diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ca91a67..5635ce9 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ pub struct Adjacencies {
 }
 
 impl Adjacencies {
+    pub fn for_table(seats: &Seating) -> Self {
+        let mut adj = Self::new(seats.amount);
+        seats.get_adjacent(&mut adj);
+        adj
+    }
+
     pub fn new(size: usize) -> Self {
         Adjacencies {
             amap: (0..size).map(|_| BitVec::from_elem(size, false)).collect(),
@@ -43,7 +49,7 @@ impl Adjacencies {
     fn is_disjoint(&mut self, other: &Adjacencies) -> bool {
         self.amap.iter_mut().enumerate().all(|(key, bitvec)| {
             bitvec.and(&other.amap[key]);
-            !bitvec.any()
+            bitvec.none()
         })
     }
 
@@ -61,6 +67,21 @@ impl Adjacencies {
                 .collect(),
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn union(&self, other: &Adjacencies) -> Adjacencies {
+        Adjacencies {
+            amap: self
+                .amap
+                .iter()
+                .enumerate()
+                .map(|(key, bitset)| {
+                    let mut bc = bitset.clone();
+                    bc.or(&other.amap[key]);
+                    bc
+                })
+                .collect(),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Display for Adjacencies {
@@ -104,12 +125,10 @@ impl Display for Seating {
 
 impl Seating {
     pub fn calc_alternatives(
-        &self,
         size: usize,
+        old_adjacencies: &Adjacencies,
     ) -> impl Coroutine<Yield = Seating, Return = usize> {
-        let mut old_adjacencies = Adjacencies::new(size);
-        self.get_adjacent(&mut old_adjacencies);
-
+        let old_adjacencies = old_adjacencies.clone();
         #[coroutine]
         move || {
             let mut checked_locations = 0;
@@ -197,7 +216,7 @@ impl Seating {
         side[x] = Some(person);
     }
 
-    fn get_adjacent(&self, prev_adj: &mut Adjacencies) {
+    pub fn get_adjacent(&self, prev_adj: &mut Adjacencies) {
         for (i, person) in self.people_top.iter().enumerate() {
             if let &Some(person) = person {
                 assert!(
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8137114..d9c7cab 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,26 +1,43 @@
 #![feature(coroutine_trait)]
 use std::{
+    fs::File,
+    io::{BufWriter, Result, Write},
     ops::{Coroutine, CoroutineState},
     pin::Pin,
+    time::Instant,
 };
 
 use shuffles::*;
 
-fn main() {
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    // let file = File::create("./valid_seatings")?;
+    // let mut bf = BufWriter::new(file);
+
     for size in 0..18 {
         let table = Seating::make_seating(size);
         println!("We have a table\n{table}");
-        let mut corot = table.calc_alternatives(size);
+        let mut old_adjacencies = Adjacencies::for_table(&table);
+        let mut corot = Seating::calc_alternatives(size, &old_adjacencies);
         println!("searching size {size}");
+
         let mut total = 0;
+        let start = Instant::now();
         loop {
             match Pin::new(&mut corot).resume(()) {
-                CoroutineState::Yielded(_val) => total += 1,
+                CoroutineState::Yielded(val) => {
+                    // writeln!(bf, "Seating {} for size {} is \n{}", total, size, val)?;
+                    total += 1;
+                }
                 CoroutineState::Complete(total_checked) => {
                     println!("checked {total_checked} in total to find {total} valid alternatives");
                     break;
                 }
             }
         }
+        println!(
+            "finished size {size} in {:.03} sec",
+            start.elapsed().as_secs_f64()
+        )
     }
+    Ok(())
 }