diff --git a/src/bin/parkerrust.rs b/src/bin/parkerrust.rs
index b03549a..f05cd03 100644
--- a/src/bin/parkerrust.rs
+++ b/src/bin/parkerrust.rs
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ fn findwords(
                     if totalbits & w != 0 {
                         0usize
                     } else {
-                        let idx: usize = bits_to_index[&w];
-                        let mut newwords: [usize; 5] = words.clone();
+                        let idx: usize = bits_to_index[w];
+                        let mut newwords: [usize; 5] = *words;
                         newwords[numwords] = idx;
                         findwords(
                             lettermask,
@@ -96,40 +96,38 @@ fn findwords(
                     }
                 })
                 .sum::<usize>()
-        } else {
-            if numwords == 4 && skipped >= 0 {
-                let candidate = !(totalbits | lettermask[skipped as usize]) & 0x3FFFFFF;
-                if let Some(last_index) = bits_to_index.get(&candidate) {
-                    words[numwords] = *last_index;
+        } else if numwords == 4 && skipped >= 0 {
+            let candidate = !(totalbits | lettermask[skipped as usize]) & 0x3FFFFFF;
+            if let Some(last_index) = bits_to_index.get(&candidate) {
+                words[numwords] = *last_index;
 
-                    output(index_to_word, words);
-                    numsolutions += 1
+                output(index_to_word, words);
+                numsolutions += 1
+            }
+        } else {
+            for w in letter_to_words_bits[i].iter() {
+                if totalbits & w != 0 {
+                    continue;
                 }
-            } else {
-                for w in letter_to_words_bits[i].iter() {
-                    if totalbits & w != 0 {
-                        continue;
-                    }
 
-                    let idx: usize = bits_to_index[&w];
-                    words[numwords] = idx;
+                let idx: usize = bits_to_index[w];
+                words[numwords] = idx;
 
-                    if numwords == 4 {
-                        output(index_to_word, words);
-                        numsolutions += 1
-                    } else {
-                        numsolutions += findwords(
-                            lettermask,
-                            letter_to_words_bits,
-                            bits_to_index,
-                            index_to_word,
-                            totalbits | w,
-                            numwords + 1,
-                            words,
-                            i + 1,
-                            skipped,
-                        )
-                    }
+                if numwords == 4 {
+                    output(index_to_word, words);
+                    numsolutions += 1
+                } else {
+                    numsolutions += findwords(
+                        lettermask,
+                        letter_to_words_bits,
+                        bits_to_index,
+                        index_to_word,
+                        totalbits | w,
+                        numwords + 1,
+                        words,
+                        i + 1,
+                        skipped,
+                    )
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -143,8 +141,7 @@ fn findwords(
     numsolutions
 }
 
-fn output(index_to_word: &Vec<&[u8]>, words: &[usize; 5]) -> () {
-    // return;
+fn output(index_to_word: &[&[u8]], words: &[usize; 5]) {
     let str = format!(
         "{} {} {} {} {}",
         unsafe { std::str::from_utf8_unchecked(index_to_word[words[0]]) },
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 9c5f03b..5f4ef12 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub fn readwords<'a>(
         let char = *char;
         // _technically_ this loop will not work for the last word
         // In practice the last word has a duplicate letter so we don't care
-        if char != '\n' as u8 {
+        if char != b'\n' {
             bits |= 1 << (char as u32 - 'a' as u32);
             continue;
         }
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ pub fn readwords<'a>(
     let mut reverseletterorder: [usize; 26] = [0; 26];
 
     for i in 0..26 {
-        lettermask[i] = (1 as u32) << freq[i].letter;
+        lettermask[i] = 1_u32 << freq[i].letter;
         reverseletterorder[freq[i].letter as usize] = i;
     }