diff --git a/2024/day14.exs b/2024/day14.exs
index 0f163de..0166db2 100755
--- a/2024/day14.exs
+++ b/2024/day14.exs
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ defmodule Day14 do
     # manually: noticed things looked suspicious after 27 seconds
     # also noticed that repeated every 101 seconds
     # Checked each 101 second jump until found the above tree
-    tick_forever(robots, size_x, size_y)
+    find_tree(robots, size_x, size_y)
   end
 
-  def tick_forever(robots, size_x, size_y, count \\ 27, acc \\ 27) do
+  def find_tree(robots, size_x, size_y, count \\ 27, acc \\ 27) do
     robots = tick(robots, size_x, size_y, count)
     robomap = MapSet.new(robots, fn [x, y, _, _] -> {x, y} end)
 
@@ -78,9 +78,13 @@ defmodule Day14 do
       IO.puts("|")
     end
 
-    IO.gets("#{acc} tree?")
+    line = IO.gets("#{acc} tree [y/N]?")
 
-    tick_forever(robots, size_x, size_y, 101, acc + 101)
+    if line |> String.trim() |> String.downcase() == "y" do
+      acc
+    else
+      find_tree(robots, size_x, size_y, 101, acc + 101)
+    end
   end
 
   def tick(robots, size_x, size_y, times) do