diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fd8f458..7bda69b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "automod",
  "num",
+ "pathfinding",
  "rayon",
  "regex",
  "scan_fmt",
@@ -79,12 +80,61 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "deprecate-until"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a3767f826efbbe5a5ae093920b58b43b01734202be697e1354914e862e8e704"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "semver",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a26ae43d7bcc3b814de94796a5e736d4029efb0ee900c12e2d54c993ad1a1e07"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "equivalent"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fixedbitset"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0ce7134b9999ecaf8bcd65542e436736ef32ddca1b3e06094cb6ec5755203b80"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.14.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "290f1a1d9242c78d09ce40a5e87e7554ee637af1351968159f4952f028f75604"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "indexmap"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d530e1a18b1cb4c484e6e34556a0d948706958449fca0cab753d649f2bce3d1f"
+dependencies = [
+ "equivalent",
+ "hashbrown",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "integer-sqrt"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "276ec31bcb4a9ee45f58bec6f9ec700ae4cf4f4f8f2fa7e06cb406bd5ffdd770"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.9"
@@ -182,6 +232,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pathfinding"
+version = "4.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3ea07a6e677e47d6a84724d4fdf88b1e37fcb49ac94e236d7caeefd8fee75c8a"
+dependencies = [
+ "deprecate-until",
+ "fixedbitset",
+ "indexmap",
+ "integer-sqrt",
+ "num-traits",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.70"
@@ -249,6 +314,12 @@ version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c08c74e62047bb2de4ff487b251e4a92e24f48745648451635cec7d591162d9f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-hash"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.15"
@@ -270,6 +341,12 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "semver"
+version = "1.0.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "836fa6a3e1e547f9a2c4040802ec865b5d85f4014efe00555d7090a3dcaa1090"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.193"
@@ -312,6 +389,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "1.0.51"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f11c217e1416d6f036b870f14e0413d480dbf28edbee1f877abaf0206af43bb7"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "1.0.51"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "01742297787513b79cf8e29d1056ede1313e2420b7b3b15d0a768b4921f549df"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 82f7242..aedb12e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 automod = "1.0.13"
 num = "0.4.1"
+pathfinding = "4.6.0"
 rayon = "1.8.0"
 regex = "1.10.2"
 scan_fmt = "0.2.6"
diff --git a/res/17/example b/res/17/example
index e69de29..3c85086 100644
--- a/res/17/example
+++ b/res/17/example
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+2413432311323
+3215453535623
+3255245654254
+3446585845452
+4546657867536
+1438598798454
+4457876987766
+3637877979653
+4654967986887
+4564679986453
+1224686865563
+2546548887735
+4322674655533
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/days/d17.rs b/src/days/d17.rs
index 64bf4b1..973e0a2 100644
--- a/src/days/d17.rs
+++ b/src/days/d17.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,328 @@
-use std::fs;
+use std::{
+    cmp::{Ordering, Reverse},
+    collections::{BTreeMap, BinaryHeap, HashMap},
+    fs,
+};
 
 pub fn solve() {
     let path = "res/17/example";
 
-    let mut _contents = fs::read_to_string(path).expect("I/O error, wrong path?");
+    let contents = fs::read_to_string(path).expect("I/O error, wrong path?");
     //let contents = BufReader::new(fs::File::open(path).expect("I/O error, wrong path?"));
 
-    let result: usize = 0;
+    let grid: Vec<Vec<u32>> = contents
+        .lines()
+        .map(|line| {
+            line.chars()
+                .map(|c| c.to_digit(10).unwrap())
+                .collect::<Vec<u32>>()
+        })
+        .collect();
 
+    let start = (0, 0);
+    let target = (grid.len() - 1, grid[0].len() - 1);
+
+    let results = dijkstra2(&grid, start);
+
+    let mut pri = grid.clone();
+    let mut curr = (grid.len() - 1, grid[0].len() - 1);
+    while curr != (0, 0) {
+        pri[curr.0][curr.1] = 0;
+        curr = results.get(&curr).unwrap().unwrap().0;
+    }
+    for row in pri {
+        for num in row {
+            if num == 0 {
+                print!("#")
+            } else {
+                print!("{}", num)
+            }
+        }
+        println!()
+    }
+    println!();
+
+    let result = results.get(&target).unwrap().unwrap().1;
     println!("Result 1: {result}");
 
     let result: usize = 0;
 
