diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1fee0e2..8703cf6 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
 
 #![allow(dead_code)]
 
-use bumpalo::collections::Vec;
-use bumpalo::Bump;
-use std::cell::RefCell;
-
-use rand::{random, Rng};
-
 mod basic_search;
 
 pub trait GameState {
@@ -20,107 +14,104 @@ pub trait GameState {
     fn is_finished(&self) -> bool;
 }
 
-type Tree<'tree, S> = RefCell<Node<'tree, S>>;
+mod mcts {
+    use crate::GameState;
+    use bumpalo::collections::Vec;
+    use bumpalo::Bump;
+    use rand::Rng;
+    use std::cell::{Cell, RefCell};
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
-struct Node<'tree, S> {
-    state: S,
-    visited: u64,
-    score: u64,
-    parent: Option<&'tree RefNode<'tree, S>>,
-    children: Vec<'tree, RefNode<'tree, S>>,
-}
+    type Tree<'tree, S> = RefCell<Node<'tree, S>>;
 
-type RefNode<'tree, S> = RefCell<Node<'tree, S>>;
+    #[derive(Clone)]
+    struct Node<'tree, S> {
+        state: S,
+        visited: Cell<u64>,
+        score: Cell<u64>,
+        parent: Option<&'tree Node<'tree, S>>,
+        children: Vec<'tree, Node<'tree, S>>,
+    }
 
-impl<'tree, S> Node<'tree, S> {
-    fn new(state: S, alloc: &'tree Bump) -> Node<S> {
-        Node {
-            state,
-            visited: 0,
-            score: 0,
-            parent: None,
-            children: Vec::new_in(alloc),
+    type RefNode<'tree, S> = RefCell<Node<'tree, S>>;
+
+    impl<'tree, S> Node<'tree, S> {
+        fn new(state: S, alloc: &'tree Bump) -> Node<S> {
+            Node {
+                state,
+                visited: Cell::new(0),
+                score: Cell::new(0),
+                parent: None,
+                children: Vec::new_in(alloc),
+            }
+        }
+
+        fn random_child(&self) -> &Self {
+            let random_index = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(0..self.children.len());
+
+            &self.children[random_index]
+        }
+
+        fn into_child_with_max_score(self) -> Option<Self> {
+            self.children
+                .into_iter()
+                .max_by_key(|node| node.score.get())
         }
     }
 
-    fn random_child(&self) -> &RefCell<Self> {
-        let random_index = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(0..self.children.len());
-
-        &self.children[random_index]
-    }
-
-    fn into_child_with_max_score(self) -> Option<RefCell<Self>> {
-        self.children
-            .into_iter()
-            .max_by_key(|node| node.borrow().score)
-    }
-}
-
-mod mcts {
-    use crate::{GameState, Node, RefNode};
-    use bumpalo::Bump;
-    use std::cell::{Ref, RefCell};
-
     const MAX_TRIES: u64 = 10000;
 
     pub fn find_next_move<S: GameState + Clone>(current_state: S) -> S {
         let alloc = Bump::new();
 
-        let root_node = alloc.alloc(RefCell::new(Node::new(current_state, &alloc)));
+        let root_node = alloc.alloc(Node::new(current_state, &alloc));
 
         for _ in 0..MAX_TRIES {
-            let promising_node = select_promising_node(&root_node);
+            let promising_node = select_promising_node(root_node);
 
-            if !promising_node.borrow().state.is_finished() {
-                expand_node(&promising_node);
+            if !promising_node.state.is_finished() {
+                expand_node(promising_node);
             }
 
-            if !promising_node.borrow().children.is_empty() {
-                let promising_node = promising_node.borrow();
+            if !promising_node.children.is_empty() {
                 let child = promising_node.random_child();
-                let playout_result = simulate_random_playout(&child);
-                back_propagation(&child, playout_result);
+                let playout_result = simulate_random_playout(child);
+                back_propagation(child, playout_result);
             } else {
-                let playout_result = simulate_random_playout(&promising_node);
-                back_propagation(&promising_node, playout_result);
+                let playout_result = simulate_random_playout(promising_node);
+                back_propagation(promising_node, playout_result);
             };
         }
 
-        let winner_node = root_node.clone().into_inner().into_child_with_max_score();
+        let winner_node = root_node.clone().into_child_with_max_score();
 
-        let state = winner_node.unwrap().into_inner().state;
-        state
+        let node = winner_node.unwrap();
+        node.state
     }
 
-    fn select_promising_node<'cell, 'tree, S>(
-        root_node: &'cell RefCell<Node<'tree, S>>,
-    ) -> &'cell RefNode<'tree, S> {
+    fn select_promising_node<'tree, S>(root_node: &'tree Node<'tree, S>) -> &'tree Node<'tree, S> {
         let mut node = root_node;
 
-        while node.borrow().children.len() != 0 {
-            node = uct::find_best_node_with_uct(&root_node).unwrap()
+        while !node.children.is_empty() {
+            node = uct::find_best_node_with_uct(root_node).unwrap()
         }
 
         node
     }
 
-    fn expand_node<S>(_node: &RefNode<S>) {
+    fn expand_node<S>(_node: &Node<'_, S>) {
         todo!("next")
     }
 
-    fn simulate_random_playout<S>(_node: &RefNode<'_, S>) -> u64 {
+    fn simulate_random_playout<S>(_node: &Node<'_, S>) -> u64 {
         todo!()
     }
 
-    fn back_propagation<S>(_node: &RefNode<'_, S>, _playout_result: u64) {
+    fn back_propagation<S>(_node: &Node<'_, S>, _playout_result: u64) {
         todo!()
     }
 
     mod uct {
-        use crate::mcts::RefNode;
-        use crate::Node;
-        use std::cell::Ref;
+        use crate::mcts::Node;
 
         pub fn uct(total_visit: u64, win_score: u64, node_visit: u64) -> u64 {
             if node_visit == 0 {
@@ -134,15 +125,14 @@ mod mcts {
             num as u64
         }
 
-        pub fn find_best_node_with_uct<'cell, 'tree, S>(
-            node: Ref<'cell, Node<'tree, S>>,
-        ) -> Option<&'cell RefNode<'tree, S>> {
-            let parent_visit_count = node.visited;
+        pub(super) fn find_best_node_with_uct<'tree, S>(
+            node: &'tree Node<'tree, S>,
+        ) -> Option<&'tree Node<'tree, S>> {
+            let parent_visit_count = node.visited.get();
 
-            node.children.iter().max_by_key(|n| {
-                let n = n.borrow();
-                uct(parent_visit_count, n.score, n.visited)
-            })
+            node.children
+                .iter()
+                .max_by_key(|n| uct(parent_visit_count, n.score.get(), n.score.get()))
         }
     }
 }