diff --git a/ShiftOS.WinForms/Applications/Pong.cs b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Applications/Pong.cs
index 02d9963..84177b7 100644
--- a/ShiftOS.WinForms/Applications/Pong.cs
+++ b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Applications/Pong.cs
@@ -343,10 +343,10 @@ namespace ShiftOS.WinForms.Applications
                 if (IsLeader)
                 {
                     //lblstats.Text = "Xspeed: " & Math.Abs(xVel) & " Yspeed: " & Math.Abs(yVel) & " Human Location: " & paddleHuman.Location.ToString & " Computer Location: " & paddleComputer.Location.ToString & Environment.NewLine & " Ball Location: " & ball.Location.ToString & " Xdec: " & xveldec & " Ydec: " & yveldec & " Xinc: " & incrementx & " Yinc: " & incrementy
-                    lblstatsX.Text = Localization.Parse("{H_VEL}: ") + xveldec;
-                    lblstatsY.Text = Localization.Parse("{V_VEL}: ") + yveldec;
-                    lblstatscodepoints.Text = Localization.Parse("{CODEPOINTS}: ") + (levelrewards[level - 1] + beatairewardtotal).ToString();
-                    lbllevelandtime.Text = Localization.Parse("{LEVEL}: " + level + " - " + secondsleft + " {SECONDS_LEFT}");
+                    lblstatsX.Text = "X vel: " + xveldec;
+                    lblstatsY.Text = "Y vel: " + yveldec;
+                    lblstatscodepoints.Text = "Codepoints: " + (levelrewards[level - 1] + beatairewardtotal).ToString();
+                    lbllevelandtime.Text = "Level: " + level + " - " + secondsleft + " seconds left";
 
                     if (xVel > 20 || xVel < -20)
                     {
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ namespace ShiftOS.WinForms.Applications
                         CompleteLevel();
                     }
 
-                    lblstatscodepoints.Text = Localization.Parse("{CODEPOINTS}: ") + (levelrewards[level - 1] + beatairewardtotal).ToString();
+                    lblstatscodepoints.Text = "Codepoints: " + (levelrewards[level - 1] + beatairewardtotal).ToString();
                 }
             }
             SetupStats();
diff --git a/ShiftOS.WinForms/Tools/ControlManager.cs b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Tools/ControlManager.cs
index 83ab7fe..fe77884 100644
--- a/ShiftOS.WinForms/Tools/ControlManager.cs
+++ b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Tools/ControlManager.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#define SLOW_LOCALIZATION
 
 /*
  * MIT License
diff --git a/ShiftOS_TheReturn/Localization.cs b/ShiftOS_TheReturn/Localization.cs
index c542c2a..8adfa5a 100644
--- a/ShiftOS_TheReturn/Localization.cs
+++ b/ShiftOS_TheReturn/Localization.cs
@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@ namespace ShiftOS.Engine
                 {"%domain", domainReplace},
                 {"%ns", namespaceReplace},
                 {"%cmd", commandReplace},
-                {"%cp", SaveSystem.CurrentSave?.Codepoints.ToString() },
+#if LOCALIZE_CODEPOINTS
+                { "%cp", SaveSystem.CurrentSave?.Codepoints.ToString() },
+#endif
             };
 
             // actually do the replacement