diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6f9dbf4..6eb9ee0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 #
 
 
-CXX      := -g++-7
-CXXFLAGS := -pedantic-errors -Wall -Wextra -Werror -O0 -std=c++14 -fPIC -DUSE_CATCH
+CXX      := -g++-8
+CXXFLAGS := -pedantic-errors -Wall -Wextra -Werror -O0 -std=c++2a -fPIC -DUSE_CATCH
 # -DCOMPAT_TLS
 # ^ Enable this flag if your compiler ABI have issues with thread local storage
 LDFLAGS  := -L/usr/lib -lstdc++ -lm -lpthread
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ BUILD    := build
 OBJ_DIR  := $(BUILD)/objects
 APP_DIR  := $(BUILD)/apps
 TARGET   := tests.cpp
-INCLUDE  := -Iinclude/
+INCLUDE  := -Iinclude/ -I9float/include
 SRC      :=                      \
 
 OBJECTS := $(SRC:%.cpp=$(OBJ_DIR)/%.o)
diff --git a/include/scatter/scatter.h b/include/scatter/scatter.h
index 8cfcddb..40d6612 100644
--- a/include/scatter/scatter.h
+++ b/include/scatter/scatter.h
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
+#pragma once
 #include <stdint.h>
-#ifdef COMPILE_TIME
-    #include "9float.hpp"
-    using scatter_key_t = ninefloat::Q<uint64_t,64>;
-    static const scatter_key_t scatter_key_increment = ninefloat::Q<uint64_t,64>::min_increment();
-#else
-    using scatter_key_t = uint64_t;
-    static const scatter_key_t scatter_key_increment = 1;
-#endif
-
+#include "9float.hpp"
+using scatter_key_t = ninefloat::Q<uint64_t,64>;
+static const scatter_key_t scatter_key_increment = ninefloat::Q<uint64_t,64>::min_increment();
 #include <vector>
+#include <numeric>
 
 namespace StorageTree{
 
@@ -35,7 +31,7 @@ namespace StorageTree{
         constexpr T max(T any = 0)
         {
             if(any>any+scatter_key_increment)
-                return any
+                return any;
             return max(any+scatter_key_increment);
         }
     }
@@ -50,26 +46,33 @@ namespace StorageTree{
     using root          = _impl::subdivision<datacenter>;
 
     template<class T, std::enable_if_t<T::divisible>>
-    void update_weights(T& root, uint64_t sub_ratio=1, scatter_key_t begin=0, scatter_key_t end=_impl::max<scatter_key_t>())
+    uint64_t total_weight(T& root)
     {
-        scatter_key_t address_space = end-begin;
-        scatter_key_t base = begin
-        for(int idx=0:idx<root.content.size();idx++)
-        {
-            auto& elem = root.content[idx];
-            if(idx!=root.content.size()-1)
+        return std::reduce(
+            root.content.begin(),
+            root.content.end(),
+            0UL,
+            [](auto val, uint64_t acc)
             {
-                update_weights(elem, root.content.size()*sub_ratio, base, base+address_space/root.content.size());
-                base = base+address_space/root.content.size()+scatter_key_increment;
+                return acc+total_weight(val);
             }
-            else
-                update_weights(elem, root.content.size()*sub_ratio, base, end);
-            
-        }
+        );
+    }
+
+    template<class T, std::enable_if_t<!T::divisible>>
+    uint64_t total_weight(T& root)
+    {
+        return root.weight;
+    }
+
+    template<class T, std::enable_if_t<T::divisible>>
+    scatter_key_t update_weights(T& root, uint64_t sub_ratio=1, uint64_t total, scatter_key_t begin=0, scatter_key_t ratio=0.5)
+    {
+        
     }
     
     template<class T, std::enable_if_t<!T::divisible>>
-    void update_weights(T& root, scatter_key_t begin, scatter_key_t end)
+    scatter_key_t update_weights(T& root, uint64_t sub_ratio=1, uint64_t total, scatter_key_t begin, scatter_key_t end)
     { 
         this->begin = begin;
         this->end = end;
diff --git a/src/tests.cpp b/src/tests.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4b6d14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include "scatter/scatter.h"
+
+int main()
+{
+    StorageTree::root n;
+    StorageTree::update_weights(n,1,StorageTree::total_weight(T& root));
+}
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