diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 869954b..fcb0941 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,55 +1,5 @@
 use std::ops::Deref;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-enum Item {
-    Directory { name: String, items: Vec<Item> },
-    File { size: u64, name: String },
-}
-
-impl Item {
-    // recursively gets the directory size
-    fn get_size(&self) -> u64 {
-        match self {
-            Item::File { size, .. } => *size,
-            Item::Directory { items, .. } => {
-                let mut total_size = 0;
-                for item in items {
-                    total_size += item.get_size();
-                }
-                total_size
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn add_item(&mut self, item: Item) {
-        match self {
-            Item::Directory { items, .. } => {
-                items.push(item);
-            }
-            _ => panic!("Cannot add item to file"),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-// part one
-// get the sum of the total size of every directory that has a size < 100000
-fn sum_directories_part_one(item: &mut Item) -> u64 {
-    let mut total_size_current_directory = 0;
-    let size = item.get_size();
-
-    if let Item::Directory { items, .. } = item {
-        if size < 100000 {
-            total_size_current_directory += size
-        }
-
-        for item in items {
-            total_size_current_directory += sum_directories_part_one(item);
-        }
-    }
-
-    total_size_current_directory
-}
-
 fn read_input() -> String {
     std::fs::read_to_string("input.txt").expect("Unable to read file")
 }
@@ -158,6 +108,79 @@ fn process_input(input: &str) -> Item {
     root
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+enum Item {
+    Directory { name: String, items: Vec<Item> },
+    File { size: u64, name: String },
+}
+
+impl Item {
+    // recursively gets the directory size
+    fn get_size(&self) -> u64 {
+        match self {
+            Item::File { size, .. } => *size,
+            Item::Directory { items, .. } => {
+                let mut total_size = 0;
+                for item in items {
+                    total_size += item.get_size();
+                }
+                total_size
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn add_item(&mut self, item: Item) {
+        match self {
+            Item::Directory { items, .. } => {
+                items.push(item);
+            }
+            _ => panic!("Cannot add item to file"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// part one
+// get the sum of the total size of every directory that has a size < 100000
+fn sum_directories_part_one(item: &mut Item) -> u64 {
+    let mut total_size_current_directory = 0;
+    let size = item.get_size();
+
+    if let Item::Directory { items, .. } = item {
+        if size < 100000 {
+            total_size_current_directory += size
+        }
+
+        for item in items {
+            total_size_current_directory += sum_directories_part_one(item);
+        }
+    }
+
+    total_size_current_directory
+}
+
+// part two
+// get the size of the smallest directory that would free up enough space.
+fn get_smallest_dir_with_min_size(item: &mut Item, min_size_to_free: u64) -> u64 {
+    // make sure not to get a file size as the most optimal
+    let mut curr_smallest_size = match item {
+        Item::Directory { name: _, items: _ } => item.get_size(),
+        _ => std::u64::MAX,
+    };
+
+    println!("current directory size: {}", curr_smallest_size);
+
+    if let Item::Directory { items, .. } = item {
+        for item in items {
+            let sub_dir_size = get_smallest_dir_with_min_size(item, min_size_to_free);
+            if sub_dir_size < curr_smallest_size && sub_dir_size >= min_size_to_free {
+                curr_smallest_size = sub_dir_size;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    curr_smallest_size
+}
+
 fn main() {
     println!("hello world");
 
@@ -165,7 +188,17 @@ fn main() {
     let mut root = process_input(&input);
     let total_size = sum_directories_part_one(&mut root);
 
-    println!("total size: {}", total_size);
+    println!("part 1: total size: {}", total_size);
+
+    let size_of_root = root.get_size();
+    println!("part 2: size of root: {}", size_of_root);
+    let total_disk = 70000000;
+    let needed_space = 30000000;
+    let space_to_free = needed_space - (total_disk - size_of_root);
+    println!("part 2: space to free: {}", space_to_free);
+
+    let smallest_dir_size = get_smallest_dir_with_min_size(&mut root, space_to_free);
+    println!("part 2: smallest dir size: {}", smallest_dir_size);
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -200,4 +233,36 @@ $ ls
         let total_size = super::sum_directories_part_one(&mut root);
         assert_eq!(total_size, 95437);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn part_two_example() {
+        let input = r#"$ cd /
+$ ls
+dir a
+14848514 b.txt
+8504156 c.dat
+dir d
+$ cd a
+$ ls
+dir e
+29116 f
+2557 g
+62596 h.lst
+$ cd e
+$ ls
+584 i
+$ cd ..
+$ cd ..
+$ cd d
+$ ls
+4060174 j
+8033020 d.log
+5626152 d.ext
+7214296 k
+"#;
+        let mut root = super::process_input(input);
+        let most_optimal_dir_to_delete_size =
+            super::get_smallest_dir_with_min_size(&mut root, 8381165);
+        assert_eq!(most_optimal_dir_to_delete_size, 24933642);
+    }
 }