diff --git a/doc/man/man1/notcurses-demo.1.md b/doc/man/man1/notcurses-demo.1.md
index a18df4a22..99fb87dbd 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/notcurses-demo.1.md
+++ b/doc/man/man1/notcurses-demo.1.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The demonstrations include (see NOTES below):
 * (***c***)hunli—the strongest woman in the world
 * (***d***)ragon—the Harter-Heighway dragon curve
 * (***e***)agle—they took some time off my life, back in the day
-* (***f***)allin'—the screen falls apart under heavy blows
+* (***f***)ission—the screen falls apart under heavy blows
 * (***g***)rid—a gradient of color lain atop a great grid
 * (***h***)ighcon—high contrast text atop various colors
 * (***i***)ntro—a setting of tone
diff --git a/src/demo/demo.c b/src/demo/demo.c
index 8d2edfbfd..29903e7c9 100644
--- a/src/demo/demo.c
+++ b/src/demo/demo.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static struct {
   { "chunli", chunli_demo, true, },
   { "dragon", dragon_demo, false, },
   { "eagle", eagle_demo, true, },
-  { "fallin'", fallin_demo, false, },
+  { "fission", fission_demo, false, },
   { "grid", grid_demo, false, },
   { "highcon", highcontrast_demo, false, },
   { "intro", intro, false, },
diff --git a/src/demo/demo.h b/src/demo/demo.h
index b42414656..29d4cdf91 100644
--- a/src/demo/demo.h
+++ b/src/demo/demo.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ int chunli_demo(struct notcurses* nc);
 int dragon_demo(struct notcurses* nc);
 int qrcode_demo(struct notcurses* nc);
 int grid_demo(struct notcurses* nc);
-int fallin_demo(struct notcurses* nc);
+int fission_demo(struct notcurses* nc);
 int highcontrast_demo(struct notcurses* nc);
 int jungle_demo(struct notcurses* nc);
 int yield_demo(struct notcurses* nc);
diff --git a/src/demo/fallin.c b/src/demo/fission.c
similarity index 93%
rename from src/demo/fallin.c
rename to src/demo/fission.c
index e8f04dd72..82480d305 100644
--- a/src/demo/fallin.c
+++ b/src/demo/fission.c
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ drop_bricks(struct notcurses* nc, struct ncplane** arr, int arrcount){
     // ahead and get it kicked off
     if(rangee - ranges + 1 < FALLINGMAX){
       if(rangee < arrcount){
-        speeds[rangee - ranges] = 1;
+        int y;
+        ncplane_yx(arr[ranges], &y, NULL);
+        speeds[rangee - ranges] = y < stdy / 2 ? 1 : -1;
         ++rangee;
       }
     }
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ drop_bricks(struct notcurses* nc, struct ncplane** arr, int arrcount){
         int x, y;
         ncplane_yx(ncp, &y, &x);
         if(felloff){
-          if(y + speeds[i] >= stdy){
+          if(y + speeds[i] >= stdy || y + speeds[i] + ncplane_dim_y(ncp) < 0){
             ncplane_destroy(ncp);
             arr[ranges + i] = NULL;
             if(ranges + i + 1 == rangee){
@@ -58,7 +60,11 @@ drop_bricks(struct notcurses* nc, struct ncplane** arr, int arrcount){
         }
         if(!felloff){
           ncplane_move_yx(ncp, y + speeds[i], x);
-          ++speeds[i];
+          if(speeds[i] < 0){
+            --speeds[i];
+          }else{
+            ++speeds[i];
+          }
         }else if(i){
           if(rangee - ranges - i){
             memmove(speeds, speeds + i, (rangee - ranges - i) * sizeof(*speeds));
@@ -91,8 +97,8 @@ shuffle_in(struct ncplane** arr, int count, struct ncplane* n){
   return arr;
 }
 
-// ya playin' yourself
-int fallin_demo(struct notcurses* nc){
+// you played yourself https://genius.com/De-la-soul-fallin-lyrics
+int fission_demo(struct notcurses* nc){
   int dimx, dimy;
   struct ncplane* stdn = notcurses_stddim_yx(nc, &dimy, &dimx);
   size_t usesize = sizeof(bool) * dimy * dimx;