diff --git a/pokemonred_puffer/environment.py b/pokemonred_puffer/environment.py
index 78de5b8..fa95647 100644
--- a/pokemonred_puffer/environment.py
+++ b/pokemonred_puffer/environment.py
@@ -207,11 +207,11 @@ def __init__(self, env_config: pufferlib.namespace):
                 "direction": spaces.Box(low=0, high=4, shape=(1,), dtype=np.uint8),
                 # "reset_map_id": spaces.Box(low=0, high=0xF7, shape=(1,), dtype=np.uint8),
                 "battle_type": spaces.Box(low=0, high=4, shape=(1,), dtype=np.uint8),
-                # "cut_in_party": spaces.Box(low=0, high=1, shape=(1,), dtype=np.uint8),
+                "cut_in_party": spaces.Box(low=0, high=1, shape=(1,), dtype=np.uint8),
                 # "x": spaces.Box(low=0, high=255, shape=(1,), dtype=np.uint8),
                 # "y": spaces.Box(low=0, high=255, shape=(1,), dtype=np.uint8),
                 # "map_id": spaces.Box(low=0, high=0xF7, shape=(1,), dtype=np.uint8),
-                # "badges": spaces.Box(low=0, high=8, shape=(1,), dtype=np.uint8),
+                "badges": spaces.Box(low=0, high=0xFFFF, shape=(1,), dtype=np.uint8),
             }
         )
 
@@ -515,11 +515,11 @@ def _get_obs(self):
             ),
             # "reset_map_id": np.array(self.read_m("wLastBlackoutMap"), dtype=np.uint8),
             "battle_type": np.array(self.read_m("wIsInBattle") + 1, dtype=np.uint8),
-            # "cut_in_party": np.array(self.check_if_party_has_cut(), dtype=np.uint8),
+            "cut_in_party": np.array(self.check_if_party_has_cut(), dtype=np.uint8),
             # "x": np.array(player_x, dtype=np.uint8),
             # "y": np.array(player_y, dtype=np.uint8),
             # "map_id": np.array(map_n, dtype=np.uint8),
-            # "badges": np.array(self.get_badges(), dtype=np.uint8),
+            "badges": np.array(self.read_m("wObtainedBadges"), dtype=np.uint8),
         }
 
     def set_perfect_iv_dvs(self):
@@ -647,9 +647,9 @@ def cut_if_next(self):
             self.pyboy.tick(self.action_freq, render=True)
             # scroll to pokemon
             # 1 is the item index for pokemon
-            # for _ in range(24):
-            while self.pyboy.memory[self.pyboy.symbol_lookup("wCurrentMenuItem")[1]] != 1:
-                #        break
+            for _ in range(24):
+                if self.pyboy.memory[self.pyboy.symbol_lookup("wCurrentMenuItem")[1]] != 1:
+                    break
                 self.pyboy.send_input(WindowEvent.PRESS_ARROW_DOWN)
                 self.pyboy.send_input(WindowEvent.RELEASE_ARROW_DOWN, delay=8)
                 self.pyboy.tick(self.action_freq, render=True)
diff --git a/pokemonred_puffer/policies/multi_convolutional.py b/pokemonred_puffer/policies/multi_convolutional.py
index ced205e..0d1d947 100644
--- a/pokemonred_puffer/policies/multi_convolutional.py
+++ b/pokemonred_puffer/policies/multi_convolutional.py
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.register_buffer(
             "unpack_shift", torch.tensor([6, 4, 2, 0], dtype=torch.uint8), persistent=False
         )
+        self.register_buffer("binary_mask", torch.tensor([0] + [2**i for i in range(7)]))
 
     def encode_observations(self, observations):
         observations = unpack_batched_obs(observations, self.unflatten_context)
@@ -98,6 +99,8 @@ def encode_observations(self, observations):
                 .flatten()
                 .int(),
             ).reshape(restored_shape)
+        # > 0 doesn't risk a type conversion
+        badges = (observations["badges"] >> self.binary_mask) > 0
 
         image_observation = torch.cat((screen, visited_mask, global_map), dim=-1)
         if self.channels_last:
@@ -112,11 +115,11 @@ def encode_observations(self, observations):
                     one_hot(observations["direction"].long(), 4).float().squeeze(1),
                     # one_hot(observations["reset_map_id"].long(), 0xF7).float().squeeze(1),
                     one_hot(observations["battle_type"].long(), 4).float().squeeze(1),
-                    # observations["cut_in_party"].float(),
+                    observations["cut_in_party"].float(),
                     # observations["x"].float(),
                     # observations["y"].float(),
                     # one_hot(observations["map_id"].long(), 0xF7).float().squeeze(1),
-                    # one_hot(observations["badges"].long(), 8).float().squeeze(1),
+                    badges.float().squeeze(1),
                 ),
                 dim=-1,
             )