diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 9b1d7db..906410e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@
 #![feature(async_fn_track_caller, type_alias_impl_trait)]
 #![warn(rust_2018_idioms)]
 #![forbid(elided_lifetimes_in_paths, unsafe_code)]
+// STOP HIGHLIGHTING MY ENTIRE CODE RED YOU MOTHERFUCKING PEACE OF GARBAGE SOFTWARE
+// SOMETIMES I AM WRITING CODE BEFORE I INSERT A BREAK SOMEWHERE
+// ARE YOU AWARE THAT CODING DOESN'T PRODUCE FINISHED CODE IN A MILLISECOND???????
+#![allow(clippy::never_loop, unreachable_code)]
 
 mod static_mutex;
 
-use defmt::*;
+use defmt::{info, println, unwrap};
 use defmt_rtt as _;
 use embassy_executor::Spawner;
 use embassy_stm32::{
@@ -61,43 +65,75 @@ async fn query_time(mut pon: POn, mut tco: Tco, interval: Duration) {
 	loop {
 		pon.set_low();
 		info!("Waiting");
-		tco.wait_for_falling_edge().await;
-		// for _ in 0 .. 10 {
-		// 	info!("Receiving");
-		// 	let mut bytes = 0u64;
-		// 	for _ in 0 .. 60 {
-		// 		bytes = (bytes << 1) | (tco.is_low() as u64);
-		// 		Timer::after(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
-		// 	}
-		// 	info!("DCF77: {:X}", bytes);
-		// }
-		let start = Instant::now();
-		let mut next = start;
-		for _ in 0 .. 120 {
-			let mut bytes = 0u16;
-			for _ in 0 .. 10 {
-				bytes = (bytes << 1) | (tco.is_low() as u16);
-				next += Duration::from_millis(100);
-				Timer::at(next).await;
-			}
-			println!(
-				"{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} ({})",
-				(bytes >> 9) & 1,
-				(bytes >> 8) & 1,
-				(bytes >> 7) & 1,
-				(bytes >> 6) & 1,
-				(bytes >> 5) & 1,
-				(bytes >> 4) & 1,
-				(bytes >> 3) & 1,
-				(bytes >> 2) & 1,
-				(bytes >> 1) & 1,
-				bytes & 1,
-				start.elapsed().as_millis()
-			);
-		}
-		pon.set_high();
 
-		Timer::after(interval).await;
+		// we need to find the minute marker
+		// that means we won't receive a transmission for an entire second
+		tco.wait_for_rising_edge().await;
+		loop {
+			tco.wait_for_falling_edge().await;
+			let start = Instant::now();
+			tco.wait_for_rising_edge().await;
+			// our starting edge should have at least 800ms from the previous second,
+			// and then a full second.
+			if start.elapsed().as_millis() > 1500 {
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		let mut start = Instant::now();
+
+		info!("Receiving");
+
+		// we always start on the rising edge, with `start` set already
+		const SECONDS: usize = 60;
+		let mut bytes = [0u64; SECONDS];
+		let mut timing = [0u64; SECONDS];
+		let mut i = 0;
+		while i < SECONDS {
+			tco.wait_for_falling_edge().await;
+			bytes[i] = start.elapsed().as_millis();
+			tco.wait_for_rising_edge().await;
+			timing[i] = start.elapsed().as_millis();
+			start = Instant::now();
+
+			// verify that the transmission wasn't just noise of the previous one
+			if i > 0 && bytes[i] < 100 && timing[i - 1] - bytes[i - 1] < 100 {
+				bytes[i - 1] += timing[i - 1] + bytes[i];
+				timing[i - 1] += timing[i];
+			}
+			// and verify that the transmission wasn't a minute marker
+			else if timing[i] >= 1500 {
+				info!("Retrying");
+				i = 0;
+			}
+			// otherwise advance the second
+			else {
+				i += 1;
+			}
+		}
+
+		pon.set_high();
+		info!("Done");
+
+		let mut garbage = false;
+		for i in 0 .. SECONDS {
+			let data = match (bytes[i], timing[i]) {
+				(75 ..= 174, 900 ..= 1100) => "0",
+				(175 ..= 300, 900 ..= 1100) => "1",
+				_ => {
+					garbage = true;
+					"GARBAGE"
+				}
+			};
+			println!(
+				"Bit {:02}: on for {:04} ms of {:04} ms total -- {:02}: {}",
+				i, bytes[i], timing[i], i, data
+			);
+			Timer::after(Duration::from_millis(50)).await;
+		}
+
+		if !garbage {
+			Timer::after(interval).await;
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -108,7 +144,7 @@ async fn main(spawner: Spawner) {
 	let pon = Output::new(p.PA0, Level::High, Speed::Low);
 	let tco = ExtiInput::new(Input::new(p.PA1, Pull::None), p.EXTI1);
 
-	unwrap!(spawner.spawn(query_time(pon, tco, Duration::from_secs(300))));
+	unwrap!(spawner.spawn(query_time(pon, tco, Duration::from_secs(120))));
 
 	LED.init(Output::new(p.PA5, Level::Low, Speed::Low)).await;
 	let button = ExtiInput::new(Input::new(p.PC13, Pull::Up), p.EXTI13);