diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a2bdb78..9ce4bf0 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-use std::{collections::HashMap, env};
+use std::{
+    collections::{HashMap, HashSet},
+    env,
+};
 
 use hsl::HSL;
 use image::{GenericImage, GenericImageView, Pixel, Rgb, Rgba};
@@ -11,56 +14,78 @@ fn main() {
     let in_path = args.next().expect("i need a PATH. now!");
     let start_x = args
         .next()
-        .and_then(|n| n.parse::<i32>().ok())
+        .and_then(|n| n.parse::<u32>().ok())
         .expect("start x");
     let start_y = args
         .next()
-        .and_then(|n| n.parse::<i32>().ok())
+        .and_then(|n| n.parse::<u32>().ok())
         .expect("start y");
     let out_path = args.next().expect("out path");
 
     let mut img = image::open(in_path).expect("i wanna open an image");
 
-    // let's just hsl-rotate floodfill first
-    let mut covered = HashMap::new();
-    covered.insert((start_x, start_y), HSL::from_rgb(&[255, 0, 0]));
+    // get length of path, find covered
+    // jk we can't precompute covered
+    let mut covered: HashSet<(u32, u32)> = HashSet::new();
+    let mut front = HashSet::new();
+    front.insert((start_x, start_y));
+    let mut step: u32 = 0;
 
-    // TODO: hold front and covered. duh
-    // scale based on longest path (ez)
     loop {
-        let mut front = HashMap::new();
-        for ((x, y), hsl) in &covered {
-            for (dx, dy) in (-1..=1).cartesian_product(-1..=1) {
-                let (x, y) = (x + dx, y + dy);
-                let Ok(x_idx) = x.try_into() else {
-                    break;
-                };
-                let Ok(y_idx) = y.try_into() else {
-                    break;
-                };
-
-                if img.in_bounds(x_idx, y_idx)
-                    && !is_dark(img.get_pixel(x_idx, y_idx).to_rgb())
-                    && !covered.contains_key(&(x, y))
+        let mut new_front = HashSet::new();
+        for (x, y) in &front {
+            for (x, y) in adjacent(*x, *y) {
+                if img.in_bounds(x, y)
+                    && !is_dark(img.get_pixel(x, y).to_rgb())
+                    && !covered.contains(&(x, y))
                 {
-                    let mut color = *hsl;
-                    color.h += 1.;
-                    if color.h >= 360. {
-                        color.h = 0.;
-                    }
-                    let (r, g, b) = color.to_rgb();
-
-                    img.put_pixel(x_idx, y_idx, Rgba([r, g, b, 255]));
-                    front.insert((x, y), color);
+                    new_front.insert((x, y));
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        if front.is_empty() {
+        if new_front.is_empty() {
             break;
         }
 
-        covered.extend(front);
+        covered.extend(new_front.iter());
+        front = new_front;
+        step += 1;
+    }
+
+    // color :D
+    let change_per_step = 360. / f64::from(step).max(1.);
+
+    let mut covered: HashSet<(u32, u32)> = HashSet::new();
+    let mut front = HashMap::new();
+    front.insert((start_x, start_y), HSL::from_rgb(&[255, 0, 0]));
+    loop {
+        let mut new_front = HashMap::new();
+        for ((x, y), hsl) in &front {
+            for (x, y) in adjacent(*x, *y) {
+                if img.in_bounds(x, y)
+                    && !is_dark(img.get_pixel(x, y).to_rgb())
+                    && !covered.contains(&(x, y))
+                {
+                    let mut color = *hsl;
+                    color.h += change_per_step;
+                    if color.h >= 360. {
+                        color.h = 0.;
+                    }
+
+                    let (r, g, b) = color.to_rgb();
+                    new_front.insert((x, y), color);
+                    img.put_pixel(x, y, Rgba([r, g, b, 255]));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if new_front.is_empty() {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        covered.extend(new_front.keys());
+        front = new_front;
     }
 
     img.save(out_path).expect("tried to save :(");
@@ -70,3 +95,15 @@ fn is_dark(pixel: Rgb<u8>) -> bool {
     let Rgb([r, g, b]) = pixel;
     r < 127 && g < 127 && b < 127
 }
+
+fn adjacent(x: u32, y: u32) -> impl Iterator<Item = (u32, u32)> {
+    (-1..=1)
+        .cartesian_product(-1..=1)
+        .filter_map(move |(dx, dy): (i32, i32)| {
+            if (dx == -1 && x == 0) || (dy == -1 && y == 0) {
+                None
+            } else {
+                Some(((x as i32 + dx) as u32, (y as i32 + dy) as u32))
+            }
+        })
+}