diff --git a/src/main/Game.cs b/src/main/Game.cs
index 199080c..d1ce22c 100644
--- a/src/main/Game.cs
+++ b/src/main/Game.cs
@@ -667,21 +667,21 @@ private void actualRender(double dt, double interp) {
         //GD.BlendingEnabled = false;
     }
 
-    public TimerAction setInterval(long interval, Action action) {
+    public static TimerAction setInterval(long interval, Action action) {
         var now = permanentStopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds;
         var ta = new TimerAction(action, now, true, interval);
         timerQueue.Add(ta);
         return ta;
     }
 
-    public TimerAction setTimeout(long timeout, Action action) {
+    public static TimerAction setTimeout(long timeout, Action action) {
         var now = permanentStopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds;
         var ta = new TimerAction(action, now, false, timeout);
         timerQueue.Add(ta);
         return ta;
     }
 
-    private void handleTimers() {
+    private static void handleTimers() {
         foreach (var timerAction in timerQueue) {
             var now = permanentStopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds;
             if (timerAction.enabled && now - timerAction.lastCalled > timerAction.interval) {
diff --git a/src/ui/screen/GameScreen.cs b/src/ui/screen/GameScreen.cs
index 440558c..16d9c2d 100644
--- a/src/ui/screen/GameScreen.cs
+++ b/src/ui/screen/GameScreen.cs
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ public override void activate() {
 
         switchToMenu(INGAME_MENU);
 
-        updateMemory = Game.instance.setInterval(200, INGAME_MENU.updateMemoryMethod);
-        updateDebugText = Game.instance.setInterval(50, INGAME_MENU.updateDebugTextMethod);
+        updateMemory = Game.setInterval(200, INGAME_MENU.updateMemoryMethod);
+        updateDebugText = Game.setInterval(50, INGAME_MENU.updateDebugTextMethod);
     }
 
     public void setWorld(World inWorld) {
diff --git a/src/world/World.cs b/src/world/World.cs
index a762ce8..5590e4e 100644
--- a/src/world/World.cs
+++ b/src/world/World.cs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public class World : IDisposable {
     public int worldTick;
 
     public Random random;
+    private readonly TimerAction saveWorld;
 
     private const long MAX_CHUNKLOAD_FRAMETIME = 20;
     private const long MAX_LIGHT_FRAMETIME = 10;
@@ -101,6 +102,14 @@ public World(string name, int seed, bool loadingSave = false) {
         // if we don't save the world, some of the chunks might get saved but no level.xnbt
         // so the world is corrupted and we have horrible chunkglitches
         worldIO.save(this, name, false);
+
+
+        // setup world saving every 5 mins
+        saveWorld = Game.setInterval(5 * 60 * 1000, saveWorldMethod);
+    }
+
+    private void saveWorldMethod() {
+        worldIO.saveWorldData();
     }
 
     public void startMeshing() {
@@ -401,6 +410,7 @@ private void ReleaseUnmanagedResources() {
     public void Dispose() {
         // of course, we can save it here since WE call it and not the GC
         worldIO.save(this, name);
+        saveWorld.enabled = false;
         ReleaseUnmanagedResources();
         GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
     }
diff --git a/src/world/WorldIO.cs b/src/world/WorldIO.cs
index b1d85ea..8c8eb9e 100644
--- a/src/world/WorldIO.cs
+++ b/src/world/WorldIO.cs
@@ -27,12 +27,7 @@ public void save(World world, string filename, bool saveChunks = true) {
             Directory.CreateDirectory($"level/{filename}");
         }
 
-        var tag = new NBTCompound("world");
-        tag.addInt("seed", world.seed);
-        tag.addDouble("posX", world.player.position.X);
-        tag.addDouble("posY", world.player.position.Y);
-        tag.addDouble("posZ", world.player.position.Z);
-        NBT.writeFile(tag, $"level/{filename}/level.xnbt");
+        saveWorldData();
 
         // save chunks
         if (saveChunks) {
@@ -44,6 +39,15 @@ public void save(World world, string filename, bool saveChunks = true) {
         //regionCache.Clear();
     }
 
+    public void saveWorldData() {
+        var tag = new NBTCompound("world");
+        tag.addInt("seed", world.seed);
+        tag.addDouble("posX", world.player.position.X);
+        tag.addDouble("posY", world.player.position.Y);
+        tag.addDouble("posZ", world.player.position.Z);
+        NBT.writeFile(tag, $"level/{world.name}/level.xnbt");
+    }
+
     public void saveChunk(World world, Chunk chunk) {
         var nbt = serialiseChunkIntoNBT(chunk);
         // ensure directory is created
@@ -110,6 +114,9 @@ public static World load(string filename) {
         var tag = NBT.readFile($"level/{filename}/level.xnbt");
         var seed = tag.getInt("seed");
         var world = new World(filename, seed, true);
+        Console.Out.WriteLine(tag.getDouble("posX"));
+        Console.Out.WriteLine(tag.getDouble("posY"));
+        Console.Out.WriteLine(tag.getDouble("posZ"));
         world.player.position.X = tag.getDouble("posX");
         world.player.position.Y = tag.getDouble("posY");
         world.player.position.Z = tag.getDouble("posZ");