diff --git a/src/ctrl/ctrl_core.c b/src/ctrl/ctrl_core.c
index a99d8784..2bc669a6 100644
--- a/src/ctrl/ctrl_core.c
+++ b/src/ctrl/ctrl_core.c
@@ -902,6 +902,8 @@ internal CTRL_ProcessMemorySlice
 ctrl_query_cached_data_from_process_vaddr_range(Arena *arena, CTRL_MachineID machine_id, CTRL_Handle process, Rng1U64 range)
 {
   CTRL_ProcessMemorySlice result = {0};
+  result.byte_bad_flags = push_array(arena, U64, (dim_1u64(range)+63)/64);
+  result.byte_changed_flags = push_array(arena, U64, (dim_1u64(range)+63)/64);
   if(range.max > range.min &&
      dim_1u64(range) <= MB(256) &&
      range.min <= 0x000FFFFFFFFFFFFFull &&
@@ -931,8 +933,8 @@ ctrl_query_cached_data_from_process_vaddr_range(Arena *arena, CTRL_MachineID mac
     
     //- rjf: setup output buffers
     void *read_out = push_array(arena, U8, dim_1u64(range));
-    U64 *byte_bad_flags = push_array(arena, U64, (dim_1u64(range)+63)/64);
-    U64 *byte_changed_flags = push_array(arena, U64, (dim_1u64(range)+63)/64);
+    U64 *byte_bad_flags = result.byte_bad_flags;
+    U64 *byte_changed_flags = result.byte_changed_flags;
     
     //- rjf: iterate pages, fill output
     {
diff --git a/src/df/gfx/df_views.c b/src/df/gfx/df_views.c
index 4cbb21fb..dd48d56d 100644
--- a/src/df/gfx/df_views.c
+++ b/src/df/gfx/df_views.c
@@ -987,15 +987,12 @@ df_eval_watch_view_build(DF_Window *ws, DF_Panel *panel, DF_View *view, DF_EvalW
             size = Min(size, 64);
             Rng1U64 vaddr_rng = r1u64(row->eval.offset, row->eval.offset+size);
             CTRL_ProcessMemorySlice slice = ctrl_query_cached_data_from_process_vaddr_range(scratch.arena, process->ctrl_machine_id, process->ctrl_handle, vaddr_rng);
-            if(slice.byte_changed_flags != 0)
+            for(U64 idx = 0; idx < (size+63)/64; idx += 1)
             {
-              for(U64 idx = 0; idx < (size+63)/64; idx += 1)
+              if(slice.byte_changed_flags[idx] != 0)
               {
-                if(slice.byte_changed_flags[idx] != 0)
-                {
-                  row_is_fresh = 1;
-                  break;
-                }
+                row_is_fresh = 1;
+                break;
               }
             }
           }break;