diff --git a/day07/run.pl b/day07/run.pl
index 5cadc81..4f97292 100755
--- a/day07/run.pl
+++ b/day07/run.pl
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use Thread::Queue;
 
 
 my @lines;
+my $startx;
 {
     my $splits=0;
     my %positions;
@@ -20,12 +21,13 @@ my @lines;
 
             if($c eq 'S') {
                 $nextpositions{$i}=1;
+                $startx = $i;
             } elsif($c eq '.' && $positions{$i}) {
-                $nextpositions{$i}=1;
+                $nextpositions{$i}=$positions{$i};
             } elsif($c eq '^' && $positions{$i}) {
                 $splits++;
-                $nextpositions{$i-1}=1 unless($i == 0);
-                $nextpositions{$i+1}=1 unless($i == length($line)-1);
+                $nextpositions{$i-1} += $positions{$i};
+                $nextpositions{$i+1} += $positions{$i};
             }
         }
 
@@ -36,61 +38,32 @@ my @lines;
     print "Saw $splits splits\n";
 }
 
-my @rows;
-my $startpos;
-for(my $y=0; $y<@lines; $y++) {
-    for(my $x=0; $x<length $lines[0]; $x++) {
-        $rows[$x]=[] if($y==0);
-        $rows[$x][$y] = substr($lines[$y], $x, 1);
-        if($rows[$x][$y] eq 'S') {
-            $startpos=[$x,$y];
+my $times = calcpos_r($startx, 0);
+print "$times timelines\n";
+
+sub calcpos_r {
+    my($pos, $row)=@_;
+
+
+    for(;;) {
+        if($row >= @lines) {
+            return 1;
         }
+
+        my $char = substr($lines[$row], $pos, 1);
+        if($char eq '.' || $char eq 'S') {
+            $row++;
+            next;
+        }
+
+        if($char eq '^') {
+            return calcpos_r($pos-1, $row+1) + calcpos_r($pos+1, $row+1);
+        }
+
+        die "Unknown character '$char' at $row : $pos\n";
     }
 }
 
-my $ends = 0;
-my $numworkers = $ARGV[0] || 16;
-my $queue = Thread::Queue->new();
-my @threads;
-
-$queue->enqueue($startpos);
-for(my $i=0; $i<$numworkers; $i++) {
-    push @threads, threads->create(\&process, $i);
-}
-
-foreach my $thread (@threads) {
-    my $count=$thread->join();
-    print "Joined thread with $count ends\n";
-    $ends+=$count;
-}
-print "$ends total ends\n";
-
-sub process {
-    my $threadid=shift(@_);
-    my $ends = 0;
-    while(my $pos=$queue->dequeue_timed(5)) {
-        if($threadid == 0) {
-            print $queue->pending() . " pending\n";
-        }
-        my($x,$y)=@$pos;
-
-        for(;;) {
-            $y++;
-            if($y == @{ $rows[$x] }) {
-                $ends++;
-                last;
-            } elsif($rows[$x][$y] eq '^') {
-                $queue->enqueue([$x-1, $y]);
-                $x++;
-                #$queue->enqueue([$x+1, $y]);
-                #last;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    return $ends;
-}
-
-
 
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