diff --git a/Conways.sln b/Conways.sln
index 508f212..371ba6d 100644
--- a/Conways.sln
+++ b/Conways.sln
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "Conways", "Conways\Conways.vcxproj", "{9035B83C-F117-480E-9DEB-435AA0EBEA3F}"
 EndProject
 Global
+	GlobalSection(Performance) = preSolution
+		HasPerformanceSessions = true
+	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|x64 = Debug|x64
 		Debug|x86 = Debug|x86
diff --git a/Conways/Conways.vcxproj b/Conways/Conways.vcxproj
index 4fe71f9..354f50e 100644
--- a/Conways/Conways.vcxproj
+++ b/Conways/Conways.vcxproj
@@ -147,12 +147,13 @@
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <PrecompiledHeader>
       </PrecompiledHeader>
-      <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
+      <Optimization>Full</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>Z:\Cpp_Libs\SFML-Visual_Studio2015RCx64\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
diff --git a/Conways/Node.h b/Conways/Node.h
index eacb959..a3f9ca4 100644
--- a/Conways/Node.h
+++ b/Conways/Node.h
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 class Node {
 public:
-	static const int x_bound = 1000;
-	static const int y_bound = 1000;
+	static const int x_bound = 300;
+	static const int y_bound = 300;
 
 	Node(sf::Vector2i position_);
 	~Node();
@@ -23,5 +23,7 @@ private:
 	sf::Vector2i position;
 	int curr_state;
 	int next_state;
+
+
 };
 
diff --git a/Conways/main.cpp b/Conways/main.cpp
index 99b1dfd..a69dbed 100644
--- a/Conways/main.cpp
+++ b/Conways/main.cpp
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 #include <thread>
 #include <stack>
 
-const int WINDOW_X = 1000;
-const int WINDOW_Y = 1000;
+const int WINDOW_X = 300;
+const int WINDOW_Y = 300;
 
 float elap_time() {
 	static __int64 start = 0;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int main() {
 	for (int x = 0; x < Node::x_bound; x++) {
 		for (int y = 0; y < Node::y_bound; y++) {
 			node_vec.push_back(Node(sf::Vector2i(x, y)));
-			if ((x % 30 == 0)) {
+			if ((x % 5 == 0) || (y % 8 == 0)) {
 				node_vec.at(node_vec.size() - 1).Revive();
 			}
 		}
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ int main() {
 	texture.create(WINDOW_X, WINDOW_Y);
 	sf::Sprite sprite(texture);
 
+	
 	while (window.isOpen()) {
 
 		sf::Event event;
@@ -107,12 +108,14 @@ int main() {
 
 			}
 			else {
-				//pixel_array[i * 4] *= 0.999;// 49; // R?
-				pixel_array[i * 4 + 1] *= 0.999;//68; // G?
+				pixel_array[i * 4] *= 0.999;// 49; // R?
+				//pixel_array[i * 4 + 1] *= 0.999;//68; // G?
 				pixel_array[i * 4 + 2] *= 0.999;//72; // B?
 				pixel_array[i * 4 + 3] *= 0.999;//255; // A?
 			}
 		}
+		
+		window.clear();
 
 		texture.update(pixel_array);
 		window.draw(sprite);