diff --git a/arty_new.png b/arty_new.png
index dec05b3..ae787a7 100644
Binary files a/arty_new.png and b/arty_new.png differ
diff --git a/encode_image.rb b/encode_image.rb
index 9e6d7d1..bb10334 100644
--- a/encode_image.rb
+++ b/encode_image.rb
@@ -30,17 +30,6 @@ class EncodeImage
       msg_bits = pixel.encodeBits(msg_bits)
     end
 
-#    for x in 0..s[:width]-1
-#      for y in 0..s[:height]-1
-
-#        loc = {"x": x, "y": y}
-#        if @@table.include? loc then
-#          pixel = @@utils.getImage.getPixel(x, y)
-#          msg_bits = pixel.encodeBits(msg_bits)
-#        end
-#      end
-#    end
-
     @@utils.getImage.saveImage
   end
 
diff --git a/image_utils.rb b/image_utils.rb
index 8f7ee56..2b81a42 100644
--- a/image_utils.rb
+++ b/image_utils.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class ImageUtils
     @@password = pass
     @@message  = msg
 
-    if msg.length > 400 then
+    if msg.length > 1024 then
       puts "Maximum length exceeded.  Exiting."
       exit
     end
@@ -34,9 +34,32 @@ class ImageUtils
     h = Digest::SHA512.hexdigest(@@password)
     s = @@pixelImg.getSalt
 
-    merge_to_i = h + s
+    @@hash = Digest::SHA512.hexdigest(self.interlaceHash(h, s))
+  end
 
-    @@hash = Digest::SHA512.hexdigest(h+s)
+  def interlaceHash(h1, h2)
+    puts h1
+    puts h2
+
+    h1 = self.getBits(h1)
+    h2 = self.getBits(h2)
+    
+    interlaced = 0
+
+    while h1.to_i > 0 and h2.to_i > 0 do
+      interlaced = (interlaced << 1) | (h1 & 1)
+      h1 = h1 >> 1
+      interlaced = (interlaced << 1) | (h2 & 1)
+      h2 = h2 >> 1
+
+#      puts interlaced
+#      puts h1
+#      puts h2
+    end
+
+    puts interlaced.to_s.inspect
+
+    return interlaced.to_s
   end
 
   def generateLookupTable
@@ -78,4 +101,16 @@ class ImageUtils
 
     return tbl
   end
+
+  def getBits(o)
+    msg_bytes = o.unpack("c*")
+
+    msg_bits = 0
+
+    for b in msg_bytes
+      msg_bits = (msg_bits << 8) | b
+    end
+
+    return msg_bits
+  end
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/runner.rb b/runner.rb
index 018ccfb..4ef178f 100644
--- a/runner.rb
+++ b/runner.rb
@@ -3,12 +3,20 @@ require "rmagick"
 require "./image_utils.rb"
 require "./encode_image.rb"
 
-img = Magick::ImageList.new "./images/original/arty_2.jpg"
+img = Magick::ImageList.new "./images/original/arty.png"
 
 #srand(12345)
 
 pass = "my_password"
 message = "This is the message that I would like to save please " +
+          "and thank you also I love you? AND apostrophe's, and " +
+          "also some commas somewhere hiding around here,  It's " +
+          "gonna be pushing it a bit here... 1234567 let's huck " + 
+          "some more stuff in here to bump it to 255.  Wow.  We " +
+          "are going even further.  further than anyone believed " +
+          "`~!@\#\{$%^&*()-_=+\][}{';:'}]} Wooow. 123456789!1234" +
+          "56789! so put 15 more??????400! TIMES TWO!! " + 
+          "This is the message that I would like to save please " +
           "and thank you also I love you? AND apostrophe's, and " +
           "also some commas somewhere hiding around here,  It's " +
           "gonna be pushing it a bit here... 1234567 let's huck " +