diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7459211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# celery beat schedule file
+celerybeat-schedule
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+
+# screenshots
+screenshot*
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a5bfcf6..7357fc1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Chrome Dino Bot
-A bot that plays the boring chrome dinasour game that appears when no internet available.
+A bot that plays the boring chrome dinosaur game that appears when no internet available.
 ***
 ![Game Screenshot](https://9to5google.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/09/chrome-offline-dino-game.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
 
diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 8e5262b..9e99353 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 import pyautogui as gui
 import keyboard
-import time
-import math
+import time       
+# Set a debug flag for verbose output
+debug_flag=True
+
+
+if debug_flag:
+    print("Starting. Press Q to quit")
+
+#Startup time to switch tabs     
+time.sleep(5)
 
 # Helper function to get value of pixel in image
 def getPixel(Image,x, y):
-    px = Image.load()
+    px = Image.load()              
     return px[x, y]
 
 
@@ -21,12 +29,14 @@ def getPixel(Image,x, y):
 # helper variables to calculate time
 last = 0
 total_time = 0
+screenshot_counter=0
 
 # the intervals where the bot will search for obstacles
 y_search, x_start, x_end = 350, 435, 450
 y_search2 = 275 # for the birds
 
 
+
 time.sleep(1)
 while True:
     t1 = time.time()
@@ -34,15 +44,11 @@ def getPixel(Image,x, y):
         break
 
     # increase the search width every second to simulate the dino acceleration
-    if math.floor(total_time) != last:
+    if int(total_time) != last:
         x_end += 4
         if x_end >= width:
             x_end = width
-        last = math.floor(total_time)
-
-    # a way to get a screen shot but it was too slow
-    # sct_img = sct.grab(screenDimensions)
-    # mss.tools.to_png(sct_img.rgb, sct_img.size, output="test.png")
+        last = int(total_time)
 
     # Get a screen shot
     sct_img = gui.screenshot(region=(left,top, width, height))
@@ -50,6 +56,12 @@ def getPixel(Image,x, y):
     # Get the color of the world background
     bgColor = getPixel(sct_img, 440, 30)
 
+
+    if debug_flag:
+        sct_img.save("screenshot" + str(screenshot_counter) +".png")
+        screenshot_counter += 1
+
+    #Check for cacti - do a scan of the image low down
     for i in reversed(range(x_start, x_end)):
         # if i found a pixel in the search interval with a colour other than the bg colour, then it is an obstacle
         if getPixel(sct_img,i,y_search) != bgColor\
@@ -57,9 +69,14 @@ def getPixel(Image,x, y):
             keyboard.press(' ') # jump
             break
 
+    #check for birds - do a higher up scan of the images
+    #tba
+
+
     t2 = time.time()-t1
     total_time += t2
 
     # DEBUG
-    print(x_end)
+    if debug_flag:
+        print(x_end)