diff --git a/src/bin/day8.rs b/src/bin/day8.rs
index 5423e2c..bc36ec3 100644
--- a/src/bin/day8.rs
+++ b/src/bin/day8.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
-#![forbid(elided_lifetimes_in_paths, unsafe_code)]
+#![forbid(elided_lifetimes_in_paths)]
 
 use aoc23::read;
 use chumsky::prelude::*;
-use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
+use std::{
+	collections::{HashMap, HashSet},
+	sync::{
+		atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
+		Mutex
+	},
+	thread,
+	time::Duration
+};
 
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 enum Instruction {
 	Left,
 	Right
@@ -18,7 +27,7 @@ impl Instruction {
 	}
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 struct Node {
 	left: String,
 	right: String
@@ -42,7 +51,7 @@ impl Node {
 	}
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 struct Network {
 	nodes: HashMap<String, Node>
 }
@@ -83,46 +92,103 @@ fn parser() -> impl Parser<char, (Vec<Instruction>, Network), Error = Simple<cha
 		.then_ignore(end())
 }
 
+static STOP: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
+static mut RESULTS: Vec<Mutex<Vec<usize>>> = Vec::new();
+
 fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 	let (instructions, network) = read("inputs/day8.txt", parser())?;
 
-	let mut curr_node = "AAA";
-	let mut i = 0;
-	let mut steps = 0;
-	while curr_node != "ZZZ" {
-		curr_node = match instructions[i] {
-			Instruction::Left => network.left(curr_node),
-			Instruction::Right => network.right(curr_node)
-		};
-		i = (i + 1) % instructions.len();
-		steps += 1;
-	}
-	println!("{steps}");
+	// let mut curr_node = "AAA";
+	// let mut i = 0;
+	// let mut steps = 0;
+	// while curr_node != "ZZZ" {
+	// 	curr_node = match instructions[i] {
+	// 		Instruction::Left => network.left(curr_node),
+	// 		Instruction::Right => network.right(curr_node)
+	// 	};
+	// 	i = (i + 1) % instructions.len();
+	// 	steps += 1;
+	// }
+	// println!("{steps}");
 
-	let mut curr_nodes: HashSet<&str> = network
+	let curr_nodes: HashSet<&str> = network
 		.nodes
 		.keys()
 		.map(|node| node.as_str())
 		.filter(|node| node.ends_with('A'))
 		.collect();
 	dbg!(curr_nodes.len());
-	let mut i = 0;
-	let mut steps = 0;
-	while curr_nodes.iter().any(|node| !node.ends_with('Z')) {
-		curr_nodes = curr_nodes
-			.into_iter()
-			.map(|node| match instructions[i] {
-				Instruction::Left => network.left(node),
-				Instruction::Right => network.right(node)
-			})
-			.collect();
-		i = (i + 1) % instructions.len();
-		steps += 1;
-		if steps % 10000 == 0 {
-			dbg!(steps);
+
+	for (thread_index, node) in curr_nodes
+		.iter()
+		.map(|node| String::from(*node))
+		.enumerate()
+	{
+		unsafe {
+			RESULTS.push(Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
+		}
+		let network = network.clone();
+		let instructions = instructions.clone();
+		thread::spawn(move || {
+			let mut curr_node = node.as_str();
+			let mut i = 0;
+			let mut steps = 0;
+			while !STOP.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+				curr_node = match instructions[i] {
+					Instruction::Left => network.left(curr_node),
+					Instruction::Right => network.right(curr_node)
+				};
+				i = (i + 1) % instructions.len();
+				steps += 1;
+				if steps % 1_000_000 == 0 {
+					dbg!(steps);
+				}
+				if curr_node.ends_with('Z') {
+					unsafe {
+						RESULTS[thread_index].lock().unwrap().push(steps);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		});
+	}
+	'outer: loop {
+		thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
+		unsafe {
+			let res0 = RESULTS[0].lock().unwrap();
+			'i: for i in 0 .. res0.len() {
+				't: for t in 1 .. RESULTS.len() {
+					let rest = RESULTS[t].lock().unwrap();
+					for j in 0 .. rest.len() {
+						if res0[i] == rest[j] {
+							continue 't;
+						}
+					}
+					continue 'i;
+				}
+				println!("{}", res0[i]);
+				STOP.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+				break 'outer;
+			}
 		}
 	}
-	println!("{steps}");
+
+	// let mut i = 0;
+	// let mut steps = 0;
+	// while curr_nodes.iter().any(|node| !node.ends_with('Z')) {
+	// 	curr_nodes = curr_nodes
+	// 		.into_iter()
+	// 		.map(|node| match instructions[i] {
+	// 			Instruction::Left => network.left(node),
+	// 			Instruction::Right => network.right(node)
+	// 		})
+	// 		.collect();
+	// 	i = (i + 1) % instructions.len();
+	// 	steps += 1;
+	// 	if steps % 10000 == 0 {
+	// 		dbg!(steps);
+	// 	}
+	// }
+	// println!("{steps}");
 
 	Ok(())
 }