     println!("Result 2: {result}");
 }
+
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
+struct State {
+    cost: usize,
+    position: (usize, usize),
+}
+
+impl Ord for State {
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Ordering {
+        other
+            .cost
+            .cmp(&self.cost)
+            .then_with(|| self.position.cmp(&other.position))
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialOrd for State {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        Some(self.cmp(other))
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Edge {
+    node: (usize, usize),
+    cost: usize,
+}
+/*
+fn dijkstra(grid: &Vec<Vec<u32>>, start: (usize, usize), goal: (usize, usize)) -> Option<usize> {
+    let mut dist: HashMap<(usize, usize), usize> = HashMap::new();
+    let mut visited: HashMap<(usize, usize), bool> = HashMap::new();
+    let mut prev: HashMap<(usize, usize), (usize, usize)> = HashMap::new();
+    for x in 0..grid.len() {
+        for y in 0..grid[0].len() {
+            dist.insert((x, y), usize::MAX);
+            visited.insert((x, y), false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    dist.insert(start, 0);
+    prev.insert(start, start);
+
+    let mut heap = BinaryHeap::new();
+
+    heap.push(State {
+        cost: 0,
+        position: start,
+    });
+
+    while let Some(State { cost, position }) = heap.pop() {
+        if position == goal {
+            let mut pri = grid.clone();
+            let mut curr = (grid.len() - 1, grid[0].len() - 1);
+            while curr != (0, 0) {
+                pri[curr.0][curr.1] = 0;
+                curr = *prev.get(&curr).unwrap();
+            }
+            for row in pri {
+                for num in row {
+                    if num == 0 {
+                        print!("#")
+                    } else {
+                        print!("{}", num)
+                    }
+                }
+                println!()
+            }
+            println!();
+            for x in 0..grid.len() {
+                for y in 0..grid[0].len() {
+                    if dist.contains_key(&(x, y)) {
+                        print!("{}", format!(" {:04}", dist.get(&(x, y)).unwrap()))
+                    } else {
+                        print!(" ###")
+                    }
+                }
+                println!()
+            }
+            return Some(cost);
+        }
+
+        if cost > *dist.get(&position)? {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        let is_max_in_dir = max_in_dir(position, &prev);
+        let adj_list: Vec<Edge> =
+            get_adjacent_positions(position, is_max_in_dir, *prev.get(&position).unwrap())
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|(x, y)| *x < grid.len() && *y < grid[0].len())
+                .map(|pos| Edge {
+                    node: *pos,
+                    cost: grid[pos.0][pos.1] as usize,
+                })
+                .collect();
+
+        //println!("pos: {position:?}, adj: {:?}", &adj_list);
+        for edge in adj_list {
+            let next = State {
+                cost: cost + edge.cost,
+                position: edge.node,
+            };
+
+            if next.cost < *dist.get(&next.position)? {
+                heap.push(next);
+
+                *dist.get_mut(&next.position)? = next.cost;
+                prev.insert(next.position, position);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+*/
+//
+// returns a map that for each reachable vertex associates the distance and the predecessor
+// since the start has no predecessor but is reachable, map[start] will be None
+pub fn dijkstra2(
+    graph: &Vec<Vec<u32>>,
+    start: (usize, usize),
+) -> BTreeMap<(usize, usize), Option<((usize, usize), u32)>> {
+    let mut ans = BTreeMap::new();
+    let mut prio = BinaryHeap::new();
+
+    // start is the special case that doesn't have a predecessor
+    ans.insert(start, None);
+
+    for coord in vec![(0, 1), (1, 0)] {
+        ans.insert(coord, Some((start, graph[coord.0][coord.1])));
+        prio.push(Reverse((graph[coord.0][coord.1], coord, start, 0, 0)));
+        prio.push(Reverse((graph[coord.0][coord.1], coord, start, 1, 0)));
+    }
+
+    while let Some(Reverse((dist_new, new, prev, dir, steps))) = prio.pop() {
+        match ans[&new] {
+            // what we popped is what is in ans, we'll compute it
+            Some((p, d)) if p == prev && d == dist_new => {}
+            // otherwise it's not interesting
+            _ => continue,
+        }
+
+        let adj_list: Vec<((usize, usize), u32, i32, i32)> =
