diff --git a/run-tests.py b/run-tests.py
index d907ec8..b0ab93f 100644
--- a/run-tests.py
+++ b/run-tests.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ dimension=2
 real=np.ones((dimension, dimension))
 imag=np.ones((dimension, dimension))
 submatrix=real+1j*imag
-print submatrix
+print submatrix.dtype
 
 p=lib.permanent(submatrix)
+print p
diff --git a/src/old.c b/src/old.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da69ce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/old.c
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/* Computes the permanent, given a numpy array */
+
+#define NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API NPY_1_7_API_VERSION
+#include <Python.h>
+#include <numpy/arrayobject.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#include <complex.h> 
+
+// Globals 
+PyArrayObject *submatrix;
+int size;
+
+// Boilerplate: Forward function declaration.
+static PyObject *permanent(PyObject *self, PyObject *args); 
+
+// Boilerplate: method list.
+static PyMethodDef methods[] = {
+  { "permanent", permanent, METH_VARARGS, "Compute the permanent"},
+  { NULL, NULL, 0, NULL } /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+// Boilerplate: Module initialization.
+PyMODINIT_FUNC initpermanent(void) {
+  (void) Py_InitModule("permanent", methods);
+  import_array();
+}
+
+// Array access macros.
+#define SM(x0, x1) (*(npy_complex64*)((PyArray_DATA(submatrix) + \
+                    (x0) * PyArray_STRIDES(submatrix)[0] +  \
+                    (x1) * PyArray_STRIDES(submatrix)[1])))
+#define SM_shape(x0) (int) PyArray_DIM(submatrix, x0)
+
+// Ryser's algorithm takes exponential time
+// The advantage over naive perm() only kicks in at around 6x6 matrices 
+// TODO: should take matrix as arg really, get rid of consts
+static npy_complex64 perm_ryser(void) {
+  npy_complex64 p;
+  p.real=0; p.imag=0; 
+  int i, j;
+  for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
+    for (j = 0; j < size; ++j) {
+      npy_complex64 q = SM(0,0);
+      p.real += q.real;
+      p.imag += q.imag;
+    }
+  }
+  return p;
+}
+
+void TODO(void) {
+    int n = size;
+    int i = 0; int z = 0; int y = 0;
+    npy_complex64 perm; perm.real=0; perm.imag=0; 
+    npy_complex64 prod; 
+    npy_complex64 sum; sum.real=0; sum.imag=0; 
+    npy_complex64 element;
+    int exp=pow(2.0, n);
+
+    // Iterate over exponentially many index strings
+    for (i=0; i<exp; ++i) {
+        prod.real = 1; prod.imag=0;
+        for (y=0; y<n; ++y) {               // Rows
+            sum.real = 0; sum.imag = 0;
+            for (z=0; z<n; ++z) {           // Columns
+                if ((i & (1 << z)) > 0) { sum.real += SM(z,y).real;  sum.imag += SM(z,y).imag; }
+            }
+            prod = c_prod(prod, sum);
+        }
+        perm += parity(i) * prod;
+    }
+    return c_prod((pow(-1,n)), perm);
+}
+
+// This is basically a wrapper which chooses the optimal permanent function
+static PyObject *permanent(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
+  // Parse input
+  if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!", &PyArray_Type, &submatrix)) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  // Check for stupid mistakes
+  if ((int) PyArray_NDIM(submatrix) != 2) {return NULL;}
+  size = (int) PyArray_DIM(submatrix, 0);
+  if ((int) PyArray_DIM(submatrix, 1) != size) {return NULL;}
+
+  // Get the permanent, convert to a python object, and return
+  npy_complex64 p = perm_ryser();
+  return PyComplex_FromDoubles(p.real,p.imag);
+}
diff --git a/src/oldold.c b/src/oldold.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae162ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/oldold.c
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/* Computes the permanent, given a numpy array */
+
+#define NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API NPY_1_7_API_VERSION
+#include <Python.h>
+#include <numpy/arrayobject.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#include <complex.h> 
+
+// Globals 
+
+// Boilerplate: Forward function declaration.
+static PyObject *permanent(PyObject *self, PyObject *args); 
+
+// Boilerplate: method list.
+static PyMethodDef methods[] = {
+  { "permanent", permanent, METH_VARARGS, "Compute the permanent"},
+  { NULL, NULL, 0, NULL } /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+// Boilerplate: Module initialization.
+PyMODINIT_FUNC initpermanent(void) {
+  (void) Py_InitModule("permanent", methods);
+  import_array();
+}
+
+// Array access macros.
+#define SM(x0, x1) (*(npy_complex64*)((PyArray_DATA(submatrix) + \
+                    (x0) * PyArray_STRIDES(submatrix)[0] +  \
+                    (x1) * PyArray_STRIDES(submatrix)[1])))
+#define SM_shape(x0) (int) PyArray_DIM(submatrix, x0)
+
+// Ryser's algorithm takes exponential time
+// The advantage over naive perm() only kicks in at around 6x6 matrices 
+// TODO: should take matrix as arg really, get rid of consts
+static npy_complex64 perm_ryser(PyArrayObject *submatrix) {
+  int size = (int) PyArray_DIM(submatrix, 0);
+  npy_complex64 p;
+  p.real=0; p.imag=0; 
+  int i, j;
+  for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
+    for (j = 0; j < size; ++j) {
+      npy_complex64 q = SM(i,j);
+      printf("real: %f\n", q.real);
+      printf("imag: %f\n", q.imag);
+      p.real += q.real;
+      p.imag += q.imag;
+    }
+  }
+  return p;
+}
+
+// This is basically a wrapper which chooses the optimal permanent function
+static PyObject *permanent(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
+  // Parse input
+  PyArrayObject *submatrix;
+  if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!", &PyArray_Type, &submatrix)) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  // Check for stupid mistakes
+  if ((int) PyArray_NDIM(submatrix) != 2) {return NULL;}
+  int size = (int) PyArray_DIM(submatrix, 0);
+  if ((int) PyArray_DIM(submatrix, 1) != size) {return NULL;}
+
+  // Get the permanent, convert to a python object, and return
+  npy_complex64 p = perm_ryser(submatrix);
+  return PyComplex_FromDoubles(p.real, p.imag);
+}
diff --git a/src/permanent.c b/src/permanent.c
index ae162ab..76236d3 100644
--- a/src/permanent.c
+++ b/src/permanent.c
@@ -1,68 +1,49 @@
 /* Computes the permanent, given a numpy array */
-
 #define NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API NPY_1_7_API_VERSION
 #include <Python.h>
 #include <numpy/arrayobject.h>
 #include <math.h>
 #include <complex.h> 
 
