diff --git a/aoc20.lisp b/aoc20.lisp
index 5c9494f..09b9e88 100644
--- a/aoc20.lisp
+++ b/aoc20.lisp
@@ -311,3 +311,100 @@
     (time (progn (build-graph data)
 		 (print (solve-7-1 data symbol))
 		 (print (solve-7-2 symbol))))))
+
+;;; day 8
+;;; intcode again
+
+(defun read-8 (file)
+  (let ((data (with-open-file (stream file)
+		(loop for line = (read-line stream nil)
+		      while line
+		      collect (let ((seq (split-sequence:split-sequence #\space line)))
+				(list (first seq) (parse-integer (second seq))))))))
+    (make-array (length data) :initial-contents data)))
+
+(defun %solve-8 (data &optional alter)
+  (let* ((accumulator  0)
+	 (position     0)
+	 (ht (make-hash-table))
+	 (lambdas (list (cons "nop" (lambda (n) (declare (ignore n)) (incf position)))
+			(cons "acc" (lambda (n) (incf position) (incf accumulator n)))
+			(cons "jmp" (lambda (n) (incf position n))))))
+    (labels ((rec (fiddle-ins)
+    	       (cond ((gethash position ht)
+		      (unless alter accumulator))
+		     ((>= position (length data))
+		      (values accumulator "EOF"))
+		     (t (progn (setf (gethash position ht) (first (aref data position)))
+			       (funcall (cdr (assoc
+					      (or (if (eql position fiddle-ins)
+						      (if (string= (first (aref data position))
+								   "nop")
+							  "jmp" "nop")
+						      nil)
+						  (first (aref data position)))
+					      lambdas :test #'equal))
+					(second (aref data position)))
+			       (rec fiddle-ins))))))
+      (let ((p1 (rec nil))
+	    (index-list nil))
+	(if alter
+	    (progn
+	      (maphash (lambda (k v) (if (or (string= v "nop") (string= v "jmp"))
+					 (push k index-list)))
+		       ht)
+	      (first (remove-if #'null (map 'list (lambda (n)
+						    (setf accumulator 0
+							  position 0
+							  ht (make-hash-table))
+						    (rec n))
+					    index-list))))
+	    p1)))))
+
+(defun solve-8 (file)
+  (let ((data (read-8 file)))
+    (time (progn (print (%solve-8 data))
+		 (print (%solve-8 data t))))))
+
+;;; Day 9
+
+(defun read-9 (file)
+  (apply #'vector
+    (with-open-file (stream file)
+      (loop for line = (read-line stream nil)
+	    while line
+	    collect (parse-integer line)))))
+
+(defun step-xmas (seed-size data &optional (index 0))
+  (let* ((target      (aref data (+ seed-size index)))
+	 (window-list (coerce (subseq data index (+ index seed-size)) 'list))
+	 (deficits    (map 'list (lambda (n) (- target n)) window-list))
+	 (pairs       (intersection deficits window-list)))
+    ;; (format t "~a, ~a, ~a ~%" target window-list deficits)
+    (if (< 1 (length pairs))
+	pairs target)))
+
+(defun walk-xmas (seed-size data)
+  (loop for index from 0 to (- (length data) 1 seed-size)
+	collecting (step-xmas seed-size data index)))
+
+(defun solve-9-1 (seed-size data)
+  (first (remove-if #'consp (walk-xmas seed-size data))))
+
+(defun caterpillar (data target tail head)
+  (let ((range-sum (reduce #'+ (subseq data tail head))))
+    (cond ((> target range-sum)
+	   (caterpillar data target tail (1+ head)))
+	  ((< target range-sum)
+	   (caterpillar data target (1+ tail) head))
+	  (t (subseq data tail head)))))
+
+(defun solve-9-2 (data target)
+  (let ((range (sort (caterpillar data target 0 1) #'>)))
+    (+ (aref range 0) (aref range (1- (length range))))))
+
+(defun solve-9 (file &optional (step-size 25))
+  (time (let* ((data (read-9 file))
+	       (p1 (solve-9-1 step-size data)))
+	  (print  p1)
+	  (print (solve-9-2 data p1)))))