diff --git a/arch/x86_64/start_64.S b/arch/x86_64/start_64.S
index 0b80030..87adb24 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/start_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/start_64.S
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ kernel_identifier:
 
 vga_clear:
 	mov $0xb8000, %rdi		# VGA buffer
-	mov $500, %rcx			# 4,000 bytes to clear = 500 quadwords
-	mov $0x0, %rax
+	mov $1000, %rcx			# 4,000 bytes to clear = 2,000 words
+	mov $0x0700, %rax
 
-	rep stosq
+	rep stosw
 
 	ret