+            get_adjacent_positions(new, dir, steps, ans.get(&new).unwrap().unwrap().0)
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|((x, y), _, _)| *x < graph.len() && *y < graph[0].len())
+                .map(|(pos, dir, steps)| (*pos, graph[pos.0][pos.1], *dir, *steps))
+                .collect();
+
+        for (next, weight, dir, steps) in adj_list {
+            match ans.get(&next) {
+                // if ans[next] is a lower dist than the alternative one, we do nothing
+                Some(Some((_, dist_next))) if dist_new + weight > *dist_next => {}
+                // if ans[next] is None then next is start and so the distance won't be changed, it won't be added again in prio
+                Some(None) => {}
+                // the new path is shorter, either new was not in ans or it was farther
+                _ => {
+                    ans.insert(next, Some((new, weight + dist_new)));
+                    prio.push(Reverse((weight + dist_new, next, new, dir, steps)));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    ans
+}
+
+fn get_adjacent_positions(
+    pos: (usize, usize),
+    dir: i32,
+    steps: i32,
+    last_pos: (usize, usize),
+) -> Vec<((usize, usize), i32, i32)> {
+    let mut adj_positions = Vec::new();
+
+    let directions = vec![(0, 1), (1, 0), (0, -1), (-1, 0)]; // Right, Down, Left, Up
+
+    for &(dx, dy) in &directions {
+        let new_pos = (pos.0 as isize + dx, pos.1 as isize + dy);
+
+        if new_pos.0 < 0 || new_pos.1 < 0 {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        let new_pos = (new_pos.0 as usize, new_pos.1 as usize);
+
+        if new_pos == last_pos {
+            // wrong dir
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if new_pos.0.abs_diff(last_pos.0) == 2 || new_pos.1.abs_diff(last_pos.1) == 2 {
+            if steps < 3 {
+                adj_positions.push((new_pos, dir, steps + 1))
+            }
+        } else {
+            let dir = match (dx, dy) {
+                (0, 1) => 0,
+                (1, 0) => 1,
+                (0, -1) => 2,
+                _ => 3,
+            };
+            adj_positions.push((new_pos, dir, 1));
+        }
+    }
+
+    adj_positions
+}
+
+fn max_in_dir(pos: (usize, usize), prev: &HashMap<(usize, usize), (usize, usize)>) -> bool {
+    if !prev.contains_key(&pos)
+        || !prev.contains_key(prev.get(&pos).unwrap())
+        || !prev.contains_key(prev.get(prev.get(&pos).unwrap()).unwrap())
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    let prev1 = *prev.get(&pos).unwrap();
+    let prev2 = *prev.get(&prev1).unwrap();
+    let prev3 = *prev.get(&prev2).unwrap();
+
+    let diff = (prev1.0.abs_diff(pos.0), prev1.1.abs_diff(pos.1));
+
+    if diff == (prev2.0.abs_diff(prev1.0), prev2.1.abs_diff(prev1.1))
+        && diff == (prev3.0.abs_diff(prev2.0), prev3.1.abs_diff(prev2.1))
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    false
+}
+
+fn max_in_dir2(
+    pos: (usize, usize),
+    prev: &BTreeMap<(usize, usize), Option<((usize, usize), u32)>>,
+) -> bool {
+    if !prev.contains_key(&pos)
+        || !prev.get(&pos).unwrap().is_some()
+        || !prev.contains_key(&prev.get(&pos).unwrap().unwrap().0)
+        || !prev
+            .get(&prev.get(&pos).unwrap().unwrap().0)
+            .unwrap()
+            .is_some()
+        || !prev.contains_key(
+            &prev
+                .get(&prev.get(&pos).unwrap().unwrap().0)
+                .unwrap()
+                .unwrap()
+                .0,
+        )
+        || !prev
+            .get(
+                &prev
+                    .get(&prev.get(&pos).unwrap().unwrap().0)
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .0,
+            )
+            .unwrap()
+            .is_some()
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    let prev1 = prev.get(&pos).unwrap().unwrap().0;
+    let prev2 = prev.get(&prev1).unwrap().unwrap().0;
+    let prev3 = prev.get(&prev2).unwrap().unwrap().0;
+
+    let diff = (prev1.0.abs_diff(pos.0), prev1.1.abs_diff(pos.1));
+
+    if diff == (prev2.0.abs_diff(prev1.0), prev2.1.abs_diff(prev1.1))
+        && diff == (prev3.0.abs_diff(prev2.0), prev3.1.abs_diff(prev2.1))
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    false
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d167d90..00aa7a8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ extern crate scan_fmt;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
 fn main() {
-    //days::d16::solve()
-    _all_days()
+    days::d17::solve()
+    //_all_days()
 }
 
 #[allow(unreachable_code, unused)]