diff --git a/src/CheckersAI.java b/src/CheckersAI.java
index 8bcbbb3..0166553 100644
--- a/src/CheckersAI.java
+++ b/src/CheckersAI.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class CheckersAI{
         double v = Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
         double check;
         Move max = null;
-        // System.out.println(s.actions().size());
+        System.out.println(s.actions().size());
         for(Move a: s.actions()){
             check = minValue(s.result(a), alpha, beta, depth + 1, a.isJump(), min_ply);
             if(check > v){
diff --git a/src/CheckersGameState3.java b/src/CheckersGameState3.java
index eaff276..303dd4b 100644
--- a/src/CheckersGameState3.java
+++ b/src/CheckersGameState3.java
@@ -374,13 +374,16 @@ public class CheckersGameState3 implements CheckersGameState{
    }
 
    /* computes feature vector:
-      piece-ratio, loners, safes, pawns,
-      moveable pawns, aggregate distance,
-      kings, moveable kings, promotion line
-      opening
+      [piece-ratio,
+      loners,
+      safes,
+      pawns,
+      moveable pawns,
+      aggregate distance,
+      promotion line opening]
    */
    public double[] getFeatures(int player){
-     double[] features = new double[9];
+     double[] features = new double[7];
      double total = 0.0;
      double mypieces = 0.0;
      for(int i = 0; i<this.board.length; i++){
@@ -396,14 +399,14 @@ public class CheckersGameState3 implements CheckersGameState{
               features[5] += getDistance(i);       //aggregate distance
            }
            else if(this.board[i] == player+2){     //king
-             features[6]+=1.0;
-             if(king_can_move(i)) features[7] += 1.0;
+             features[3]+=2.0;
+             if(king_can_move(i)) features[4] += 2.0;
          }
        }
      }
    }
      features[0] = mypieces/total;
-     features[8] = promotionLineOpenings(player);
+     features[6] = promotionLineOpenings(player);
      return features;
    }
 
diff --git a/src/Learn.java b/src/Learn.java
index 7214f56..e3c2d9a 100644
--- a/src/Learn.java
+++ b/src/Learn.java
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ public class Learn{
 
     public static void main(String[] args){
 
-        final int num_games = 1;
-        LearningEvaluator le =  new LearningEvaluator("weights/alpha.csv", .1);
-        BaseEvaluator be = new BaseEvaluator("weights/beta.csv");
+        final int num_games = 15;
+        LearningEvaluator le =  new LearningEvaluator("../src/weights/alpha.csv", .1);
+        BaseEvaluator be = new BaseEvaluator("../src/weights/beta.csv");
         CheckersAI alpha = new CheckersAI(le, 1);
         CheckersAI beta = new CheckersAI(be, 2);
         CheckersGameState s;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class Learn{
             }
             if(played == 10){
                 if(won >= 7){ // if alpha wins 7 of every ten games, make beta use alpha's new evaluator
-                    le.commitWeights("weights/beta.csv");
+                    le.commitWeights("../src/weights/beta.csv");
                     be.refreshWeights();
                 }
                 played = 0;
@@ -58,12 +58,14 @@ public class Learn{
             moves++;
         }
         while(!current.isTerminal() && moves <= 50){
+            System.out.println("alphas moves:");
+            System.out.println(current.actions());
             Move next = alpha.minimax(current, 7); // get alpha's move
             le.addData(current.getFeatures(alpha.getPlayer()), next.getValue()); // add this moves data to the data set (the value of the state is stored in the move. there is probably a better way to do this)
             current = current.result(next); // make the move
             current.printState();
             moves++;
-            if(current.isTerminal()){ // if alpha won, then brea
+            if(current.isTerminal()){ // if alpha won, then break
                 break;
             }
             current = current.result(beta.minimax(current, 7)); // beta's move
@@ -74,5 +76,3 @@ public class Learn{
         return current.winner();
     }
 }
-
-
diff --git a/src/LearningEvaluator.java b/src/LearningEvaluator.java
index 5531c8e..91a6556 100644
--- a/src/LearningEvaluator.java
+++ b/src/LearningEvaluator.java
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import org.apache.commons.math3.stat.regression.OLSMultipleLinearRegression;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.linear.SingularMatrixException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 public class LearningEvaluator extends BaseEvaluator{
 
