diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3a86177..19d7abf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,8 +34,13 @@ name = "bench_aoc_7"
 harness = false
 
 [dependencies]
+bstr = "1.12.1"
 [profile.bench]
 opt-level = 3
 lto = "fat"          # "Link Time Optimization" - Critical for micro-benchmarks
 codegen-units = 1    # Slows compile time, but makes faster code
 panic = "abort"      # Removes stack unwinding checks (faster)
+
+[profile.release]
+debug = true
+overflow-checks = true
diff --git a/benches/bench_aoc_7.rs b/benches/bench_aoc_7.rs
index 840148a..f582e34 100644
--- a/benches/bench_aoc_7.rs
+++ b/benches/bench_aoc_7.rs
@@ -7,11 +7,16 @@ fn bench_aoc_7_part1(c: &mut Criterion) {
     c.bench_function("bench_aoc7 part 1", |b| b.iter(|| aoc_7::solve_p1(input)));
 }
 
+fn bench_aoc_7_part2(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let input = black_box(include_str!("../src/aoc/input/full_input_aoc7.txt"));
+    c.bench_function("bench_aoc7 part 2", |b| b.iter(|| aoc_7::solve_p2(input)));
+}
 
 
 
 criterion_group!(
     benches_p7,
-    bench_aoc_7_part1
+    bench_aoc_7_part1,
+    bench_aoc_7_part2,
 );
 criterion_main!(benches_p7);
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diff --git a/src/aoc/aoc_7.rs b/src/aoc/aoc_7.rs
index 2f5cd52..fb4ac55 100644
--- a/src/aoc/aoc_7.rs
+++ b/src/aoc/aoc_7.rs
@@ -39,33 +39,43 @@ pub fn solve_p1(input: &str) -> u64 {
     answer
 }
 
-pub fn solve_p2(input: &str) -> u128 {
+pub fn solve_p2(input: &str) -> u64 {
     let mut answer = 0;
-    let mut data = Vec::new();
+    let mut data = Vec::with_capacity(256);
     for line in input.lines() {
-        let chars = line.chars().collect::<Vec<char>>();
+        let chars = line.bytes().map(|mut x| {if x == b'.' {x = 0; x as u64} else {x as u64}}).collect::<Vec<u64>>();
         data.push(chars);
     }
     let start_idx = data[0].iter().len() / 2 ;
-    data[1][start_idx] = '|';
-
-    answer = traverse(&(1, start_idx), &data);
+    data[0][start_idx] = 1;
 
 
+    for (i,line) in data.clone().iter().enumerate() {
+        //println!("{:?}", data[i]);
+        for (j,char) in line.iter().enumerate() {
+            //println!("{}", data[i][j]);
+            if data[i][j] == 94 {
+                //println!("{}", data[i][j]);
+                if data[i-1][j] != 0 {
+                    //println!("{}", data[i-1][j]);
+                    let power = data[i-1][j];
+                    data[i][j-1] += power;
+                    data[i][j+1] += power;
+                    data[i+1][j-1] = data[i][j-1];
+                    data[i+1][j+1] = data[i][j+1];
+
+                }
+            }
+            else if data[i][j] != 0 {
+                //println!("{}", data[i][j]);
+                if i+1 < data.len() {
+                    if data[i+1][j] != 94 {
+                        data[i+1][j] = data[i][j];
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        answer = data[data.len()-1].iter().sum();
+    }
     answer
 }
-fn traverse(idx : &(usize, usize), data_in: &Vec<Vec<char>>) -> u128 {
-    let mut count = 0;
-    if idx.0 +1 >= data_in.len() -6 {
-        1
-    }else {
-        if data_in[idx.0 + 1][idx.1] == '^' {
-            count += traverse(&(idx.0+2, idx.1 -1), &data_in);
-            count += traverse(&(idx.0+2, idx.1 +1), &data_in);
-            return count;
-        }
-        count += traverse(&(idx.0+1, idx.1), &data_in);
-        count
-    }
-
-}
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diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index bcefe3e..f4326c2 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ fn main() {
     let input = include_bytes!("aoc/input/full_input_aoc4.txt");
     let answer = aoc_4::solve_p1(input);
     println!("{}", answer);
+
+
      */
     /*
     let input = include_str!("aoc/input/full_input_aoc5.txt");
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ fn main() {
     let input = include_str!("aoc/input/full_input_aoc7.txt");
     let answer = aoc_7::solve_p1(input);
     println!("answer: {}", answer);
-    let input = include_str!("aoc/input/test_input_aoc7.txt");
+    let input = include_str!("aoc/input/full_input_aoc7.txt");
     let answer = aoc_7::solve_p2(input);
     println!("answer: {}", answer);
 
@@ -103,3 +105,32 @@ fn test_aoc_3_part2() {
         172787336861064
     );
 }
+#[test]
+fn test_aoc_4_part1() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        aoc_4::solve_p1(include_bytes!("aoc/input/full_input_aoc4.txt")),
+        1486
+    );
+}
+#[test]
+fn test_aoc_4_part2() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        aoc_4::solve_p2_f(include_bytes!("aoc/input/full_input_aoc4.txt")),
+        9024
+    );
+}
+#[test]
+fn test_aoc_5_part1() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        aoc_5::solve_p1(include_str!("aoc/input/full_input_aoc5.txt")),
+        865
+    );
+}
+#[test]
+fn test_aoc_5_part2() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        aoc_5::solve_p2(include_str!("aoc/input/full_input_aoc5.txt")),
+        352556672963116
+    );
+}
+