diff --git a/field.c b/field.c
index bcaac00..acf0ddf 100644
--- a/field.c
+++ b/field.c
@@ -100,8 +100,12 @@ void redraw_field(FIELD* f) {
 void update_ballpos(FIELD* f) {
 	for (int i = 0; i < f -> ball_count; i++) {
 		BALL* b = f -> balls[i];
-		wattrset(f -> win, COLOR_PAIR(7));
-		mvwprintw(f -> win, b -> old_position.y, b -> old_position.x * 2, "  ");
+		// clear old ball position if it's not on player
+		if (! is_on_player(f -> player, & b -> old_position)) {
+			wattrset(f -> win, COLOR_PAIR(7));
+			mvwprintw(f -> win, b -> old_position.y, b -> old_position.x * 2, "  ");
+		}
+		// draw ball at new position
 		wattrset(f -> win, COLOR_PAIR(b -> color));
 		mvwprintw(f -> win, b -> position.y, b -> position.x * 2, "  ");
 	}
diff --git a/game.c b/game.c
index 09a37d4..6ebaa5b 100644
--- a/game.c
+++ b/game.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ void eat_ball(FIELD* field, int pos) {
 	
 	//add new ball
 	add_ball(field, maxval > 4 ? 4 : maxval);
+	redraw_field(field);
 }
 
 void play_game(GAME_STATE* state) {
@@ -72,7 +73,6 @@ void play_game(GAME_STATE* state) {
 			player_tick = (player_tick + 1) % 3;
 			move_balls(f);
 			update_ballpos(f);
-			
 			if (!player_tick) {
 				move_player(f);
 				update_playerpos(f);
diff --git a/player.c b/player.c
index d94025a..8e620a8 100644
--- a/player.c
+++ b/player.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ void init_player(PLAYER* player, int x, int y) {
 	player -> length = 6;
 	player -> head_ptr = player -> length - 1;
 	player -> body = malloc(sizeof(POINT*) * player -> length);
+
+	player -> old_tail = NULL;
 	
 	for (int i = 0; i < player -> length; i++) {
 		POINT* pt = malloc(sizeof(POINT));
@@ -31,6 +33,8 @@ void destroy_player(PLAYER* player) {
 	for (int i = 0; i < player -> length; i++) {
 		free(player -> body[i]);
 	}
+	if (player -> old_tail)
+		free(player -> old_tail);
 	free(player -> body);
 	free(player);
 }