diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 997d08a..048fe4e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ use crate::letterset::LetterSet;
 mod letterset;
 
 fn main() {
+    let search_limit = env::args()
+        .nth(1)
+        .and_then(|n| n.parse::<usize>().ok())
+        .unwrap_or(1000);
+    eprintln!("search depth: {search_limit}");
+
     let mut dictionary: Vec<_> = BufReader::new(io::stdin().lock())
         .lines()
         .map(|line| {
@@ -17,13 +23,8 @@ fn main() {
             (word, ls)
         })
         .collect();
+    eprintln!("words: {}", dictionary.len());
 
-    let search_limit = env::args()
-        .nth(1)
-        .and_then(|n| n.parse::<usize>().ok())
-        .unwrap_or(1000);
-
-    eprintln!("search depth: {search_limit}");
     let Some((len, path)) = solve(&mut dictionary, search_limit) else {
         println!("failed :(");
         process::exit(1);