diff --git a/src/client.asm b/src/client.asm
index cb1393e..c38e126 100644
--- a/src/client.asm
+++ b/src/client.asm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 connect:
-    packet_packer_reset
+    call packet_packer_reset
     mov dword [peer_token], 0xFFFFFFFF
 
     mov rax, sockaddr_server
diff --git a/src/packet.asm b/src/packet.asm
index ea8afe4..90d530e 100644
--- a/src/packet.asm
+++ b/src/packet.asm
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 ; you can also push bytes into a packer buffer
 ; see packer.asm for that
 
-%macro packet_packer_reset 0
+packet_packer_reset:
     mov dword [udp_payload_index], 0
 
     mov byte [out_packet_header_flags], 0
     mov byte [out_packet_header_num_chunks], 0
-%endmacro
+    ret
 
-%macro hexdump_outgoing_packet 0
+hexdump_outgoing_packet:
     push rax
     push rdi
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
     pop rdi
     pop rax
-%endmacro
+    ret
 
 ; packet_pack_raw [buffer] [buffer size]
 %macro packet_pack_raw 2
diff --git a/src/packet_packer.asm b/src/packet_packer.asm
index 995aab1..514e676 100644
--- a/src/packet_packer.asm
+++ b/src/packet_packer.asm
@@ -85,27 +85,13 @@ send_packet6:
     mov edi, [udp_payload_index]
     add rdi, PACKET6_HEADER_LEN
 
-    ; ; dbg print
-    ; push rax
-    ; print_label s_sending_packet_with_size
-    ; mov rax, rdi
-    ; call println_uint32
-    ; pop rax
-
-    push rax
-    ; TODO: somehow we sent too much here
-    printlnf "size=%d", rdi
-    print "sending: "
-    mov rax, udp_send_buf
-    call print_hexdump
-    call print_newline
-    pop rax
+    call hexdump_outgoing_packet
 
     call send_udp
 
     ; this is for convenience so we can just queue new chunks
     ; and never have to worry about which chunk is the first
-    packet_packer_reset
+    call packet_packer_reset
 
     pop rdi
     pop rax
@@ -161,7 +147,7 @@ send_packet7:
 
     ; this is for convenience so we can just queue new chunks
     ; and never have to worry about which chunk is the first
-    packet_packer_reset
+    call packet_packer_reset
 
     pop rdi
     pop rax
@@ -197,6 +183,6 @@ send_packet_with_payload:
 
     ; this is for convenience so we can just queue new chunks
     ; and never have to worry about which chunk is the first
-    packet_packer_reset
+    call packet_packer_reset
 
     ret