diff --git a/src/directory.rs b/src/directory.rs
index 61d09cf..2e2c412 100644
--- a/src/directory.rs
+++ b/src/directory.rs
@@ -78,6 +78,27 @@ impl Directory {
             }
         };
 
+        let fold_op = |(mut size, mut children), dir| -> Result<(u64, Vec<Self>)> {
+            let dir: Self = match (dir, args.persistant()) {
+                (Ok(Some(d)), _) => d,
+                (Ok(None), _) | (Err(_), true) => return Ok((size, children)),
+                (Err(e), false) => return Err(e),
+            };
+            size += dir.size;
+            if args.tree() && args.should_print(dir.path()) {
+                // since size was increased, this just prevents
+                // the directory from appearing in printing
+                children.push(dir);
+            }
+
+            Ok((size, children))
+        };
+        let reduce_op = |(asize, mut avec): (u64, Vec<Self>), (bsize, bvec)| {
+            if args.tree() { avec.extend(bvec); }
+
+            Ok((asize + bsize, avec))
+        };
+
         // this is a compicated iterator pattern. I'll do my best to explain.
         // 1. the end result is that we `reduce()` the iterator to a single
         //    (u64, Vec<Directory>) tuple to return. this is done by...
@@ -89,34 +110,10 @@ impl Directory {
         .map(|entry| Self::new(entry?.path(), args))
         // 4. the fold (this is try_fold because we're iterating over Result.).
         //    each fold adds a directory as a child and increases the total size
-        .try_fold(
-            || (0, Vec::new()),
-            |(mut size, mut children), dir| -> Result<(u64, Vec<Self>)> {
-                let dir = match (dir, args.persistant()) {
-                    (Ok(Some(d)), _) => d,
-                    (Ok(None), _) | (Err(_), true) => return Result::Ok((size, children)),
-                    (Err(e), false) => return Err(e),
-                };
-                size += dir.size;
-                if args.tree() && args.should_print(dir.path()) {
-                    // since size was increased, this just prevents
-                    // the directory from appearing in printing
-                    children.push(dir);
-                }
-                // have to specify anyhow::Result::Ok otherwise it complains
-                // that it can't infer the E in Result<T, E>
-                Result::Ok((size, children))
-            }
-        )
+        .try_fold(|| (0, Vec::new()), fold_op)
         // 5. the final step is to reduce, which is as simple as concatenating
         //    every vector and summing up their sizes.
-        .try_reduce(
-            || (0, Vec::new()),
-            |(asize, mut avec), (bsize, bvec)| {
-                if args.tree() { avec.extend(bvec); }
-                Result::Ok((asize + bsize, avec))
-            }
-        ) {
+        .try_reduce(|| (0, Vec::new()), reduce_op) {
             // remember that this is a match statement?
             Ok(tuple) => tuple,
             Err(_) if args.persistant() => return Ok(None),
@@ -155,9 +152,8 @@ impl Directory {
             .unwrap_or_default()
     }
 
-    /// TODO: make not recursive, take &self if possible,
-    /// and maybe write directly to stdout to not use so much mem
-    fn vectorise(self, unit: Unit) -> Vec<TreeEntry> {        
+    /// TODO: maybe write directly to stdout to not use so much mem
+    fn vectorise(&self, unit: Unit) -> Vec<TreeEntry> {
         let mut result = Vec::new();
 
         result.push(TreeEntry::new(
@@ -176,7 +172,7 @@ impl Directory {
         // `wait` part. the last element of each one should however
         // be introduced with a `last` part, and padding should with
         // `blank`
-        for (idx, child) in self.children.into_iter().enumerate() {
+        for (idx, child) in self.children.iter().enumerate() {
             if idx+1 == len {
                 new_entry_part = TreePart::Last;
                 continue_part = TreePart::Blank;