diff --git a/asm_rules.c b/asm_rules.c
index 10b9a17..b85847f 100644
--- a/asm_rules.c
+++ b/asm_rules.c
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
-void asm_rules(char *in, char _asm[27]){
+void trit_flip(char *in, char n0, char n1, char n2, char n3) {
+	in[0] = n0;
+	in[1] = n1;
+	in[2] = n2;
+	in[3] = n3;
+}
+void asm_rules(char *in, char *_asm){
 
-	for (int i=0; i<27; i++) {
-		_asm[i] = 0;
-	}
 
 	char *word = strtok(in, " ");
 
@@ -21,79 +25,39 @@ void asm_rules(char *in, char _asm[27]){
 			//comments
 			break;
 		} else {
-			//cases make larger checks harder to read
 			if(word[0] == 'i') {
-				//integer
 				_asm[1] = 1; 
 			} else if(word[0] == 'f') {
 				//floating
-				_asm[1] = 2;
 			}
 			if (word[0] == '$') {
 				//constants
-				_asm[0] = 2; //set constant loading (on input 1)
-
+				_asm[12] = 2; //set constant loading (on input 1)
 			} else if (word[0] == '@') {
 				//address location
 
-			//beware: beginning yandev style
+			//cases make larger checks harder to read
 			} else if (strstr(word, "max")) { 
-				_asm[2] = 2; //set layer to arithmetics and logic
-				_asm[3] = 0;
-				_asm[4] = 0;
-				_asm[5] = 1;
+				trit_flip(_asm, '+', '0', '0', '0');
 			} else if (strstr(word, "min")) {
-				_asm[2] = 2; //set layer to arithmetics and logic
-				_asm[3] = 0;
-				_asm[4] = 0;
-				_asm[5] = 2;
+				trit_flip(_asm, '-', '0', '0', '0');
 			} else if (strstr(word, "any")) {
-				_asm[2] = 2; //set layer to arithmetics and logic
-				_asm[3] = 0;
-				_asm[4] = 2;
-				_asm[5] = 2;
+				trit_flip(_asm, '0', '0', '0', '0');
 			} else if (strstr(word, "cons")) {
-				_asm[2] = 2; //set layer to arithmetics and logic
-				_asm[3] = 0;
-				_asm[4] = 1;
-				_asm[5] = 1;
+				trit_flip(_asm, '-', '+', '0', '0');
 			} else if (strstr(word, "add")) {
-				_asm[2] = 2; //set layer to arithmetics and logic
-				_asm[3] = 1;
-				_asm[4] = 0;
-				_asm[5] = 1;
+				trit_flip(_asm, '+', '-', '+', '0');
 			} else if (strstr(word, "sub")) {
-				_asm[2] = 2; //set layer to arithmetics and logic
-				_asm[3] = 1;
-				_asm[4] = 0;
-				_asm[5] = 2;
+				trit_flip(_asm, '+', '-', '-', '0');
 			} else if (strstr(word, "mul")) {
-				_asm[2] = 2; //set layer to arithmetics and logic
-				_asm[3] = 1;
-				_asm[4] = 1;
-				_asm[5] = 0;
+				trit_flip(_asm, '+', '0', '+', '0');
 			} else if (strstr(word, "div")) {
-				_asm[2] = 2; //set layer to arithmetics and logic
-				_asm[3] = 1;
-				_asm[4] = 2;
-				_asm[5] = 0;
+				trit_flip(_asm, '+', '0', '-', '0');
 			} else if (strstr(word, "dec")) {
-				_asm[2] = 2; //set layer to arithmetics and logic
-				_asm[3] = 2;
-				_asm[4] = 2;
-				_asm[5] = 0;
+				trit_flip(_asm, '-', '-', '0', '0');
 			} else if (strstr(word, "inc")) {
-				_asm[2] = 2; //set layer to arithmetics and logic
-				_asm[3] = 2;
-				_asm[4] = 2;
-				_asm[5] = 1;
-			} else if (strstr(word, "not")) {
-				_asm[2] = 2; //set layer to arithmetics and logic
-				_asm[3] = 2;
-				_asm[4] = 2;
-				_asm[5] = 2;
+				trit_flip(_asm, '-', '+', '0', '0');
 			}
-
 		}
 
 		word = strtok(NULL, " ");
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 32a11be..291b55e 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -3,62 +3,36 @@
 
 void bin_to_hex(char *tryte, int *hex) {
 	char *a = tryte;
-	int num = 0;
+	long num = 0;
 	do {
-		int b = *a=='1'?1:0;
+		long b = *a=='1'?1:0;
 		num = (num<<1)|b;
 		a++;
 	} while (*a);
 	*hex = num;
-	//printf("%d\n",num);
 
 }
 void asm_to_hex(char *_asm, int *opcode, int *in0, int *in1, int *out){
 
-	char tryte[54];
-	char t0[18]; 
-	char t1[18]; 
-	char t2[18]; 
-	char t3[18]; 
-	for (int i = 0; i < 18; i++) {
- 		t0[i] = 0;
- 		t1[i] = 0;
- 		t2[i] = 0;
- 		t3[i] = 0;
-	}
-	for (int i = 0; i < 54; i++) {
- 		tryte[i] = 0;
-	}
+	char tryte[108] = "\0";
+	char t0[26] = "\0"; 
+	char t1[26] = "\0"; 
+	char t2[26] = "\0"; 
+	char t3[26] = "\0"; 
 
+	int size = sizeof(_asm)/sizeof(_asm[0]);
 	//convert assembly to formated binary representation of ternary
-	for (int i = 0; i < 27; i++) {
+	for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(_asm)/4; i++) {
 		
 		//printf("%c",_asm[i]);
-		if(_asm[i]==2) {
+		if(_asm[i]=='-') {
 			strcat(tryte, "10");
-		} else if (_asm[i]==1) {
+		} else if (_asm[i]=='+') {
 			strcat(tryte, "01");
 		} else {
 			strcat(tryte, "00");
 		}
 	}
-	int j = 0;
-	for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
-		t0[i] = tryte[j];
-		j++;
-	}
-	for (int i = 0; i < 14; i++) {
-		t1[i] = tryte[j];
-		j++;
-	}
-	for (int i = 0; i < 14; i++) {
-		t2[i] = tryte[j];
-		j++;
-	}
-	for (int i = 0; i < 14; i++) {
-		t3[i] = tryte[j];
-		j++;
-	}
 
 	bin_to_hex(t0, opcode);
 	bin_to_hex(t1, in0);
@@ -111,7 +85,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 		hex_in1 = 0;
 		hex_out = 0;
 
-		printf("%s/n",in_asm);
 		if (in_asm[strlen(in_asm)-1] == '\n') {
 			in_asm[strlen(in_asm)-1] = '\0'; //cleans newline from string
 		}