diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 987bd7f..dc3b31d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ node_modules/
 # Added by cargo
 
 /target
+
+rls*.log
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5e3d6d7..e36bf23 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pub mod util;
 
 use util::lights::*;
-use std::sync::RwLock;
+use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use std::thread;
 use candela::Pixel;
 
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ use candela::Pixel;
 pub const LED_SIZE: usize = 450;
 
 fn main() {
-    let mut p: Pixel = [0, 0, 0, 0];
-    let lock = RwLock::new([p; LED_SIZE]);
+    let p: Pixel = [0, 0, 0, 0];
+    let lock = Arc::new(RwLock::new([p; LED_SIZE]));
+    let lock_c = Arc::clone(&lock);
     thread::spawn(move || loop {
-        let lights = lock.read().unwrap();
+        let lights = lock_c.read().unwrap();
         run_lights(&lights);
     });
     let mut x: u8 = 0;
@@ -20,11 +21,7 @@ fn main() {
         if x == 255 {
             x = 0;   
         }
-        let color = Color {
-            r: x,
-            g: x,
-            b: x
-        };
+        let color: Pixel = [x, x, x, 255];
         let mut lights = lock.write().unwrap();
         lights[0] = color; 
         x += 1;