diff --git a/src/shark/LZString.ts b/src/LZString.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from src/shark/LZString.ts
rename to src/LZString.ts
index bfdaba6..1ef42c9 100644
--- a/src/shark/LZString.ts
+++ b/src/LZString.ts
@@ -13,13 +13,21 @@ export const LZString = new (class LZString {
 
   compressToBase64(input: string): string {
     const result = this.#compress(input, 6, (a) => this.#KeyStrBase64.charAt(a));
-    return result + "=".repeat((4 - (result.length % 4)) % 4);
+    return result + "=".repeat(result.length % 4);
   }
   decompressFromBase64(input: string | null): string | null {
     if (input === null || input === "") return null;
     return this.#decompress(input.length, 32, (index) => this.#KeyStrBase64Dict[input.charAt(index)]);
   }
 
+  compressToUTF16(input: string): string {
+    return this.#compress(input, 15, (num) => String.fromCharCode(num + 32));
+  }
+  decompressFromUTF16(input: string | null): string | null {
+    if (input === null || input === "") return null;
+    return this.#decompress(input.length, 16384, (index) => input.charCodeAt(index) - 32);
+  }
+
   compress(uncompressed: string): string {
     return this.#compress(uncompressed);
   }
diff --git a/src/global.d.ts b/src/global.d.ts
index 698febf..ccefc5e 100644
--- a/src/global.d.ts
+++ b/src/global.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /// <reference types="svelte" />
 
-import type { LZString } from "./shark/LZString";
+import type { LZString } from "./LZString";
 import type { SharkGame } from "./shark/SharkGame";
 
 declare global {
diff --git a/src/shark/handlers/SaveHandler.ts b/src/shark/handlers/SaveHandler.ts
index 7c1b0ce..4f9b709 100644
--- a/src/shark/handlers/SaveHandler.ts
+++ b/src/shark/handlers/SaveHandler.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { Message, MessageType } from "../helperTypes/Message";
 
 import { ResourceData } from "../data/Resources";
 
-import { LZString } from "../LZString";
+import { LZString } from "../../LZString";
 import type { SettingsData } from "../data/Settings";
 
 const __EMPTY_OBJECT = {};
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export const SaveHandler = new (class SaveHandler implements BaseHandler {
       resources: saveResources,
     };
     const stringifiedSave = JSON.stringify(save);
-    const encodedSave = LZString.compressToBase64(stringifiedSave);
+    const encodedSave = LZString.compressToUTF16(stringifiedSave);
     console.debug(
       `${new Date(Date.now()).toISOString()} - saving - save encoded to ${
         Math.round((encodedSave.length / stringifiedSave.length) * 100 * 100) / 100
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export const SaveHandler = new (class SaveHandler implements BaseHandler {
   async load(game: typeof SharkGame): Promise<void> {
     console.debug("Loading");
     console.time("Done loading");
-    const localSave = LZString.decompressFromBase64(localStorage.getItem(this.saveName));
+    const localSave = LZString.decompressFromUTF16(localStorage.getItem(this.saveName));
     const loadedSave = JSON.parse(localSave ?? "{}");
     const saveVersion = loadedSave.version ?? 0;
 
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ export const SaveHandler = new (class SaveHandler implements BaseHandler {
   }
 
   resetSave(): void {
+    if (this.#saveInterval) clearInterval(this.#saveInterval);
     const localSave = localStorage.getItem(this.saveName);
     if (localSave !== null) {
       localStorage.setItem(this.saveName + "-backup", localSave);