diff --git a/gothok/init b/gothok/init
index b87a857..b46b4a2 100755
--- a/gothok/init
+++ b/gothok/init
@@ -7,12 +7,9 @@ import random
 # First let us create all the cards in the game
 state = game.State.new_message()
 
-# Initialize the cardlist
-state.init('cardlist', 36)
-
 # 0-8 indexes as per state.capnp
+# TODO: Read the strings out of the state definition
 houses = ["empty", "varys", "tully", "tyrell", "baratheon", "targaryen", "lannister", "greyjoy", "stark"]
-
 cards = []
 
 for x in xrange(1, 9):
@@ -23,10 +20,18 @@ for x in xrange(1, 9):
     pass
 
 random.shuffle(cards)
-# print(cards)
+
+cardlist = state.init('cardlist', 36)
 
 for index, card in enumerate(cards):
     location = game.Location.new_message()
-    location.board.x = index/6
+    location.board.x = index / 6
     location.board.x = index % 6
-    cards[index].location = location
+    card.location = location
+    cardlist[index] = card
+
+# print(state)
+
+# Now we have an initial state of the game, write it down
+f = open('state.bin', 'w+b')
+state.write(f)