);
     return 0;