diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/features/Chasm.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/features/Chasm.java
index 700b697b6..fc302b48a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/features/Chasm.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/levels/features/Chasm.java
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ public class Chasm {
 		
 		if (Dungeon.hero.isAlive()) {
 			Dungeon.hero.interrupt();
-			Buff.affect(Dungeon.hero, Falling.class);
 			InterlevelScene.mode = InterlevelScene.Mode.FALL;
 			if (Dungeon.level instanceof RegularLevel) {
 				Room room = ((RegularLevel)Dungeon.level).room( pos );
@@ -94,8 +93,7 @@ public class Chasm {
 		
 		Hero hero = Dungeon.hero;
 		
-		hero.sprite.burst( hero.sprite.blood(), 10 );
-		Camera.main.shake( 4, 0.2f );
+		Camera.main.shake( 4, 1f );
 
 		Dungeon.level.press( hero.pos, hero, true );
 		Buff.prolong( hero, Cripple.class, Cripple.DURATION );
@@ -120,7 +118,7 @@ public class Chasm {
 		((MobSprite)mob.sprite).fall();
 	}
 	
-	public static class Falling extends Buff{
+	public static class Falling extends Buff {
 		
 		{
 			actPriority = VFX_PRIO;
@@ -134,7 +132,7 @@ public class Chasm {
 		}
 	}
 	
-	public static class FallBleed extends Bleeding implements Hero.Doom{
+	public static class FallBleed extends Bleeding implements Hero.Doom {
 		
 		@Override
 		public void onDeath() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/scenes/InterlevelScene.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/scenes/InterlevelScene.java
index bce0257f9..06a58bb8a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/scenes/InterlevelScene.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/scenes/InterlevelScene.java
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.GamesInProgress;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.ShatteredPixelDungeon;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.Statistics;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.actors.Actor;
+import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.actors.buffs.Buff;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.artifacts.DriedRose;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.levels.Level;
+import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.levels.features.Chasm;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.levels.rooms.special.SpecialRoom;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.messages.Messages;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.ui.GameLog;
@@ -335,6 +337,7 @@ public class InterlevelScene extends PixelScene {
 		Actor.fixTime();
 		DriedRose.holdGhostHero( Dungeon.level );
 		
+		Buff.affect( Dungeon.hero, Chasm.Falling.class );
 		Dungeon.saveAll();
 
 		Level level;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/sprites/HeroSprite.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/sprites/HeroSprite.java
index 443636740..011ac3a01 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/sprites/HeroSprite.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/sprites/HeroSprite.java
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ public class HeroSprite extends CharSprite {
 		read = new Animation( 20, false );
 		read.frames( film, 19, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 19 );
 		
-		idle();
+		if (ch.isAlive())
+			idle();
+		else
+			die();
 	}
 	
 	@Override