diff --git a/hashids.janet b/hashids.janet
index 6d4b0a8..924763e 100644
--- a/hashids.janet
+++ b/hashids.janet
@@ -39,20 +39,26 @@
 (defn- intersection [s1 s2]
   (seq [x :in s1 y :in s2 :when (= x y)] x))
 
-(defn consistent-shuffle [alphabet salt]
-  (if (= "" salt) alphabet
-      (let [alph-bytes (apply array (string/bytes alphabet))
-            salt-bytes (string/bytes salt)
-            max-index (- (length alph-bytes) 1)]
+(defn balance [sep-bytes alph-bytes] 
+
+[
+
+]
+) 
+
+(defn consistent-shuffle [alph-bytes salt-bytes]
+  (if (empty? salt-bytes) alph-bytes
+      (let [alph-array (apply array alph-bytes)
+            max-index (- (length alph-array) 1)]
         (var p 0)
 
         (loop [i :down [max-index 0]]
           (let [v (mod (- max-index i) (length salt-bytes))
                 n (get salt-bytes v)
                 j (mod (+ n v (set p (+ p n))) i)]
-            (swap alph-bytes i j)))
+            (swap alph-array i j)))
 
-        (apply string/from-bytes alph-bytes))))
+        alph-array)))
 
 (defn setup [opts]
 (let [{:salt salt
@@ -62,13 +68,13 @@
       alph-bytes (string/bytes alphabet)
       salt-bytes (string/bytes salt)
       seps-bytes (string/bytes seps)
-      unbalanced-alph (difference alph-bytes seps-bytes)
-      unbalanced-seps (intersection alph-bytes seps-bytes)
-      ]
-(pp unbalanced-seps)
+      alph-unbal (difference alph-bytes seps-bytes)
+      seps-unbal (intersection alph-bytes seps-bytes)
+      [seps-bal alph-bal] (balance (consistent-shuffle seps-unbal salt-bytes)
+                                    alph-unbal)]
 {
-:seps (apply string/from-bytes unbalanced-seps)
-:alph (apply string/from-bytes unbalanced-alph)
+:seps (apply string/from-bytes seps-unbal)
+:alph (apply string/from-bytes alph-unbal)
   :salt salt
   :min-length min-length
 }))
diff --git a/test/consistent-shuffle.janet b/test/consistent-shuffle.janet
index 0781104..456582d 100644
--- a/test/consistent-shuffle.janet
+++ b/test/consistent-shuffle.janet
@@ -1,23 +1,28 @@
 (import ../hashids :as h)
 
-(assert
-  (= "abc" (h/consistent-shuffle "abc" "")))
+(defn string-shuffle [alph salt]
+  (apply string/from-bytes
+         (h/consistent-shuffle (string/bytes alph)
+                               (string/bytes salt))))
 
 (def salt "this is my salt")
 
 (assert
-  (= "ba" (h/consistent-shuffle "ab" salt)))
+  (= "abc" (string-shuffle "abc" "")))
+
+(assert
+  (= "ba" (string-shuffle "ab" salt)))
 
 (assert
-  (= "bca" (h/consistent-shuffle "abc" salt)))
+  (= "bca" (string-shuffle "abc" salt)))
 
 (assert
-  (= "cadb" (h/consistent-shuffle "abcd" salt)))
+  (= "cadb" (string-shuffle "abcd" salt)))
 
 (assert
   (= "f17a8zvCwo0iuqYDXlJ4RmAS2end5ghTcpjbOWLK9GFyE6xUI3ZBMQtPsNHrkV"
-     (h/consistent-shuffle "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890"
-                           "salt")))
+     (string-shuffle "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890"
+                     "salt")))