diff --git a/projecteuler/089/src/main.rs b/projecteuler/089/src/main.rs
index cdff4d5..428a892 100644
--- a/projecteuler/089/src/main.rs
+++ b/projecteuler/089/src/main.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,23 @@ enum RomanNum {
 use RomanNum::*;
 type RomanNumeral = Vec<RomanNum>;
 
+impl RomanNum {
+    fn to_digit(&self) -> u32 {
+        match self {
+            I => 1,
+            V => 5,
+            X => 10,
+            L => 50,
+            C => 100,
+            D => 500,
+            M => 1000,
+            Empty => 0,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // This function is not correct at all but I'm not gonna bother fixing it
+#[deprecated]
 fn _is_minimal(number: &RomanNumeral) -> bool {
     let mut last_num = Empty;
     let mut occ = 0;
@@ -43,7 +59,8 @@ fn _is_minimal(number: &RomanNumeral) -> bool {
     true
 }
 
-fn reduce(original: &RomanNumeral) -> RomanNumeral {
+#[deprecated]
+fn _reduce(original: &RomanNumeral) -> RomanNumeral {
     let mut last_num = Empty;
     let mut occ = 0;
     let mut result = vec![];
@@ -167,7 +184,8 @@ fn reduce(original: &RomanNumeral) -> RomanNumeral {
     result
 }
 
-fn reduce_extra(numeral: &RomanNumeral) -> RomanNumeral {
+#[deprecated]
+fn _reduce_extra(numeral: &RomanNumeral) -> RomanNumeral {
     if numeral.len() <= 3 {
         return numeral.clone();
     }
@@ -211,6 +229,106 @@ fn reduce_extra(numeral: &RomanNumeral) -> RomanNumeral {
     result.into_iter().filter(|&n| n != Empty).collect()
 }
 
+fn roman_to_decimal(number: &RomanNumeral) -> u32 {
+    let mut result: i32 = 0;
+    let mut last;
+    let mut current = Empty;
+
+    for &num in number.iter() {
+        last = current;
+        current = num;
+
+        if last.to_digit() < current.to_digit() {
+            result -= last.to_digit() as i32;
+        } else {
+            result += last.to_digit() as i32;
+        }
+    }
+
+    result += current.to_digit() as i32;
+    result as u32
+}
+
+fn decimal_to_roman(number: u32) -> RomanNumeral {
+    let mut n = number;
+    let mut result = vec![];
+
+    while n > 0 {
+        while n >= 1000 {
+            result.push(M);
+            n -= 1000;
+        }
+
+        if n >= 900 {
+            result.push(C);
+            result.push(M);
+            n -= 900;
+        }
+
+        if n >= 500 {
+            result.push(D);
+            n -= 500;
+        }
+
+        if n >= 400 {
+            result.push(C);
+            result.push(D);
+            n -= 400;
+        }
+
+        while n >= 100 {
+            result.push(C);
+            n -= 100;
+        }
+
+        if n >= 90 {
+            result.push(X);
+            result.push(C);
+            n -= 90;
+        }
+
+        if n >= 50 {
+            result.push(L);
+            n -= 50;
+        }
+
+        if n >= 40 {
+            result.push(X);
+            result.push(L);
+            n -= 40;
+        }
+
+        while n >= 10 {
+            result.push(X);
+            n -= 10;
+        }
+
+        if n == 9 {
+            result.push(I);
+            result.push(X);
+            n -= 9;
+        }
+
+        if n >= 5 {
+            result.push(V);
+            n -= 5;
+        }
+
+        if n == 4 {
+            result.push(I);
+            result.push(V);
+            n -= 4;
+        }
+
+        while n > 0 {
+            result.push(I);
+            n -= 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    result
+}
+
 fn parse_input(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Vec<RomanNumeral>> {
     let (input, result) = separated_list1(
         multispace1,
@@ -250,21 +368,37 @@ fn main() {
     // println!("{:?}", res);
 
     let (_, numerals) = parse_input(input_text).unwrap();
-
     let mut result = 0;
-    for mut numeral in numerals {
-        let start = numeral.len();
-        let mut s = start;
-        loop {
-            numeral = reduce(&numeral);
-            numeral = reduce_extra(&numeral);
-            if s == numeral.len() {
-                break;
-            }
-            s = numeral.len();
-        }
-        result += start - numeral.len();
-        println!("{:?} , {}", numeral, start - numeral.len());
+
+    // for mut numeral in numerals {
+    //     let start = numeral.len();
+    //     let mut s = start;
+    //     loop {
+    //         numeral = reduce(&numeral);
+    //         numeral = reduce_extra(&numeral);
+    //         if s == numeral.len() {
+    //             break;
+    //         }
+    //         s = numeral.len();
+    //     }
+    //     result += start - numeral.len();
+    //     println!("{:?} , {}", numeral, start - numeral.len());
+    // }
+
+    // Thanks chat gpt for giving me the direction of a solution that should work (although let the record state that the specific solution it generated was not correct at all)
+    for numeral in numerals {
+        let l = numeral.len();
+        let dec_version = roman_to_decimal(&numeral);
+        let rom_version = decimal_to_roman(dec_version);
+
+        // println!(
+        //     "{:?} calculated to be {} then represented as {:?}",
+        //     numeral, &dec_version, &rom_version,
+        // );
+
+        debug_assert!(l >= rom_version.len());
+
+        result += l - rom_version.len();
     }
 
     println!("The number of characters that can be saved is: {}", result);