-// Globals 
+// Array access macros.
+#define SM(x0, x1) (*(npy_complex128*)((PyArray_DATA(submatrix) + \
+                    (x0) * PyArray_STRIDES(submatrix)[0] +  \
+                    (x1) * PyArray_STRIDES(submatrix)[1])))
+#define SM_shape(x0) (int) PyArray_DIM(submatrix, x0)
+#define complex_inc(x0, x1) x0.real+=x1.real; x0.imag+=x1.imag;
 
-// Boilerplate: Forward function declaration.
+// Boilerplate: Forward function declaration, method list, module initialization
 static PyObject *permanent(PyObject *self, PyObject *args); 
-
-// Boilerplate: method list.
 static PyMethodDef methods[] = {
   { "permanent", permanent, METH_VARARGS, "Compute the permanent"},
   { NULL, NULL, 0, NULL } /* Sentinel */
 };
-
-// Boilerplate: Module initialization.
 PyMODINIT_FUNC initpermanent(void) {
   (void) Py_InitModule("permanent", methods);
   import_array();
 }
 
-// Array access macros.
-#define SM(x0, x1) (*(npy_complex64*)((PyArray_DATA(submatrix) + \
-                    (x0) * PyArray_STRIDES(submatrix)[0] +  \
-                    (x1) * PyArray_STRIDES(submatrix)[1])))
-#define SM_shape(x0) (int) PyArray_DIM(submatrix, x0)
-
 // Ryser's algorithm takes exponential time
-// The advantage over naive perm() only kicks in at around 6x6 matrices 
-// TODO: should take matrix as arg really, get rid of consts
-static npy_complex64 perm_ryser(PyArrayObject *submatrix) {
+// This just calculates the sum
+static npy_complex128 perm_ryser(PyArrayObject *submatrix) {
+  npy_complex128 p = {.real=0, .imag=0};
   int size = (int) PyArray_DIM(submatrix, 0);
-  npy_complex64 p;
-  p.real=0; p.imag=0; 
   int i, j;
   for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
     for (j = 0; j < size; ++j) {
-      npy_complex64 q = SM(i,j);
-      printf("real: %f\n", q.real);
-      printf("imag: %f\n", q.imag);
-      p.real += q.real;
-      p.imag += q.imag;
+      complex_inc(p, SM(0,0));
     }
   }
   return p;
 }
 
+
 // This is basically a wrapper which chooses the optimal permanent function
 static PyObject *permanent(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
   // Parse input
   PyArrayObject *submatrix;
-  if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!", &PyArray_Type, &submatrix)) {
-    return NULL;
-  }
-
-  // Check for stupid mistakes
-  if ((int) PyArray_NDIM(submatrix) != 2) {return NULL;}
-  int size = (int) PyArray_DIM(submatrix, 0);
-  if ((int) PyArray_DIM(submatrix, 1) != size) {return NULL;}
+  if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!", &PyArray_Type, &submatrix)) {return NULL;}
 
-  // Get the permanent, convert to a python object, and return
-  npy_complex64 p = perm_ryser(submatrix);
+  npy_complex128 p = perm_ryser(submatrix);
   return PyComplex_FromDoubles(p.real, p.imag);
 }