diff --git a/src/day2.rs b/src/day2.rs
index 75ce09f..d5629c6 100644
--- a/src/day2.rs
+++ b/src/day2.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@ use aoc_runner_derive::{aoc, aoc_generator};
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use std::ops::RangeInclusive;
 
+const POW10MAX: usize = u64::MAX.ilog10() as usize;
+const POW10: [u64; POW10MAX] = pow10_lut();
+
+const fn pow10_lut<const N: usize>() -> [u64; N] {
+    let mut res = [0; N];
+    let mut i = 0;
+    while i < N {
+        res[i] = 10u64.pow(i as u32);
+        i += 1;
+    }
+    res
+}
+
 #[aoc_generator(day2)]
 fn parse(input: &str) -> Vec<RangeInclusive<u64>> {
     input
@@ -62,12 +75,12 @@ fn part1_arithmetic_brute(input: &[RangeInclusive<u64>]) -> u64 {
     for r in input {
         // println!("Range: {:?}", r);
         for product in r.clone() {
-            let n_digits = product.ilog10() + 1;
+            let n_digits = (product.ilog10() + 1) as usize;
             if n_digits % 2 != 0 {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            let decade = 10u64.pow(n_digits / 2);
+            let decade = POW10[n_digits / 2];
             let lhs = product / decade;
             let rhs = product % decade;
             // println!("{product} {n_digits}: D:{decade} L:{lhs} R:{rhs}");
@@ -84,21 +97,19 @@ fn part2_arithmetic_brute(input: &[RangeInclusive<u64>]) -> u64 {
     let mut invalid_sum = 0;
     for r in input {
         for product in r.clone() {
-            let n_digits = product.ilog10() + 1;
+            let n_digits = (product.ilog10() + 1) as usize;
 
             for n in 1..=n_digits / 2 {
                 let repetitions = n_digits / n;
                 if n_digits % n != 0 {
                     continue;
                 }
-                let decade = 10u64.pow(n_digits - n);
+                let decade = POW10[n_digits - n];
                 let lhs = product / decade;
                 let remainder = product % decade;
 
                 // for each repetition we multiply by 10^(rep * n)
-                let expected_remainder = (0..repetitions - 1)
-                    .map(|rep| lhs * 10u64.pow(rep * n))
-                    .sum();
+                let expected_remainder = (0..repetitions - 1).map(|rep| lhs * POW10[rep * n]).sum();
 
                 if remainder == expected_remainder {
                     invalid_sum += product;
@@ -114,19 +125,19 @@ fn part2_arithmetic_brute(input: &[RangeInclusive<u64>]) -> u64 {
 fn part1_clever(input: &[RangeInclusive<u64>]) -> u64 {
     let mut invalid_sum = 0;
     for r in input {
-        let n_digits = r.start().ilog10() + 1;
+        let n_digits = (r.start().ilog10() + 1) as usize;
 
         let mut lhs = if n_digits % 2 != 0 {
             // If the number of digits is odd, we start our guess at the first possibility in the next decade
-            10u64.pow(n_digits / 2)
+            POW10[n_digits / 2]
         } else {
-            let start_decade = 10u64.pow(n_digits / 2);
+            let start_decade = POW10[n_digits / 2];
             r.start() / start_decade
         };
 
         // we will guess the next repeater, and check if it's in range, if not we are done.
         loop {
-            let repeater = lhs * 10u64.pow(lhs.ilog10() + 1) + lhs;
+            let repeater = lhs * POW10[(lhs.ilog10() + 1) as usize] + lhs;
             if repeater < *r.start() {
                 lhs += 1
             } else if r.contains(&repeater) {