diff --git a/src/game/game.c b/src/game/game.c
index bbe412a..443dcac 100644
--- a/src/game/game.c
+++ b/src/game/game.c
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@
 #include <time.h>
 
 #include "../io/colour/colour8.h"
+#include "../io/input.h"
 #include "../util/types.h"
 #include "../util/vec.h"
 #include "./tetromino/shapes.h"
 #include "tetromino/placing.h"
+#include "time.h"
 
 static colour8 rowdat[COLUMNS * ROWS] = {0}; // contains the raw data of the rows, in no particular order
 static struct gamedata dat = {0};
@@ -63,7 +65,9 @@ struct gamedata* game_init(void) {
 }
 
 // called every time the game's state is updated
-void game_update(int movdat) {
+void game_update(int movdat, size_t time) {
+	static time_t drop_timeout = 0;
+	movdat |= !!time_poll(time, 200, &drop_timeout) * MOVD;
 	place_update(&dat, movdat);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/game/game.h b/src/game/game.h
index bf272ea..67db584 100644
--- a/src/game/game.h
+++ b/src/game/game.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <math.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "../io/colour/colour8.h"
 #include "../util/types.h"
@@ -37,5 +38,5 @@ struct gamedata {
 void next_shape(void);
 
 struct gamedata* game_init(void);
-void game_update(int);
+void game_update(int movdat, size_t time);
 void game_free(void);
diff --git a/src/io/window.c b/src/io/window.c
index 4c19c90..9138686 100644
--- a/src/io/window.c
+++ b/src/io/window.c
@@ -48,11 +48,12 @@ void window_free(void) {
 
 void window_open(void) {
 	while (!close) {
-		game_update(input_getdat());
+		size_t time = time_pull();
+		game_update(input_getdat(), time);
 		render_update();
 
 		static time_t timeout = 0;
-		if (time_poll(time_pull(), music.ms, &timeout))
+		if (time_poll(time, music.ms, &timeout))
 			audio_play(&music);
 	}
 }