diff --git a/src/files.rs b/src/files.rs
index f3126ec..ef19ff0 100644
--- a/src/files.rs
+++ b/src/files.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ fn encode_npon(file_contents: &str, depth: u8) ->
     let mut index_flag: usize = 0;
     let mut flag: u8 = 0;
     let mut backslash_flag: bool = false;
+    let mut temp_string: Vec<u8> = vec![];
     for (index, character) in file_contents.bytes().enumerate()
     {
         if backslash_flag
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ fn encode_npon(file_contents: &str, depth: u8) ->
                 {
                     40 =>
                     {
-                        bytes.push(3);       // ( for name start
+                        temp_string.push(3);       // ( for name start
                         flag = 2;
                     }
                     123 => bytes.push(5),
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ fn encode_npon(file_contents: &str, depth: u8) ->
                     },
                     39 | 34 =>
                     {
-                        bytes.push(7);
+                        temp_string.push(7);
                         flag = 1;
                     },
                     _ => (),
@@ -144,14 +145,15 @@ fn encode_npon(file_contents: &str, depth: u8) ->
                 {
                     39 | 34 =>
                     {
-                        bytes.push(8);
+                        temp_string.push(8);
+                        bytes.append(&mut temp_string);
                         flag = 0;
                     },
                     92 =>
                     {
                         backslash_flag = true;
                     },
-                    _ => bytes.push(character),
+                    _ => temp_string.push(character),
                 }
                 continue
             },
@@ -161,14 +163,16 @@ fn encode_npon(file_contents: &str, depth: u8) ->
                 {
                     41 =>
                     {
-                        bytes.push(4);       // ) for name end
+                        temp_string.push(4);
+                        bytes.append(&mut temp_string);       // ) for name end
+                        temp_string = vec![];
                         flag = 0;
                     },
                     92 =>
                     {
                         backslash_flag = true;
                     },
-                    _ => bytes.push(character),
+                    _ => temp_string.push(character),
                 }
                 continue
             },
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b0defdb..7851be1 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ lazy_static! {
 // TODO, make 'code' an enum
 // TODO, safely modify bytes in thread.
 // TODO, Makes paths more consistent.
+// TODO, Have timers to see how inefficient my code is
 fn main()  -> io::Result<()>
 {
 #![warn(clippy::pedantic, clippy::perf)]
@@ -54,9 +55,15 @@ fn main()  -> io::Result<()>
             }
         }
     );
+    let mut bytes: Vec<u8> = vec![];
 
     for stream in listener.incoming() {
-        let bytes = rx.recv().unwrap();
+        let bytes_result = rx.try_recv();
+        bytes = match bytes_result
+        {
+            Ok(bytes_data) => bytes_data,
+            Err(error) => bytes,
+        };
         let stream = stream.unwrap();
         handle_connection(stream, &bytes);
     }
@@ -72,13 +79,79 @@ fn handle_connection(mut stream: TcpStream, bytes: &[u8])
         .map(|result| result.unwrap())
         .take_while(|line| !line.is_empty())
         .collect();
-    println!("REQUEST: {:?}", notp_request);
-    if let Err(e) = stream.write_all(bytes)
+    println!("REQUEST: {:?}", notp_request); // TODO format requests in npon
+    let page_bytes = get_page(bytes, &notp_request[0]); // first request line is the page atm
+    if let Err(e) = stream.write_all(&page_bytes)
     {
         eprintln!("Failed to send response: {}", e);
     }
     else
     {
-        println!("Sent response: {:?}", bytes);
+        println!("Sent response");
     }
 }
+
+// TODO these functions are so shit
+// Finds the index of the first occurrence of search_bytes in bytes.
+fn find_pattern(bytes: &[u8], search_bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<usize> 
+{
+    bytes.windows(search_bytes.len())
+        .position(|window| window == search_bytes)
+}
+// Finds the closing brace of the opening brace passed as a param
+fn find_closing_brace(bytes: &[u8], opening_brace_index: usize) -> Option<usize>
+{
+    let mut depth: i8 = 0;
+    for i in opening_brace_index..bytes.len()-1
+    {
+        if bytes[i] == 5 { 
+            depth += 1; }
+        else if bytes[i] == 6 
+        {
+            depth -= 1;
+            if depth == 0 { return Some(i) }
+        }
+        //println!("{}\t{}", bytes[i], depth);
+    }
+    None
+}
+fn get_page(bytes: &[u8], page: &str) -> Vec<u8>
+{
+    let mut page_bytes: Vec<u8> = vec![1];
+    let search_pages_bytes: Vec<u8> = vec![3, 112, 97, 103, 101, 115, 4];
+    let mut search_bytes: Vec<u8> = vec![3];
+    search_bytes.append(&mut page.as_bytes().to_vec());
+    search_bytes.push(4);
+
+    let mut opening_page_index: usize = 0;
+    let mut closing_page_index: usize = 0;
+    let mut opening_index: usize = 0;
+    let mut closing_index: usize = 0;
+
+    if let Some(opening_index) = find_pattern(&bytes, &search_pages_bytes)
+    {
+        if let Some(closing_index) = find_closing_brace(&bytes, opening_index+search_pages_bytes.len())
+        {
+            //println!("found pages: {} to {}", opening_index, closing_index);
+            if let Some(opening_page_index) = find_pattern(&bytes[opening_index..closing_index+1], &search_bytes)
+            {
+                //println!("{:?}", &bytes[opening_index+opening_page_index..]);
+                if let Some(closing_page_index) = find_closing_brace
+                (
+                    &bytes[opening_index+opening_page_index..],
+                    search_bytes.len()
+                )
+                {
+                    //println!("found page: {} to {}", opening_index+opening_page_index, opening_index+closing_page_index);
+                    //println!("found page: {:?}", &bytes[opening_index+opening_page_index..opening_index+opening_page_index+closing_page_index+1]);
+                    page_bytes.append(&mut bytes[opening_page_index+opening_index..opening_page_index+closing_page_index+opening_index+1].to_vec());
+                    page_bytes.push(2);
+                    return page_bytes
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    page_bytes.push(10); // Page not found error message
+    page_bytes.push(2);
+    page_bytes
+}