diff --git a/Main.hs b/Main.hs
index ef40e4f..76ec22e 100644
--- a/Main.hs
+++ b/Main.hs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as C
 -- Regex imports
 import Text.Regex.TDFA
 import Data.Word (Word8)
-import Data.Char (ord, chr, intToDigit)
+import Data.Char (ord, chr, intToDigit, digitToInt)
 
 data Based = Decode { 
               b91 :: Bool,
@@ -269,29 +269,93 @@ enc10 :: String -> String
 -- enc10 = C.unpack . BSU.fromString . intToHexString . decimalStringToInt -- Depending on what you want,  do enc10 = show . map ord
 enc10 str = C.unpack $ C.pack $ Prelude.foldl (\acc char -> acc ++ show (ord char)) "" str
 
+-- decode octal
+octalToChar :: String -> Char
+octalToChar str = chr $ Prelude.foldl (\acc c -> acc * 8 + read [c]) 0 str
+
+chunksOf :: Int -> [a] -> [[a]]
+chunksOf _ [] = []
+chunksOf n xs = Prelude.take n xs : chunksOf n (Prelude.drop n xs)
+
+decodeOctal :: String -> String
+decodeOctal = map octalToChar . words
+
+-- decodeOctal :: String -> String
+-- decodeOctal = map (octalToChar . padOctal) . words
+  -- where
+  --   -- Function to pad an octal number string with leading '0's if needed
+  --   padOctal str
+  --     | Prelude.length str == 1 && str /= "0" = "00" ++ str
+  --     | Prelude.length str == 2 && str /= "0" = "0" ++ str
+  --     | otherwise = str
+
+-- Function to decode a string of octal numbers to characters
 dec8 :: String -> String
-dec8  = C.unpack . encodeUtf8 . toText . showbOct . hexStringToInt
+dec8 = map octalToChar . chunksOf 3 . filter (/= ' ')
+
+-- dec8 :: String -> String
+-- dec8  = C.unpack . encodeUtf8 . toText . showbOct . hexStringToInt
+
+-- newtype Octal = Octal Int
+-- octalToString :: Octal -> String
+-- octalToString (Octal n) = show n
+
+-- dec8 =  map (chr . octalToDecimal) . chunksOf 3
+--    where
+--       octalToDecimal :: Octal -> Int
+--       octalToDecimal (Octal n) = Prelude.foldl (\acc c -> acc * 8 + digitToInt c) O (show n)
+
+--       chunksOf :: Int -> [a] -> [[a]]
+--       chunksOf _ [] = []
+--       chunksOf n xs = Prelude.take n xs : chunksOf n (Prelude.drop n xs)
 
 -- enc8 :: String -> String
 -- enc8  = C.unpack . BSU.fromString . intToHexString . octToInt . (reverse . (map fromJust . (map fromOctDigit)))
 --
-unicodeToOctal :: Char -> String
-unicodeToOctal c = reverse $ padTo3Bits $ decimalToOctal' (ord c)
-   where
-      decimalToOctal' 0 = "0"
-      decimalToOctal' m = let (q, r) = m `divMod` 8 in intToDigit r : decimalToOctal' q
 
-      padTo3Bits :: String -> String
-      padTo3Bits bits = replicate (3 - Prelude.length bits) '0' ++ bits
+
+-- unicodeToOctal :: Char -> String
+-- unicodeToOctal c
+--     | ord c >= 0 && ord c <= 7 = ['0', intToDigit (ord c)]
+--     | otherwise                = padTo3Bits $ decimalToOctal' (ord c)
+--    where
+--       decimalToOctal' 0 = ""
+--       decimalToOctal' m = let (q, r) = m `divMod` 8 in intToDigit r : decimalToOctal' q
+
+--       padTo3Bits :: String -> String
+--       padTo3Bits bits
+--         | Prelude.length bits < 3 = replicate (3 - Prelude.length bits) '0' ++ bits
+--         | otherwise       = bits
+
+-- enc8 :: String -> String
+-- enc8 = unwords . map (concatMap unicodeToOctal . (:[]))
+
+unicodeToOctal :: Char -> [String]
+unicodeToOctal c = chunksOf 3 $ reverse $ decimalToOctal' (ord c)
+  where
+    decimalToOctal' 0 = "0"
+    decimalToOctal' m = let (q, r) = m `divMod` 8 in intToDigit r : if q == 0 then "" else decimalToOctal' q
 
 enc8 :: String -> String
-enc8 = concatMap unicodeToOctal
+enc8 = unwords . concatMap unicodeToOctal
 
+-- unicodeToOctal :: Char -> String
+-- unicodeToOctal c = reverse $ padTo3Bits $ decimalToOctal' (ord c)
+--    where
+--       decimalToOctal' 0 = "0"
+--       decimalToOctal' m = let (q, r) = m `divMod` 8 in intToDigit r : decimalToOctal' q
+
+--       padTo3Bits :: String -> String
+--       padTo3Bits bits = replicate (3 - Prelude.length bits) '0' ++ bits
+
+-- enc8 :: String -> String
+-- enc8 = concatMap unicodeToOctal
 
 dec2 :: String -> String
 -- dec2  = C.unpack . encodeUtf8 . toText . showbBin . hexStringToInt
-dec2  = TL.unpack . toLazyText . showbBin . hexStringToInt
 -- dec2  = TL.unpack . toLazyText . showbBin . hexStringToInt . enc16
+dec2  = TL.unpack . toLazyText . showbBin . hexStringToInt
+
 
 enc2 :: String -> String
 -- enc2  = C.unpack . BSU.fromString . intToHexString . binToInt . (reverse . (map fromJust . (map fromBinDigit)))