diff --git a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/objects/Slider.java b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/objects/Slider.java
index d86ba79e..35514ddd 100644
--- a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/objects/Slider.java
+++ b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/objects/Slider.java
@@ -383,9 +383,7 @@ public class Slider extends GameObject {
 			if (repeats % 2 == 0 && curveIntervalTo == 1 && !reversed) {
 				// fix shrinking sliders for odd repeating sliders
 				reversed = true;
-				if (Options.isMergingSliders()) {
-
-				} else {
+				if (!Options.isMergingSliders()) {
 					curve.reverse();
 				}
 			}
@@ -396,7 +394,12 @@ public class Slider extends GameObject {
 		}
 		if (Options.isMergingSliders()) {
 			if (Options.isShrinkingSliders() && curveIntervalFrom > 0) {
-				game.setSlidercurveFrom(baseSliderFrom + (int) (curveIntervalFrom * curve.getCurvePoints().length));
+				int curvelen = curve.getCurvePoints().length;
+				if (repeats % 2 == 0) {
+					game.spliceSliderCurve(baseSliderFrom + (int) ((1f - curveIntervalFrom) * curvelen), baseSliderFrom + curvelen);
+				} else {
+					game.setSlidercurveFrom(baseSliderFrom + (int) (curveIntervalFrom * curvelen));
+				}
 			}
 			game.setSlidercurveTo(baseSliderFrom + (int) (curveIntervalTo * curve.getCurvePoints().length));
 		} else {
@@ -587,7 +590,7 @@ public class Slider extends GameObject {
 			// calculate and send slider result
 			hitResult();
 			if (Options.isMergingSliders()) {
-				game.setSlidercurveFrom(baseSliderFrom + curve.getCurvePoints().length);
+				game.setSlidercurveFrom(baseSliderFrom + curve.getCurvePoints().length + 1);
 			}
 			return true;
 		}
diff --git a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/objects/curves/Curve.java b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/objects/curves/Curve.java
index 4e23807a..d09fc31d 100644
--- a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/objects/curves/Curve.java
+++ b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/objects/curves/Curve.java
@@ -160,11 +160,13 @@ public abstract class Curve {
 	}
 
 	public void reverse() {
-		if (renderState == null)
-			renderState = new CurveRenderState(hitObject, curve);
 		renderState.reverse();
 	}
 
+	public void splice(int from, int to) {
+		renderState.splice(from, to);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the angle of the first control point.
 	 */
diff --git a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/CurveRenderState.java b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/CurveRenderState.java
index 51872a38..21d7199c 100644
--- a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/CurveRenderState.java
+++ b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/CurveRenderState.java
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ public class CurveRenderState {
 
 	private boolean reversed;
 
+	private int spliceFrom;
+	private int spliceTo;
+
 	/**
 	 * Set the width and height of the container that Curves get drawn into.
 	 * Should be called before any curves are drawn.
@@ -113,12 +116,20 @@ public class CurveRenderState {
 		//write impossible value to make sure the fbo is cleared
 		lastPointDrawn = -1;
 		reversed = false;
+		spliceFrom = spliceTo = -1;
 	}
 
 	public void reverse() {
 		reversed = !reversed;
 	}
 
+	public void splice(int from, int to) {
+		spliceFrom = from * 2;
+		spliceTo = to * 2;
+		firstPointDrawn = -1; // force redraw
+		lastPointDrawn = -1; // force redraw
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Draw a curve to the screen that's tinted with `color`. The first time
 	 * this is called this caches the image result of the curve and on subsequent
@@ -336,8 +347,12 @@ public class CurveRenderState {
 			from = curve.length * 2 - 1 - to;
 			to = curve.length * 2 - 1 - a;
 		}
-		for (int i = from; i < to; ++i)
+		for (int i = from; i < to; ++i) {
+			if (spliceFrom <= i && i <= spliceTo) {
+				continue;
+			}
 			GL11.glDrawArrays(GL11.GL_TRIANGLE_FAN, i * (NewCurveStyleState.DIVIDES + 2), NewCurveStyleState.DIVIDES + 2);
+		}
 		GL11.glFlush();
 		GL20.glDisableVertexAttribArray(staticState.texCoordLoc);
 		GL20.glDisableVertexAttribArray(staticState.attribLoc);
diff --git a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/states/Game.java b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/states/Game.java
index 7c177319..6ea75fd9 100644
--- a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/states/Game.java
+++ b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/states/Game.java
@@ -1523,6 +1523,10 @@ public class Game extends BasicGameState {
 		this.slidercurveTo = Math.max(pos, this.slidercurveTo);
 	}
 
+	public void spliceSliderCurve(int from, int to) {
+		this.knorkesliders.splice(from, to);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Draws hit objects, hit results, and follow points.
 	 * @param g the graphics context