diff --git a/src/day4.rs b/src/day4.rs
index 0add765..29e5f15 100644
--- a/src/day4.rs
+++ b/src/day4.rs
@@ -1,34 +1,37 @@
 use super::*;
 
+static mut SCRATCH: [u8; 2048] = [0; 2048];
+
 #[target_feature(enable = "avx2,bmi1,bmi2,cmpxchg16b,lzcnt,movbe,popcnt")]
 unsafe fn inner1(s: &[u8]) -> u32 {
     let r = s.as_ptr_range();
     let mut ptr = r.start;
-    let end = r.end;
+    let mut end = ptr.add(19264);
     let mut sums0 = i8x32::splat(0);
     let mut sums1 = i8x32::splat(0);
     let mut sums2 = i8x32::splat(0);
     let mut sums3 = i8x32::splat(0);
+    let mut finishing = false;
+    macro_rules! load {
+        ($x:expr, $y:expr) => {
+            (ptr.add($x).add($y * 141) as *const i8x32).read_unaligned()
+        };
+    }
+    macro_rules! test_four {
+        ($sums:expr, $a:expr, $b:expr, $c:expr, $d:expr) => {
+            let diff0 = $d - $a;
+            let diff1 = $b - $c;
+            let abs0 = diff0.abs();
+            let abs1 = diff1.abs();
+            let eq0 = abs0.simd_eq(Simd::splat(b'X' - b'S').cast());
+            let eq1 = abs1.simd_eq(Simd::splat(b'M' - b'A').cast());
+            let sign = diff0 ^ diff1;
+            let eq = eq0 & eq1;
+            let signs_match = sign.simd_lt(Simd::splat(0));
+            $sums -= (signs_match & eq).to_int();
+        };
+    }
     loop {
-        macro_rules! load {
-            ($x:expr, $y:expr) => {
-                (ptr.add($x).add($y * 141) as *const i8x32).read_unaligned()
-            };
-        }
-        macro_rules! test_four {
-            ($sums:expr, $a:expr, $b:expr, $c:expr, $d:expr) => {
-                let diff0 = $d - $a;
-                let diff1 = $b - $c;
-                let abs0 = diff0.abs();
-                let abs1 = diff1.abs();
-                let eq0 = abs0.simd_eq(Simd::splat(b'X' - b'S').cast());
-                let eq1 = abs1.simd_eq(Simd::splat(b'M' - b'A').cast());
-                let sign = diff0 ^ diff1;
-                let eq = eq0 & eq1;
-                let signs_match = sign.simd_lt(Simd::splat(0));
-                $sums -= (signs_match & eq).to_int();
-            };
-        }
         let v00 = load!(0, 0);
         let v10 = load!(1, 0);
         let v20 = load!(2, 0);
@@ -47,8 +50,16 @@ unsafe fn inner1(s: &[u8]) -> u32 {
         test_four!(sums3, v00, v11, v22, v33);
         ptr = ptr.add(32);
         // yes we're reading hundreds of bytes past the end of the buffer. sue me
-        if ptr >= end {
-            break;
+        if ptr > end {
+            if finishing {
+                break;
+            }
+            finishing = true;
+            let scratch = &mut SCRATCH;
+            let remainder = r.end.offset_from(ptr) as usize;
+            scratch[0..remainder].copy_from_slice(std::slice::from_raw_parts(ptr, remainder));
+            ptr = scratch as _;
+            end = ptr.add(remainder);
         }
     }
     let sums0: u16x16 = _mm256_maddubs_epi16(sums0.into(), u8x32::splat(1).into()).into();