diff --git a/assets/images/button.png b/assets/images/button.png
index e131bf3..d5f54a9 100644
Binary files a/assets/images/button.png and b/assets/images/button.png differ
diff --git a/assets/images/yellow-button.png b/assets/images/yellow-button.png
index 8dbc739..5d7547c 100644
Binary files a/assets/images/yellow-button.png and b/assets/images/yellow-button.png differ
diff --git a/source/HitButton.hx b/source/HitButton.hx
index ca34192..9081553 100644
--- a/source/HitButton.hx
+++ b/source/HitButton.hx
@@ -20,12 +20,10 @@ class HitButton extends FlxSprite {
         super(x, y);
         trace('timer ' + timer);
         if (timer == 0) {
-		    loadGraphic("assets/images/yellow-button.png", true, 32, 20);
+		    loadGraphic("assets/images/yellow-button.png", true, 64, 40);
         } else {
-            loadGraphic("assets/images/button.png", true, 32, 20);
+            loadGraphic("assets/images/button.png", true, 64, 40);
         }
-        this.scale.set(2, 2);
-        this.updateHitbox();
         this.animation.add("unpressed", [0], 0, false);
         this.animation.add("pressed", [1], 0, false);
         this.animation.play("unpressed");
diff --git a/source/Level.hx b/source/Level.hx
index 93345d7..0a8ec4c 100644
--- a/source/Level.hx
+++ b/source/Level.hx
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class Level {
                // stage 1
                [[500-50, 70]],
                // stage 2
-               [[-9, cast(FlxG.height / 2, Int) - 30]],
+               [[-6, cast(FlxG.height / 2, Int) -30]],
                // stage 3
                [[cast(FlxG.width /  2, Int) - 30, 5], [-9, cast(FlxG.height / 2, Int) - 30], [cast(FlxG.width / 2, Int) - 30, FlxG.height - 43]]
             ];
diff --git a/source/PlayState.hx b/source/PlayState.hx
index 276fa10..4c00772 100644
--- a/source/PlayState.hx
+++ b/source/PlayState.hx
@@ -513,9 +513,7 @@ class PlayState extends FlxState
 				}
 			}
 			for (button in activeButtons) {
-				trace ("button present in stage " + this.curStage);
 				if (FlxG.pixelPerfectOverlap(knife, button, 0)) {
-					trace("hit detected");
 					unstuckKnives.remove(knife);
 					knife.stuck = true;
 					knife.body.type = BodyType.STATIC;