diff --git a/rust-whisper-baked/src/main.rs b/rust-whisper-baked/src/main.rs
index cf9cd9f..b22553b 100644
--- a/rust-whisper-baked/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust-whisper-baked/src/main.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ struct Destutterer {
 }
 
 fn new_destutterer() -> Destutterer {
-   Destutterer{prevs: vec![]}
+   Destutterer{prev: new_words()}
 }
 
 impl Destutterer {
@@ -98,19 +98,18 @@ impl Destutterer {
       }
 
       let next_words = Words::from_string(next.clone());
-      let mut n = self.prevs.len().clamp(0, next_words.len());
+      let mut n = self.prev.to_comparable_words().len().clamp(0, next_words.to_comparable_words().len());
       while n > 0 {
-         let prev_s, _ = self.prevs.last_n_comparable_to_string(n);
-         let next_s, _ = next_words.first_n_comparable_to_string(n);
-         eprintln!("prevs => '{}'", &prev_s);
-         eprintln!("nexts => '{}'", &next_s);
+         let (prev_s, _) = self.prev.last_n_comparable_to_string(n);
+         let (next_s, next_idx) = next_words.first_n_comparable_to_string(n);
          if prev_s == next_s {
-            break;
+            self.prev = next_words;
+            return self.prev.skip(next_idx+1).to_string();
          }
          n -= 1;
       }
-      self.prevs = next_words;
-      Word::to_string(nexts[n..].to_vec())
+      self.prev = next_words;
+      self.prev.to_string()
    }
 }
 
@@ -119,6 +118,10 @@ struct Words {
    raw: Vec<String>,
 }
 
+fn new_words() -> Words {
+   Words{raw: vec![]}
+}
+
 impl Words {
    fn from_string(s: String) -> Words {
       let mut result = Words{raw: vec![]};
@@ -131,16 +134,22 @@ impl Words {
       result
    }
 
+   fn skip(&self, n: usize) -> Words {
+      Words{
+         raw: self.raw.iter().skip(n).map(|x| x.clone()).collect(),
+      }
+   }
+
    fn last_n_comparable_to_string(&self, n: usize) -> (String, usize) {
       let v = self.to_comparable_words();
-      v = v[(v.len() - n).clamp(0, v.len())..].to_vec();
-      v.iter().map(|x| x.s).collect().join(" "), v[v.len()-1].idx
+      let v = v[(v.len() - n).clamp(0, v.len())..].to_vec();
+      return (v.iter().map(|x| x.s.clone().unwrap()).collect::<Vec<String>>().join(" "), v[0].idx)
    }
 
    fn first_n_comparable_to_string(&self, n: usize) -> (String, usize){
       let v = self.to_comparable_words();
-      v = v[0..n.clamp(0, v.len())].to_vec();
-      v.iter().map(|x| x.s).collect().join(" "), v[0].idx
+      let v = v[0..n.clamp(0, v.len())].to_vec();
+      return (v.iter().map(|x| x.s.clone().unwrap()).collect::<Vec<String>>().join(" "), v[v.len()-1].idx)
    }
 
    fn comparable_len(&self) -> usize {
@@ -148,7 +157,7 @@ impl Words {
    }
 
    fn to_comparable_words(&self) -> Vec<Word> {
-      self.to_words().iter().filter(|x| x.s.is_some()).collect()
+      self.to_words().iter().filter(|x| x.s.is_some()).map(|x| x.clone()).collect()
    }
 
    fn to_words(&self) -> Vec<Word> {
@@ -162,7 +171,7 @@ impl Words {
          result.push(Word{
             s: match skips.contains(&strs[i]) {
                true => None,
-               false => Some(strs[i]),
+               false => Some(strs[i].clone()),
             },
             idx: i as usize,
          });
@@ -178,7 +187,7 @@ impl Words {
    }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 struct Word {
    s: Option<String>,
    idx: usize,
@@ -198,17 +207,15 @@ mod tests {
    #[test]
    fn test_destutterer_punctuation() {
       let mut w = new_destutterer();
-      assert_eq!("a, b. c? d!".to_string(), w.step("a, b. c? d!".to_string()));
-      assert_eq!("e! f g".to_string(), w.step("d, e! f g".to_string()));
-      assert_eq!("hij".to_string(), w.step("f g hij".to_string()));
+      assert_eq!("cat, dog. cow? moose!".to_string(), w.step("cat, dog. cow? moose!".to_string()));
+      assert_eq!("elephant! fez gator".to_string(), w.step("moose, elephant! fez gator".to_string()));
+      assert_eq!("hij".to_string(), w.step("fez gator hij".to_string()));
    }
 
    #[test]
-   fn test_destutterer_letters() {
+   fn test_destutterer_basic() {
       let mut w = new_destutterer();
-      assert_eq!("a b c d e".to_string(), w.step("a b c d e".to_string()));
-      assert_eq!("f g".to_string(), w.step(" c d e f g".to_string()));
-      assert_eq!("h i j".to_string(), w.step("f g h i j ".to_string()));
-      assert_eq!("a g h i j".to_string(), w.step("a g h i j".to_string()));
+      assert_eq!("cat dog cow".to_string(), w.step(" cat dog cow ".to_string()));
+      assert_eq!("moose".to_string(), w.step(" dog cow moose  ".to_string()));
    }
 }