diff --git a/bin/Debug/cTest b/bin/Debug/cTest
index 1d54a44..323b8a3 100755
Binary files a/bin/Debug/cTest and b/bin/Debug/cTest differ
diff --git a/cTest.depend b/cTest.depend
index 83bd3a8..08b6867 100644
--- a/cTest.depend
+++ b/cTest.depend
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<unistd.h>
 	<stdbool.h>
 
-1728183838 source:/home/fluffy/codeBlocks/blockBreaker/main.c
+1728637902 source:/home/fluffy/codeBlocks/blockBreaker/main.c
 	<stdio.h>
 	<stdlib.h>
 	<stdint.h>
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 5072448..d1b994c 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #define SLEEP_TIME_MS 100 * 1000
 #define PADDLE_HEIGHT SCREEN_HEIGHT-4
 #define Y_BLOCK_LAYERS 4
+#define X_BLOCK_LAYERS SCREEN_WIDTH
 
 uint8_t screen[SCREEN_WIDTH][SCREEN_HEIGHT];
 
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ struct ballStruct {
     uint8_t yPOS;
     int8_t xVEL;
     int8_t yVEL;
-
 } ball= {.xPOS=0,.yPOS=0,.xVEL=0,.yVEL=0};
 
 struct Paddle {
@@ -55,11 +55,15 @@ int main() {
     //struct ballStruct ball;
     time_t UNIXTIME = time(NULL);
     srand(UNIXTIME); //seed random number with time at run time
-    int noXBlocks = SCREEN_WIDTH;
-    Block_t blockArr[noXBlocks][Y_BLOCK_LAYERS];
-    for (int x=0;x< noXBlocks;x++) {
-        for (int y=0; y<Y_BLOCK_LAYERS; y++){
-            blockArr[x][y]=(Block_t) {.xLocation =x,.yLocation=y,.visable=true};
+    Block_t blockArr[X_BLOCK_LAYERS][Y_BLOCK_LAYERS];
+    bool blockFlushHit = false; //used to show if the ball has hit a block vertically or horizontally
+
+    //init blockArr array
+    for (int x=0; x< X_BLOCK_LAYERS; x++) {
+        for (int y=0; y<Y_BLOCK_LAYERS; y++) {
+            blockArr[x][y]=(Block_t) {
+                .xLocation =x,.yLocation=y,.visable=true
+            };
         }
     }
 
@@ -71,11 +75,12 @@ int main() {
         //   std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(SLEEP_TIME_MS));
         usleep(SLEEP_TIME_MS);
         clearScreen();
+        blockFlushHit = false;
 
         //draw blocks
-        for (int x = 0;x<noXBlocks;x++){
-            for (int y =0;y<Y_BLOCK_LAYERS;y++){
-                if(blockArr[x][y].visable==true){
+        for (int x = 0; x<X_BLOCK_LAYERS; x++) {
+            for (int y =0; y<Y_BLOCK_LAYERS; y++) {
+                if(blockArr[x][y].visable==true) {
                     screen[x][y]=PIXEL_BLOCK;
                 }
             }
@@ -104,7 +109,7 @@ int main() {
                     printf("<>");
                 } else if(screen[x][y]==PIXEL_PADDLE) {
                     printf("==");
-                } else if(screen[x][y]==PIXEL_BLOCK){
+                } else if(screen[x][y]==PIXEL_BLOCK) {
                     printf("[]");
                 }
             }
@@ -122,16 +127,33 @@ int main() {
         if (ball.yPOS==0||ball.yPOS==(SCREEN_HEIGHT-1)) {
             ball.yVEL=ball.yVEL*-1;
         }
-        //detect when ball hits a block or paddle
-        if(screen[ball.xPOS+ball.xVEL][ball.yPOS]==PIXEL_BLOCK||screen[ball.xPOS+ball.xVEL][ball.yPOS]==PIXEL_PADDLE) {
+        //detect when ball hits a block
+        if (screen[ball.xPOS+ball.xVEL][ball.yPOS]==PIXEL_BLOCK) {
+            blockArr[ball.xPOS+ball.xVEL][ball.yPOS].visable=false;
+            ball.xVEL = ball.xVEL *-1;
+            blockFlushHit=true;
+        }
+        if (screen[ball.xPOS][ball.yPOS+ball.yVEL]==PIXEL_BLOCK) {
+            blockArr[ball.xPOS][ball.yPOS+ball.yVEL].visable=false;
+            ball.yVEL = ball.yVEL *-1;
+            blockFlushHit=true;
+        }
+        if (screen[ball.xPOS+ball.xVEL][ball.yPOS+ball.yVEL]==PIXEL_BLOCK&&blockFlushHit==false) {
+            blockArr[ball.xPOS+ball.xVEL][ball.yPOS+ball.yVEL].visable=false;
+            ball.xVEL = ball.xVEL *-1;
+            ball.yVEL=ball.yVEL *-1;
+        }
+
+        //detect when ball hits paddle
+        if(screen[ball.xPOS+ball.xVEL][ball.yPOS]==PIXEL_PADDLE) {
             ball.xVEL = ball.xVEL *-1;
         }
-        if (screen[ball.xPOS][ball.yPOS+ball.yVEL]==PIXEL_BLOCK||screen[ball.xPOS][ball.yPOS+ball.yVEL]== PIXEL_PADDLE) { //hit detection y direction
+        if (screen[ball.xPOS][ball.yPOS+ball.yVEL]== PIXEL_PADDLE) { //hit detection y direction
             ball.yVEL= ball.yVEL*-1;
         }
-        if (screen[ball.xPOS+ball.xVEL][ball.yPOS+ball.yVEL]==PIXEL_BLOCK||screen[ball.xPOS+ball.xVEL][ball.yPOS+ball.yVEL]==PIXEL_PADDLE) { //diagonal hit detection
+        if (screen[ball.xPOS+ball.xVEL][ball.yPOS+ball.yVEL]==PIXEL_PADDLE) { //diagonal hit detection
             ball.xVEL = ball.xVEL *-1;
-            ball.xVEL=ball.yVEL *-1;
+            ball.yVEL=ball.yVEL *-1;
         }
         //update ball position
         ball.xPOS=ball.xPOS+ball.xVEL;
diff --git a/obj/Debug/main.o b/obj/Debug/main.o
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