diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 46c86a9..b006cf7 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,20 +1,41 @@
-'use strict';
-var utils = require('./utils');
 
-function midPoint (line) {
-  var len = line.length;
-  var start = 0;
-  var end = len - 1;
-  var diff = 0;
+import {getLength, findMidpoint} from './utils.js'
+const midPoint = (line) => {
+  let start = 0;
+  let end = line.length - 1;
+  let diff = 0;
+  let lastStart = 0;
+  let lastEnd = 0;
   while (start + 1 !== end) {
     if (diff <= 0) {
-      diff += utils.getLength(line[start], line[++start]);
+      lastStart =  getLength(line[start], line[++start]);
+      diff += lastStart;
     } else {
-      diff -= utils.getLength(line[end], line[--end]);
+     lastEnd = getLength(line[end], line[--end]);
+     diff -= lastEnd;
     }
   }
   
-  var hyp = utils.getLength(line[start], line[end]);
-  return utils.diffThingy(line[start], line[end], hyp, diff);
+  let hyp = getLength(line[start], line[end]);
+
+  if (Math.abs(diff) > hyp) {
+    // our last segment is smaller than the current difference;
+
+    // to correct this we 
+    // 1. undo the last one that was too big
+    // 2. force it to do the segment at the other end that was previously the midpoint
+    // 3. recalculate the distance between the new last two points
+    if (diff > 0) {
+      diff -= lastStart; // 1. 
+      start--;// 1. 
+      diff -= getLength(line[end], line[--end]); // 2. 
+    } else {
+      diff += lastEnd;// 1. 
+      end++;// 1. 
+      diff += getLength(line[start], line[++start]); // 2. 
+    }
+     hyp = getLength(line[start], line[end]); // 3. 
+  }
+  return findMidpoint(line[start], line[end], hyp, diff);
 }
-module.exports = midPoint;
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+export default midPoint;
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6c84abf..090bd39 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "version": "0.0.2",
   "description": "find the midpoint of a line",
   "main": "index.js",
+  "type":"module",
   "devDependencies": {
     "tap-spec": "~0.2.0",
     "tape": "~2.13.1"
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 4a3f6c4..57ef499 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -1,26 +1,53 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var test = require('tape');
-var utils = require('./utils');
-var midPoint = require('./index');
+import test from 'tape';
+import {getLength} from './utils.js'
+import midPoint from './index.js'
 
-test('lengths', function (t) {
+test('lengths', (t) => {
   var a = [0, 0];
   var b = [1, 1];
   var c = [-1, -1];
   var root2 = Math.sqrt(2);
   var root8 = Math.sqrt(8);
   t.plan(6);
-  t.equals(utils.getLength(a, b), root2);
-  t.equals(utils.getLength(a, c), root2);
-  t.equals(utils.getLength(b, c), root8);
-  t.equals(utils.getLength(b, a), root2);
-  t.equals(utils.getLength(c, a), root2);
-  t.equals(utils.getLength(c, b), root8);
+  t.equals(getLength(a, b), root2);
+  t.equals(getLength(a, c), root2);
+  t.equals(getLength(b, c), root8);
+  t.equals(getLength(b, a), root2);
+  t.equals(getLength(c, a), root2);
+  t.equals(getLength(c, b), root8);
 });
 test('mid points', function (t) {
-  t.deepEquals(midPoint([[0,0], [1,1], [2,2], [3,3]]), [1.5, 1.5], 'correct mid point');
-  t.deepEquals(midPoint([[0,0], [1,1], [3,3]]), [1.5, 1.5], 'correct mid point');
-  t.deepEquals(midPoint([[0,0], [1,1],[2,2]]), [1, 1], 'correct mid point');
+  t.deepEquals(midPoint([[0,0], [1,1], [2,2], [3,3]]), [1.5, 1.5], 'correct mid point 1');
+  t.deepEquals(midPoint([[0,0], [1,1], [3,3]]), [1.5, 1.5], 'correct mid point, 2');
+  t.deepEquals(midPoint([[0,0], [1,1],[2,2]]), [1, 1], 'correct mid point, 3');
+  t.deepEquals(midPoint([[0,0], [1, 0],[1,1],[7,1]]), [3, 1], 'correct mid point, 4');
+  t.deepEquals(midPoint([[7,1], [1,1],[1,0],[0,0]]), [3, 1], 'correct mid point, 5');
+
+  t.end();
+});
+
+test('weird', (t) => {
+  const path = [
+          [
+            -93.58900674667849,
+            34.72896579327973
+          ],
+          [
+            -93.52014326672906,
+            34.88244373300708
+          ],
+          [
+            -93.31354710277073,
+            34.9711667901214
+          ],
+          [
+            -89.36857824131185,
+            35.22873356176132
+          ]
+        ]
+  t.deepEquals(midPoint(path),   [-91.53717547300896, 35.08714598336179], 'correct forward')
+  t.deepEquals(midPoint(path.toReversed()),   [-91.53717547300896, 35.08714598336179 ], 'correct backwards')
   t.end();
 });
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diff --git a/utils.js b/utils.js
index 7485edd..f27c03f 100644
--- a/utils.js
+++ b/utils.js
@@ -1,23 +1,22 @@
 'use strict';
 
-function getLength (p1, p2) {
-  var dx = p2[0] - p1[0];
-  var dy = p2[1] - p1[1];
+export const getLength = (p1, p2) => {
+  const dx = p2[0] - p1[0];
+  const dy = p2[1] - p1[1];
   return Math.sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy);
 }
-exports.getLength = getLength;
 
-function getDiff (p1, p2) {
-  var dx = p2[0] - p1[0];
-  var dy = p2[1] - p1[1];
+const getDiff = (p1, p2) => {
+  const dx = p2[0] - p1[0];
+  const dy = p2[1] - p1[1];
   return [dx, dy];
 }
 
-function diffThingy(p1, p2, hyp, diff) {
-  var delta = getDiff(p1, p2);
-  var ratio = ((hyp - diff) / 2) / hyp;
-  return p1.map(function (p, i) {
-    return p + delta[i] * ratio;
-  });
+export const findMidpoint = (p1, p2, hyp, diff) => {
+  const delta = getDiff(p1, p2);
+  const ratio = ((hyp - diff) / 2) / hyp;
+  return [
+    p1[0] + delta[0] * ratio,
+    p1[1] + delta[1] * ratio
+  ]
 }
-exports.diffThingy = diffThingy;
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