diff --git a/src/permanent.c b/src/permanent.c
index 76236d3..47e1094 100644
--- a/src/permanent.c
+++ b/src/permanent.c
@@ -2,15 +2,23 @@
 #define NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API NPY_1_7_API_VERSION
 #include <Python.h>
 #include <numpy/arrayobject.h>
-#include <math.h>
-#include <complex.h> 
 
 // 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;
+
+// Complex numbers
+static const npy_complex128 complex_zero = {.real=0, .imag=0};
+static const npy_complex128 complex_one = {.real=1, .imag=0};
+static void complex_inc(npy_complex128 a, npy_complex128 b) { a.real+=b.real; a.imag+=b.imag;}
+static npy_complex128 complex_mult(npy_complex128 a, npy_complex128 b) { 
+    npy_complex128 x;
+    x.real = a.real*b.real+a.imag*b.imag;
+    x.imag = a.real*b.imag+a.imag*b.real;
+    return x;
+}
 
 // Boilerplate: Forward function declaration, method list, module initialization
 static PyObject *permanent(PyObject *self, PyObject *args); 
@@ -23,21 +31,36 @@ PyMODINIT_FUNC initpermanent(void) {
   import_array();
 }
 
+// The parity
+/*static int parity(int x) { return 0; }*/
+
 // Ryser's algorithm takes exponential time
 // 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);
-  int i, j;
-  for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
-    for (j = 0; j < size; ++j) {
-      complex_inc(p, SM(0,0));
+    int n = (int) PyArray_DIM(submatrix, 0);
+    int i = 0; int z = 0; int y = 0;
+    npy_complex128 prod;
+    npy_complex128 perm = complex_zero;
+    npy_complex128 sum = complex_zero;
+    int exp=1 << n; //TODO: use a shift operator
+
+    // Iterate over exponentially many index strings
+    for (i=0; i<exp; ++i) {
+        prod = complex_one;
+        for (y=0; y<n; ++y) {               // Rows
+            sum = complex_zero;
+            for (z=0; z<n; ++z) {           // Columns
+                if ((i & (1 << z)) > 0) { complex_inc(sum, SM(z,y)); }
+            }
+            prod = complex_mult(prod, sum);
+        }
+        /*complex_add(perm, parity(i) * prod);*/
+        complex_inc(perm, prod);
     }
-  }
-  return p;
+    /*return c_prod((pow(-1,n)), perm); #TODO power is fucked*/
+    return perm;
 }
 
-
 // This is basically a wrapper which chooses the optimal permanent function
 static PyObject *permanent(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
   // Parse input