diff --git a/include/vmprofiler.hpp b/include/vmprofiler.hpp
index e9cd7ee..15bc224 100644
--- a/include/vmprofiler.hpp
+++ b/include/vmprofiler.hpp
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ namespace vm
         {
             bool has_jcc;
             jcc_type type;
-            std::uint32_t block_rva[ 2 ];
+            std::uintptr_t block_rva[ 2 ];
         };
 
         struct code_block_t
@@ -237,6 +237,12 @@ namespace vm
         std::pair< std::uint64_t, std::uint64_t > encrypt_operand( transform::map_t &transforms, std::uint64_t operand,
                                                                    std::uint64_t rolling_key );
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// get virt_instr_t filled in with data given a vmp2 trace entry and vm context...
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="ctx">current vm context</param>
+        /// <param name="entry">vmp2 trace entry containing all of the native/virtual register/stack values...</param>
+        /// <returns>returns a filled in virt_instr_t on success...</returns>
         std::optional< virt_instr_t > get( vm::ctx_t &ctx, vmp2::v2::entry_t &entry );
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/vminstrs.cpp b/src/vminstrs.cpp
index 09e0ac5..3677db0 100644
--- a/src/vminstrs.cpp
+++ b/src/vminstrs.cpp
@@ -166,30 +166,36 @@ namespace vm
             if ( !imm_size )
                 return {};
 
-            return ctx.exec_type == vmp2::exec_type_t::forward
-                       ? *reinterpret_cast< std::uintptr_t * >( vip + ( imm_size / 8 ) )
-                       : *reinterpret_cast< std::uintptr_t * >( vip - ( imm_size / 8 ) );
+            std::uint64_t result = 0u;
+            if ( ctx.exec_type == vmp2::exec_type_t::forward )
+                std::memcpy( &result, reinterpret_cast< void * >( vip ), imm_size / 8 );
+            else // else the second operand is below vip...
+                std::memcpy( &result, reinterpret_cast< void * >( vip - ( imm_size / 8 ) ), imm_size / 8 );
+
+            return result;
         }
 
         std::optional< virt_instr_t > get( vm::ctx_t &ctx, vmp2::v2::entry_t &entry )
         {
             virt_instr_t result;
-            const auto &vm_handler = ctx.vm_handlers[ entry.handler_idx ];
+            auto &vm_handler = ctx.vm_handlers[ entry.handler_idx ];
             const auto profile = vm_handler.profile;
 
-            result.mnemonic_t = profile ? profile->mnemonic : vm::handler::mnemonic_t::INVALID;
+            result.mnemonic_t = profile ? profile->mnemonic : vm::handler::INVALID;
             result.opcode = entry.handler_idx;
             result.trace_data = entry;
 
             if ( vm_handler.imm_size )
             {
                 result.operand.has_imm = true;
+                result.operand.imm.imm_size = vm_handler.imm_size;
                 const auto imm_val = get_imm( ctx, vm_handler.imm_size, entry.vip );
 
                 if ( !imm_val.has_value() )
                     return {};
 
-                result.operand.imm.u = imm_val.value();
+                result.operand.imm.u =
+                    vm::instrs::decrypt_operand( vm_handler.transforms, imm_val.value(), entry.decrypt_key ).first;
             }
             else
                 result.operand.has_imm = false;
@@ -266,12 +272,13 @@ namespace vm
 
         std::uintptr_t code_block_addr( const vm::ctx_t &ctx, const vmp2::v2::entry_t &entry )
         {
-            return ( ( entry.vsp.qword[ 0 ] + ctx.image_base & ~0xFFFFFFFFull ) - ctx.image_base ) + ctx.module_base;
+            return ( ( entry.vsp.qword[ 0 ] + ( ctx.image_base & ~0xFFFFFFFFull ) ) - ctx.image_base ) +
+                   ctx.module_base;
         }
 
         std::uintptr_t code_block_addr( const vm::ctx_t &ctx, const std::uint32_t lower_32bits )
         {
-            return ( ( lower_32bits + ctx.image_base & ~0xFFFFFFFFull ) - ctx.image_base ) + ctx.module_base;
+            return ( ( lower_32bits + ( ctx.image_base & ~0xFFFFFFFFull ) ) - ctx.image_base ) + ctx.module_base;
         }
     } // namespace instrs
 } // namespace vm
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