diff --git a/artifacts/ddraw.ini b/artifacts/ddraw.ini
index fadbc1b1..427c6b10 100644
--- a/artifacts/ddraw.ini
+++ b/artifacts/ddraw.ini
@@ -660,6 +660,10 @@ PartyMemberExtraInfo=0
 ;Set to 1 to prevent the inventory/loot/automap interfaces from being placed on top of other script-created windows
 InterfaceDontMoveOnTop=0
 
+;Overrides the global variable number used to show the special death message of the Modoc toilet explosion
+;Set to -1 to disable the special death message when the global variable is set
+SpecialDeathGVAR=491
+
 ;Set to 1 to display sfall built-in credits at the bottom of credits.txt contents instead of at the top
 CreditsAtBottom=0
 
diff --git a/sfall/Stats.cpp b/sfall/Stats.cpp
index 4b9697d0..e2763747 100644
--- a/sfall/Stats.cpp
+++ b/sfall/Stats.cpp
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ void StatsInit() {
 			StatFormulas[i * 2 + 1] = GetPrivateProfileInt(key, "min", StatFormulas[i * 2 + 1], table);
 			for (int j = 0; j < STAT_max_hit_points; j++) {
 				sprintf(buf2, "shift%d", j);
-				StatShifts[i * 7 + j] = GetPrivateProfileInt(key, buf2, StatShifts[i * 7 + 0], table);
+				StatShifts[i * 7 + j] = GetPrivateProfileInt(key, buf2, StatShifts[i * 7 + j], table);
 				sprintf(buf2, "multi%d", j);
 				_gcvt(StatMulti[i * 7 + j], 16, buf3);
 				GetPrivateProfileStringA(key, buf2, buf3, buf2, 256, table);
diff --git a/sfall/main.cpp b/sfall/main.cpp
index 53b06a5f..a6d42648 100644
--- a/sfall/main.cpp
+++ b/sfall/main.cpp
@@ -1533,6 +1533,9 @@ static void DllMain2() {
 		dlogr(" Done", DL_INIT);
 	}
 
+	int gvar = GetPrivateProfileIntA("Misc", "SpecialDeathGVAR", 491, ini); // GVAR_MODOC_SHITTY_DEATH
+	if (gvar != 491) SafeWrite32(0x440C2A, gvar);
+
 	dlogr("Leave DllMain2", DL_MAIN);
 }