diff --git a/resources/tests/player_setup.bin b/resources/tests/player_setup.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..602220c
Binary files /dev/null and b/resources/tests/player_setup.bin differ
diff --git a/src/bin/kawari-world.rs b/src/bin/kawari-world.rs
index aaff236..0f3df46 100644
--- a/src/bin/kawari-world.rs
+++ b/src/bin/kawari-world.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ use kawari::world::{
     ActorControlSelf, ActorControlType, ChatHandler, PlayerEntry, PlayerSetup, PlayerSpawn,
     PlayerStats, Position, SocialList, Zone, ZoneConnection,
 };
-use kawari::{CHAR_NAME, CONTENT_ID, CUSTOMIZE_DATA, WORLD_ID, ZONE_ID, timestamp_secs};
+use kawari::{
+    CHAR_NAME, CITY_STATE, CONTENT_ID, CUSTOMIZE_DATA, DEITY, NAMEDAY_DAY, NAMEDAY_MONTH, WORLD_ID,
+    ZONE_ID, timestamp_secs,
+};
 use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 
@@ -227,6 +230,13 @@ async fn main() {
                                                     levels: [100; 32],
                                                     name: CHAR_NAME.to_string(),
                                                     char_id: connection.player_id,
+                                                    race: CUSTOMIZE_DATA.race,
+                                                    gender: CUSTOMIZE_DATA.gender,
+                                                    tribe: CUSTOMIZE_DATA.subrace,
+                                                    city_state: CITY_STATE,
+                                                    nameday_month: NAMEDAY_MONTH,
+                                                    nameday_day: NAMEDAY_DAY,
+                                                    deity: DEITY,
                                                     ..Default::default()
                                                 }),
                                                 ..Default::default()
diff --git a/src/ipc.rs b/src/ipc.rs
index 03bdca2..5586c4c 100644
--- a/src/ipc.rs
+++ b/src/ipc.rs
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ pub enum IPCStructData {
     #[br(pre_assert(*magic == IPCOpCode::Unk2))]
     Unk2 {
         // TODO: full of possibly interesting information
-        unk: [u8; 16],
+        unk: [u8; 8],
     },
     #[br(pre_assert(*magic == IPCOpCode::Unk3))]
     Unk3 {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 36e3e95..57d75f7 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ pub const CUSTOMIZE_DATA: ClientCustomizeData = ClientCustomizeData {
     face_paint_color: 167,
 };
 
+pub const DEITY: u8 = 0x8;
+pub const NAMEDAY_MONTH: u8 = 0x1;
+pub const NAMEDAY_DAY: u8 = 0x1;
+pub const CITY_STATE: u8 = 0x3;
+
 /// Maxmimum length of a character's name.
 pub const CHAR_NAME_MAX_LENGTH: usize = 32;
 
diff --git a/src/lobby/connection.rs b/src/lobby/connection.rs
index 51438b6..6689b26 100644
--- a/src/lobby/connection.rs
+++ b/src/lobby/connection.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ use std::cmp::min;
 use tokio::net::TcpStream;
 
 use crate::{
-    CHAR_NAME, CONTENT_ID, CUSTOMIZE_DATA, WORLD_ID, WORLD_NAME, ZONE_ID,
+    CHAR_NAME, CONTENT_ID, CUSTOMIZE_DATA, DEITY, NAMEDAY_DAY, NAMEDAY_MONTH, WORLD_ID, WORLD_NAME,
+    ZONE_ID,
     blowfish::Blowfish,
     client_select_data::ClientSelectData,
     common::timestamp_secs,
@@ -164,12 +165,12 @@ impl LobbyConnection {
                 game_name_unk: "Final Fantasy".to_string(),
                 current_class: 2,
                 class_levels: [5; 30],
-                race: 0,
-                subrace: 0,
-                gender: 0,
-                birth_month: 5,
-                birth_day: 5,
-                guardian: 2,
+                race: CUSTOMIZE_DATA.race as i32,
+                subrace: CUSTOMIZE_DATA.subrace as i32,
+                gender: CUSTOMIZE_DATA.gender as i32,
+                birth_month: NAMEDAY_MONTH as i32,
+                birth_day: NAMEDAY_DAY as i32,
+                guardian: DEITY as i32,
                 unk8: 0,
                 unk9: 0,
                 zone_id: ZONE_ID as i32,
diff --git a/src/world/player_setup.rs b/src/world/player_setup.rs
index 0762167..2e04392 100644
--- a/src/world/player_setup.rs
+++ b/src/world/player_setup.rs
@@ -160,5 +160,40 @@ pub struct PlayerSetup {
     pub cleared_guildhests: [u8; 10],
     pub cleared_trials: [u8; 12],
     pub cleared_pvp: [u8; 5],
-    pub unknown948: [u8; 15],
+
+    // meh, this is where i put all of the new data
+    #[br(count = 192)]
+    #[bw(pad_size_to = 192)]
+    pub unknown948: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::{fs::read, io::Cursor, path::PathBuf};
+
+    use binrw::BinRead;
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn read_playerspawn() {
+        let mut d = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+        d.push("resources/tests/player_setup.bin");
+
+        let buffer = read(d).unwrap();
+        let mut buffer = Cursor::new(&buffer);
+
+        let player_setup = PlayerSetup::read_le(&mut buffer).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(player_setup.content_id, 0x004000174c50560d);
+        assert_eq!(player_setup.char_id, 0x107476e7);
+        assert_eq!(player_setup.name, "Lavenaa Warren");
+        assert_eq!(player_setup.max_level, 100);
+        assert_eq!(player_setup.gender, 1);
+        assert_eq!(player_setup.race, 1);
+        assert_eq!(player_setup.tribe, 2);
+        assert_eq!(player_setup.expansion, 5);
+        assert_eq!(player_setup.current_job, 1); // adventurer
+        assert_eq!(player_setup.current_class, 1); // ditto
+        assert_eq!(player_setup.levels[1], 1); // adventurer
+    }
 }