diff --git a/instance_finder.py b/instance_finder.py
index bca5419..29bbdf3 100644
--- a/instance_finder.py
+++ b/instance_finder.py
@@ -1,61 +1,44 @@
 import json
 from site_api import get, api, replay
 from sat import COLORS, solve
-from database import Game, store, load, commit
-
-def known_solvable(seed):
-    link = "seed/" + seed
-    r = api(link)
-    rows = r['rows']
-    if not rows:
-        print("invalid response to seed {}".format(seed))
-        return False
-    for row in rows:
-        if row["score"] == 25:
-            return True, row["id"]
-    for i in range(1, (r['total_rows'] + 99) // 100):
-        page = api(link + "?page=" + str(i))
-        rows = page['rows']
-        for row in rows:
-            if row["score"] == 25:
-                return True, row["id"]
-#    print("No solution found in database for seed {}".format(seed))
-    return False
+from database import Game, store, load, commit, conn
+from download_data import export_game
 
 
-def solvable(replay):
-    deck = replay["deck"]
-    deck_str = " ".join(COLORS[c["suitIndex"]] + str(c["rank"]) for c in deck)
-    return solve(deck_str, len(replay["players"]))
+def update_seeds_db():
+    cur2 = conn.cursor()
+    with conn.cursor() as cur:
+        cur.execute("SELECT num_players, seed, variant_id from games;")
+        for (num_players, seed, variant_id) in cur:
+            cur2.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) from seeds WHERE seed = (%s);", (seed,))
+            if cur2.fetchone()[0] == 0:
+                print("new seed {}".format(seed))
+                cur2.execute("INSERT INTO seeds"
+                             "(seed, num_players, variant_id)"
+                             "VALUES"
+                             "(%s, %s, %s)",
+                             (seed, num_players, variant_id)
+                             )
+                conn.commit()
+            else:
+                print("seed {} already found in DB".format(seed))
 
 
-num_entries = 0
-for i in range(0,10000):
-    r = api("variants/0?page=" + str(i))
-    for row in r['rows']:
-        num_entries += 1
-        row.pop('users')
-        row.pop('datetime')
-        g = Game(row)
-        g.variant_id = 0
-        store(g)
+def get_decks_of_seeds():
+    cur = conn.cursor()
+    cur2 = conn.cursor()
+    cur.execute("SELECT seed FROM seeds WHERE deck is NULL")
+    for (seed,) in cur:
+        cur2.execute("SELECT id FROM games WHERE seed = (%s)", (seed,))
+        (game_id,) = cur2.fetchone()
+        print("Exporting game {} for seed {}.".format(game_id, seed))
+        export_game(game_id)
+        conn.commit()
 
-print('considered {} entries'.format(num_entries))
-commit()
+get_decks_of_seeds()
 exit(0)
 
 
-seeds = {2: [], 3: [], 4: [], 5: [], 6: []}
-num_games = 0
-for i in range(0,10000):
-    r = api("variants/0?page=" + str(i))
-    for row in r['rows']:
-        num_games += 1
-        if row['seed'] not in seeds[row['num_players']]:
-            seeds[row['num_players']].append(row['seed'])
-#                print('found new non-max-game in 5p: ' + row['seed'])
-
-
 print('looked at {} games'.format(num_games))
 for i in range(2,7):
     print("Found {} seeds in {}-player in database".format(len(seeds[i]), i))