diff --git a/src/Bladeburner/Bladeburner.tsx b/src/Bladeburner/Bladeburner.tsx
index 38276949a..355d3b2d5 100644
--- a/src/Bladeburner/Bladeburner.tsx
+++ b/src/Bladeburner/Bladeburner.tsx
@@ -109,12 +109,23 @@ export class Bladeburner {
     this.stamina = this.maxStamina;
     this.create();
   }
+  /*
+    just a quick fix for the broken implementation
+    BlackOperations are only initialized on game load with a count of 1
+    and are not reset on BitNode change or dev menu reset of bladeburner
+  */
+  resetBlackOps(): void {
+    for (const [blackopName, blackop] of Object.entries(BlackOperations)) {
+      blackop.count = Number(!this.blackops[blackopName]);
+    }
+  }
 
   getCurrentCity(): City {
     return this.cities[this.city];
   }
 
   calculateStaminaPenalty(): number {
+    if (this.stamina === this.maxStamina) return 1;
     return Math.min(1, this.stamina / (0.5 * this.maxStamina));
   }
 
@@ -1998,6 +2009,8 @@ export class Bladeburner {
   process(): void {
     // Edge race condition when the engine checks the processing counters and attempts to route before the router is initialized.
     if (!Router.isInitialized) return;
+    //safety measure this needs to be removed in a bigger refactor
+    this.resetBlackOps();
 
     // If the Player starts doing some other actions, set action to idle and alert
     if (!Player.hasAugmentation(AugmentationName.BladesSimulacrum, true) && Player.currentWork) {
@@ -2166,6 +2179,7 @@ export class Bladeburner {
 
     try {
       this.startAction(actionId);
+      if (!Player.hasAugmentation(AugmentationName.BladesSimulacrum, true)) Player.finishWork(true);
       workerScript.log(
         "bladeburner.startAction",
         () => `Starting bladeburner action with type '${type}' and name '${name}'`,
diff --git a/src/Bladeburner/ui/StartButton.tsx b/src/Bladeburner/ui/StartButton.tsx
index 39327277f..b472af4d2 100644
--- a/src/Bladeburner/ui/StartButton.tsx
+++ b/src/Bladeburner/ui/StartButton.tsx
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@ export function StartButton(props: IProps): React.ReactElement {
   }
   function onStart(): void {
     if (disabled) return;
-    props.bladeburner.action.type = props.type;
-    props.bladeburner.action.name = props.name;
+    const action = new ActionIdentifier();
+    action.type = props.type;
+    action.name = props.name;
     if (!Player.hasAugmentation(AugmentationName.BladesSimulacrum, true)) Player.finishWork(true);
-    props.bladeburner.startAction(props.bladeburner.action);
+    props.bladeburner.startAction(action);
     props.rerender();
   }