diff --git a/day7/daySevel.go b/day7/daySevel.go
index 1c505c5..ee81fdd 100644
--- a/day7/daySevel.go
+++ b/day7/daySevel.go
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ func Run() int {
 	filename := "day7/input"
 	input := ReadFile(filename)
 	slices.SortFunc(input, CompareHands)
-	log.Printf("read the input %+v\n", input)
+	// log.Printf("read the input %+v\n", input)
+	for _, hand := range input {
+		// fmt.Printf("%+v\n", hand)
+		fmt.Printf("%+s\t\t%d\n", hand.Cards, hand.HandType)
+	}
 	slices.SortFunc([]int{}, func(a int, b int) int { return 0 })
 	result := 0
 	for i, hand := range input {
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ type Hand struct {
 
 // cmp(a, b) should return a negative number when a < b, a positive number when
 // a > b and zero when a == b.
-const values string = "23456789TJQKA"
+const values string = "J23456789TQKA"
 
 func CompareHands(a Hand, b Hand) int {
 	if a.HandType != b.HandType {
@@ -67,27 +71,44 @@ func compareString(a string, b string) int {
 
 func GetHandType(groupped map[rune]int) HandType {
 	var handType HandType
-	sizes := make([]int, 0, len(groupped))
-	for _, size := range groupped {
-		sizes = append(sizes, size)
+	jokerSize, found := groupped['J']
+	if !found {
+		jokerSize = 0
 	}
-	slices.Sort(sizes)
-	switch {
-	case slices.Equal(sizes, []int{5}):
-		handType = FiveKind
-	case slices.Equal(sizes, []int{1, 4}):
-		handType = FourKind
-	case slices.Equal(sizes, []int{2, 3}):
-		handType = FullHouse
-	case slices.Equal(sizes, []int{1, 1, 3}):
-		handType = ThreeKind
-	case slices.Equal(sizes, []int{1, 2, 2}):
-		handType = TwoPair
-	case slices.Equal(sizes, []int{1, 1, 1, 2}):
-		handType = OnePair
+	sizes := make([]int, 0, len(groupped))
+	for card, size := range groupped {
+		if card != 'J' {
+			sizes = append(sizes, size)
+		}
+	}
+	slices.SortFunc(sizes, func (a, b int) int { return b - a })
+	var highest int
+	if len(sizes) == 0 {
+		highest = jokerSize
+	} else {
+		highest = sizes[0] + jokerSize
+	}
+	if highest == 5 {
+		return FiveKind
+	}
+	if highest == 4 {
+		return FourKind
+	}
+	other := sizes[1]
+	if highest == 3 {
+		if other == 2 {
+			return FullHouse
+		}
+		return ThreeKind
+	}
+	if highest == 2 {
+		if other == 2 {
+			return TwoPair
+		}
+		return OnePair
 	}
 
-	log.Printf("calc type for %+v.\nsizes: %+v;\n %d", groupped, sizes, handType)
+	// log.Printf("calc type for %+v.\nsizes: %+v;\n %d", groupped, sizes, handType)
 	return handType
 }