diff --git a/day-07/benchmark b/day-07/benchmark
index 4e67d7a..1522938 100644
--- a/day-07/benchmark
+++ b/day-07/benchmark
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ goos: linux
 goarch: amd64
 pkg: github.com/onyx-and-iris/aoc2024/day-07
 cpu: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz
-BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.2486 ns/op
-BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.2670 ns/op
-BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.2498 ns/op
-BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.2449 ns/op
-BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.2520 ns/op
-BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.2512 ns/op
-BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.2500 ns/op
-BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.2494 ns/op
-BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.2473 ns/op
-BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.2453 ns/op
-ok  	github.com/onyx-and-iris/aoc2024/day-07	37.477s
+BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.1503 ns/op
+BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.1498 ns/op
+BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.1577 ns/op
+BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.1621 ns/op
+BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.1490 ns/op
+BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.1437 ns/op
+BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.1566 ns/op
+BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.1508 ns/op
+BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.1465 ns/op
+BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.1468 ns/op
+ok  	github.com/onyx-and-iris/aoc2024/day-07	18.051s
diff --git a/day-07/internal/one/benchmark b/day-07/internal/one/benchmark
index cade16e..7335d04 100644
--- a/day-07/internal/one/benchmark
+++ b/day-07/internal/one/benchmark
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ goos: linux
 goarch: amd64
 pkg: github.com/onyx-and-iris/aoc2024/day-07/internal/one
 cpu: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz
-BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.001456 ns/op
+BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.001262 ns/op
 ok  	github.com/onyx-and-iris/aoc2024/day-07/internal/one	0.017s
diff --git a/day-07/internal/one/solve.go b/day-07/internal/one/solve.go
index 8b7af4c..06385e4 100644
--- a/day-07/internal/one/solve.go
+++ b/day-07/internal/one/solve.go
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ func Solve(buf []byte) (int, error) {
 }
 
 func next(target int, operands []int, total int, operator string) (int, bool) {
+	if total > target {
+		return 0, false
+	}
+
 	if len(operands) == 0 {
 		if total == target {
 			log.Debug(total)
diff --git a/day-07/internal/two/benchmark b/day-07/internal/two/benchmark
index 0172ba8..b8a35a2 100644
--- a/day-07/internal/two/benchmark
+++ b/day-07/internal/two/benchmark
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ goos: linux
 goarch: amd64
 pkg: github.com/onyx-and-iris/aoc2024/day-07/internal/two
 cpu: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz
-BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.2539 ns/op
-ok  	github.com/onyx-and-iris/aoc2024/day-07/internal/two	3.822s
+BenchmarkSolve-12    	1000000000	         0.1525 ns/op
+ok  	github.com/onyx-and-iris/aoc2024/day-07/internal/two	1.642s
diff --git a/day-07/internal/two/solve.go b/day-07/internal/two/solve.go
index 642cde5..5a27e03 100644
--- a/day-07/internal/two/solve.go
+++ b/day-07/internal/two/solve.go
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ func Solve(buf []byte) (int, error) {
 }
 
 func next(target int, operands []int, total int, operator string) (int, bool) {
+	if total > target {
+		return 0, false
+	}
+
 	if len(operands) == 0 {
 		if total == target {
 			log.Debug(total)