diff --git a/unfinished/regexp/dfa/dfa.factor b/unfinished/regexp/dfa/dfa.factor
index 6f244dc8af..6200a1b3c0 100644
--- a/unfinished/regexp/dfa/dfa.factor
+++ b/unfinished/regexp/dfa/dfa.factor
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ IN: regexp.dfa
     nfa-table>> transitions>>
     [ at keys ] curry map concat
     eps swap remove ;
-    ! dup t member? [ t swap remove t suffix ] when ;
 
 : add-todo-state ( state regexp -- )
     2dup visited-states>> key? [
diff --git a/unfinished/regexp/transition-tables/transition-tables.factor b/unfinished/regexp/transition-tables/transition-tables.factor
index 82e2db8496..1c9a3e3001 100644
--- a/unfinished/regexp/transition-tables/transition-tables.factor
+++ b/unfinished/regexp/transition-tables/transition-tables.factor
@@ -32,7 +32,12 @@ TUPLE: transition-table transitions start-state final-states ;
         H{ } clone >>transitions
         H{ } clone >>final-states ;
 
+: maybe-initialize-key ( key hashtable -- )
+    2dup key? [ 2drop ] [ H{ } clone -rot set-at ] if ;
+
 : set-transition ( transition hash -- )
+    #! set the state as a key
+    2dup [ to>> ] dip maybe-initialize-key
     [ [ to>> ] [ obj>> ] [ from>> ] tri ] dip
     2dup at* [ 2nip insert-at ]
     [ drop >r >r H{ } clone [ insert-at ] keep r> r> set-at ] if ;
diff --git a/unfinished/regexp/traversal/traversal.factor b/unfinished/regexp/traversal/traversal.factor
index 752323de91..cfc97aff29 100644
--- a/unfinished/regexp/traversal/traversal.factor
+++ b/unfinished/regexp/traversal/traversal.factor
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ TUPLE: dfa-traverser
         dup save-final-state
     ] when text-finished? ;
 
+: print-flags ( dfa-traverser -- dfa-traverser )
+    dup [ current-state>> ] [ traversal-flags>> ] bi
+    ;
+
 : increment-state ( dfa-traverser state -- dfa-traverser )
     [
         [ 1+ ] change-current-index dup current-state>> >>last-state