diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1efac6c..73aebdf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
     <groupId>io.zipcoder</groupId>
     <artifactId>MicroLabs-OOP-TooLargeTooSmall</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>19</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>19</maven.compiler.target>
+    </properties>
 
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/src/main/java/Main.java b/src/main/java/Main.java
index 05e41a9..362a08d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/Main.java
@@ -1,9 +1,49 @@
 /**
  * Created by iyasuwatts on 10/17/17.
  */
+import java.math.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.lang.*;
 public class Main {
 
-    public static void main(String[] args){
-        
+    private static int guessCount = 0;
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
+        Random random = new Random();
+        int goalnum = random.nextInt(1, 10);
+        ArrayList<Integer> guesses = new ArrayList<>(100);
+        System.out.println("Welcome to the guessing game.");
+        for(int i = 0; i<100; i++){
+            try{
+                System.out.println("enter a number: ");
+                int num = scanner.nextInt();
+                if(guesses.contains(num)) {
+                    System.out.println("this number has already been tried, try a new number");
+                    guesses.remove(0);
+                }else{
+                    if (num > goalnum) {
+                        System.out.println("hehe too high! try again");
+                        guessCount += 1;
+                        guesses.add(num);
+                    } else if (num < goalnum) {
+                        System.out.println("hehe too low! try again");
+                        guessCount += 1;
+                        guesses.add(num);
+                    } else {
+                        System.out.println("Congrats!!!! it took you " + guessCount + " tries to guess the right number.");
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }catch(InputMismatchException e){
+                System.out.println("that is not a number! try again and enter a number this time");
+                guessCount +=1;
+                scanner.nextLine();
+
+
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
+
+