# When I lose a life in my game, I lose two. Why?

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**Created:** [August 10, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/when-i-lose-a-life-in-my-game-i-lose-two-why/30054 "2024-08-10T21:09:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/when-i-lose-a-life-in-my-game-i-lose-two-why/30054/1 "2024-08-10T21:09:33Z")

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I have been trying for ages to add lives to my game so that I don’t go all the way back to the start after dying just once. Every time I try to add lives, something doesn’t work. At the moment I’m really happy with my game, except that whenever I’m only supposed to lose one life, I lose two. Does anyone know why this is, and how to fix it?

Here is the game. [https://arcade.makecode.com/S52500-69597-66887-45709](https://arcade.makecode.com/S52500-69597-66887-45709)

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