     ArrayList<double[]> params;
     ArrayList<Double> values;
-    // need to download jar and set classpath to import and run 
+    // need to download jar and set classpath to import and run
     OLSMultipleLinearRegression reg; // performs linear regression (ordinary least squares)
     double alpha; // learning parameter, higher alpha means weights are closer to the regression output
                   // alpha of 1 is directly setting weights to be regression weights
@@ -39,20 +40,21 @@ public class LearningEvaluator extends BaseEvaluator{
         // get a lot of singular matrices
         // we could do samuel's method or come up with another function to modify the coefficients
         int curr_in = 0;
-        while(params.size() - curr_in > 10){ // need to do regression with data sets of size 10, so each iteration of loop uses 10 lines of data
-            double[] vals = new double [10]; //converting arraylist to array
+        int data_sz = 8;   // need to do regression with data sets of size 10, so each iteration of loop uses 10 lines of data
+        while(params.size() - curr_in > data_sz){
+            double[] vals = new double [data_sz]; //converting arraylist to array
             System.out.println("printing values");
             int j = 0;
-            for(int i = curr_in; i < curr_in + 10; i++){
+            for(int i = curr_in; i < curr_in + data_sz; i++){
                 vals[j] = values.get(i);
                 System.out.println(values.get(i));
                 j++;
             }
             System.out.println(vals);
             System.out.println("printing params");
-            double[][] pars = new double[10][]; //converting 2d arraylist to array
+            double[][] pars = new double[data_sz][]; //converting 2d arraylist to array
             j=0;
-            for(int i=curr_in; i < curr_in + 10; i++){
+            for(int i=curr_in; i < curr_in + data_sz; i++){
                 pars[j] = params.get(i);
                 System.out.println(Arrays.toString(params.get(i)));
                 j++;
@@ -60,12 +62,16 @@ public class LearningEvaluator extends BaseEvaluator{
             System.out.println(pars);
             reg.newSampleData(vals, pars); //add data
             reg.setNoIntercept(true);
-            double[] new_weights = reg.estimateRegressionParameters(); //get parameters
-            for(int i = 0; i < this.weights.length; i++){
-                this.weights[i] = this.weights[i] + alpha * (new_weights[i] - this.weights[i]);
+            try {
+              double[] new_weights = reg.estimateRegressionParameters(); //get parameters
+              for(int i = 0; i < this.weights.length; i++){
+                  this.weights[i] = this.weights[i] + alpha * (new_weights[i] - this.weights[i]);
+              }
+              commitWeights(this.file);
+            } catch(SingularMatrixException e) {
+              System.out.println("Matrix was singular, not updating weights");
             }
-            commitWeights(this.file);
-            curr_in += 10;
+            curr_in += data_sz;
         }
 
         values.clear();
diff --git a/src/weights/alpha.csv b/src/weights/alpha.csv
index 6ffa5a6..5895be1 100644
--- a/src/weights/alpha.csv
+++ b/src/weights/alpha.csv
@@ -1 +1,30 @@
-50, 10, 10, 5, 5, 5, 30, 15, 10
+50, 10, 10, 5, 5, 5
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diff --git a/src/weights/beta.csv b/src/weights/beta.csv
index 6ffa5a6..4192e5a 100644
--- a/src/weights/beta.csv
+++ b/src/weights/beta.csv
@@ -1 +1 @@
-50, 10, 10, 5, 5, 5, 30, 15, 10
+50, 10, 10, 5, 5, 5