diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d345af8..ffc4a96 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 # packet = "0.1.4"
 anyhow = "1"
 log = "0.4"
-permutator = "0.4.3"
+convert-base = "1.1.2"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 16941b0..e27a4bb 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ mod scanner;
 mod permutations;
 
 fn main() {
-    scanner::start_scan(100);
+    //    scanner::start_scan(100);
+    permutations::ipv4(None);
 }
diff --git a/src/permutations.rs b/src/permutations.rs
index 7080fe7..dfa5b4b 100644
--- a/src/permutations.rs
+++ b/src/permutations.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,48 @@
-use permutator::Permutation;
+use anyhow::{Result, anyhow};
+use convert_base::Convert;
 
-pub fn get_ipv4_permutations(start_pos: [u8; 4]) -> Vec<Vec<u8>> {
-    let perms: Vec<Vec<u8>> = Vec::new();
+/*
+Algorithm: O(n)
 
-    // (2^8)^4 = 2^32 => 32bit
-    let range: Box<[u8; u32::max_value() as usize]> = (0..u8::max_value()).collect::<Box<[u8]>>().try_into().expect("nope");
+let i = 0 .. u32:max_value()
 
+# Convert each i to base 256 and we get all the ipv4 addresses
+# This is waaaay better than a stupid loop
 
-    perms
+
+*/
+
+// TODO: make a better implementation of this function
+fn digits(n: usize) -> impl Iterator<Item = u32> {
+    n.to_string()
+        .chars()
+        .map(|digit| digit.to_digit(10).unwrap())
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .into_iter()
+}
+
+struct IPv4 {
+    id: u32,
+    ip: Vec<u8>
+}
+
+impl IPv4 {
+    fn new(self: &mut Self, id: u32) -> Self {
+        let mut base = Convert::new(10, 256);
+        let ip = base.convert::<u32, u8>(&id);
+
+        Self { id, ip }
+    }
+}
+
+
+pub fn ipv4(blacklist: Option<Vec<[u8; 4]>>) -> Result<Vec<[u8; 4]>> {
+    let blacklist = blacklist.unwrap_or(Vec::new());
+    let ips: Vec<u32> = (0..u32::max_value()).collect();  // 32 bit max value is the last IP
+
+    //if combos.len() <= 0 {
+    Err(anyhow!("Unable to generate IPv4 permutations"))
+//     } else {
+//         Ok(combos)
+//     }
 }
diff --git a/src/scanner.rs b/src/scanner.rs
index 21d8784..575f8df 100644
--- a/src/scanner.rs
+++ b/src/scanner.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ async fn check_ack(dest: &SocketAddr) -> bool {
 }
 
 pub fn start_scan(depth: u32) {
+    let ip_list = permutations::ipv4(None);
+
     let mut threads: Vec<JoinHandle<()>> = Vec::new();
 
     for i in 0..depth {