diff --git a/day-02/src/part01.py b/day-02/src/part01.py
index 16112bf..16b385a 100644
--- a/day-02/src/part01.py
+++ b/day-02/src/part01.py
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 import sys
-import logging
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
+DEBUG = True
+padding=24
+
+def debug_print(printname, *args):
+    if not DEBUG:
+        return
+    print(f"{'DEBUG::'+printname:<{padding}}", *args)
+    pass
+
 
 FILENAME = "/home/icaema/Public/advent-of-code/day-02/data/p01data.txt"
 
@@ -23,6 +31,7 @@ class Game():
     hands: list
     valid: bool = True
 
+
 game_list = []
 
 f = open(FILENAME, "r")
@@ -30,13 +39,15 @@ f = open(FILENAME, "r")
 #for line in sys.stdin:
 for line in f.readlines():
     line = line.strip()
+    
+    debug_print("input",  line)
     two_split = line.split(":")
+
     game_id = int(two_split[0][5:])
     active_game = Game(game_id, [])
-    #print("DEBUG: ", game_list)
 
     raw_hands = two_split[1].split(";")
-    #print("DEBUG:", raw_hands)
+    #debug_print("raw_hands", raw_hands)
     for hand in raw_hands:
         hand = hand.strip("").split(", ")
         hand_dict = empty_hand.copy()
@@ -45,7 +56,7 @@ for line in f.readlines():
             hand_dict[hand_element[1]] = int(hand_element[0])
         #print(hand_dict)
         active_game.hands.append(hand_dict)
-
+    debug_print("processed_game", active_game)
     game_list.append(active_game)
 
 
@@ -55,7 +66,7 @@ def validateGame(game):
     for hand in game.hands:
         for color in hand.keys():
             if hand[color] > bag_limits[color]:
-                print("BAD HAND", hand)
+                debug_print("BAD HAND", hand)
                 game.valid = False
     pass
 
@@ -65,18 +76,15 @@ def validateGame(game):
 # processing the games
 
 for game in game_list:
-    print("Processing Game:", game)
+    debug_print("Processing Game", game.id)
     validateGame(game)
 
+
+
 valid_games = [game.id for game in game_list if game.valid == True]
 
 print("")
 print("Valid Games:")
 print(valid_games)
 print("===================================\n");
-print("Answer: ", sum(valid_games));
-
-
-
-
-#Game 1: 4 blue, 4 red, 16 green; 14 green, 5 red; 1 blue, 3 red, 5 green
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+print("Answer: ", sum(valid_games));
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