diff --git a/examples/msp430/msp430x/msp430fr5969/launchpad/blink/.gitignore b/examples/msp430/msp430x/msp430fr5969/launchpad/blink/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..154c94b06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/msp430/msp430x/msp430fr5969/launchpad/blink/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+blink
+build
+*_exe
+*.bin
+*.map
+build.py
+make.py
diff --git a/examples/msp430/msp430x/msp430fr5969/launchpad/blink/init.gdb b/examples/msp430/msp430x/msp430fr5969/launchpad/blink/init.gdb
index eed210fcf..3bd168291 100644
--- a/examples/msp430/msp430x/msp430fr5969/launchpad/blink/init.gdb
+++ b/examples/msp430/msp430x/msp430fr5969/launchpad/blink/init.gdb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 target remote localhost:2000
 delete
-b blink
-c
\ No newline at end of file
+b blink_function
+
diff --git a/machines/msp430/msp430x/tpl_sc_handler.S b/machines/msp430/msp430x/tpl_sc_handler.S
index 28715f421..30f5668e9 100644
--- a/machines/msp430/msp430x/tpl_sc_handler.S
+++ b/machines/msp430/msp430x/tpl_sc_handler.S
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ TIMER3_A0_Handler:
     mov         @r11, r11                   /* Get the pointer to the context (SP alone) */
     mov         @r11, r1                    /* Get the stack  pointer */
 
-    sub         #2, r1                      /* need to push to match memory organization*/
     popm.a      #7, r10                     /* Pop r4 to r10 */
 
 tpl_TIMER3_A0_Handler_no_context_switch:
diff --git a/machines/msp430/msp430x/tpl_startup.c b/machines/msp430/msp430x/tpl_startup.c
index 6679a1a45..03634f507 100644
--- a/machines/msp430/msp430x/tpl_startup.c
+++ b/machines/msp430/msp430x/tpl_startup.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ void tpl_continue_reset_handler(void)
 	  * p = 0 ;
 	  p ++ ;
 	}
-	---------4- Init .data section 
+	//---------4- Init .data section 
 	extern unsigned __data_start ;
 	extern unsigned __data_end ;
 	extern unsigned __data_load_start ;