diff --git a/gothok/init b/gothok/init
index b46b4a2..bcf3e21 100755
--- a/gothok/init
+++ b/gothok/init
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ for index, card in enumerate(cards):
 
 # Now we have an initial state of the game, write it down
 f = open('state.bin', 'w+b')
-state.write(f)
+state.write_packed(f)