diff --git a/boy-debug/src/bus.rs b/boy-debug/src/bus.rs
index 1d826f5..5be8975 100644
--- a/boy-debug/src/bus.rs
+++ b/boy-debug/src/bus.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! A dummied out implementation of a Bus, which is filled entirely with RAM
 
-use std::{borrow::Cow, io::Result as IoResult, path::Path};
+use std::{io::Result as IoResult, path::Path};
 
 use boy::memory::io::BusIO;
 
@@ -21,11 +21,7 @@ impl<T: BusIO> BusIOTools for T {
     }
 
     fn ascii(&mut self) -> AsciiSerial<Self> {
-        AsciiSerial {
-            data: 0,
-            buf: vec![],
-            bus: self,
-        }
+        AsciiSerial { data: 0, buf: String::new(), bus: self }
     }
 
     fn read_file(&mut self, path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> IoResult<&mut Self> {
@@ -81,17 +77,10 @@ impl<'t, T: BusIO + AsMut<[u8]>> AsMut<[u8]> for TracingBus<'t, T> {
 /// Implements a hacky serial port for extracting data
 pub struct AsciiSerial<'t, T: BusIO + ?Sized> {
     data: u8,
-    buf: Vec<u8>,
+    buf: String,
     bus: &'t mut T,
 }
 
-impl<'t, T: BusIO + ?Sized> AsciiSerial<'t, T> {
-    /// Gets the contents of the data buffer
-    pub fn string(&self) -> Cow<str> {
-        String::from_utf8_lossy(&self.buf)
-    }
-}
-
 impl<'t, T: BusIO + ?Sized> BusIO for AsciiSerial<'t, T> {
     fn read(&self, addr: usize) -> Option<u8> {
         match addr {
@@ -104,13 +93,16 @@ impl<'t, T: BusIO + ?Sized> BusIO for AsciiSerial<'t, T> {
     fn write(&mut self, addr: usize, data: u8) -> Option<()> {
         match addr {
             0xff01 => {
-                // eprintln!("'{data:02x}'");
-                self.buf.push(data);
+                self.data = data;
             }
             0xff02 => {
                 if data & 0x80 != 0 {
-                    // eprintln!("SERIAL => {:02x}", self.data);
-                    eprintln!("tx: {data:02x}, buf: {:02x?}", self.buf);
+                    if self.data == b'\n' {
+                        println!("dbg> \x1b[1m{}\x1b[0m", self.buf);
+                        self.buf.clear();
+                    } else {
+                        self.buf.push(self.data as char);
+                    }
                     let interrupt = self.bus.read(0xff0f)? | (1 << 3);
                     self.bus.write(0xff0f, interrupt)?;
                 }
@@ -121,8 +113,6 @@ impl<'t, T: BusIO + ?Sized> BusIO for AsciiSerial<'t, T> {
     }
 
     fn diag(&mut self, param: usize) {
-        println!("debug: '{}'", self.string());
-        self.buf.clear();
         self.bus.diag(param)
     }
 }