diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index be80f40..584ffe5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 mod merge_sort;
 mod quick_sort;
+mod ssc;
 mod min_cut;
 mod util;
 
 use crate::util::read_to_graph;
+use crate::util::read_to_directed_graph;
 use crate::util::read_to_vector;
 use crate::min_cut::min_cut;
 use crate::quick_sort::quick_sort;
 use crate::merge_sort::merge_sort_inversions;
+use crate::ssc::ssc;
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 fn c1a2() {
@@ -44,8 +47,16 @@ fn c1a4() {
 	println!("course 1 assignment 4: {:?}", smalles_min_cut);
 }
 
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn c2a1() {
+	let g = read_to_directed_graph("data/course_2_assignment_1.txt").unwrap();
+	let s = ssc(g);
+	println!("{:?}", s);
+}
+
 fn main() {
     // c1a2();
     // c1a3();
-    c1a4();
+    // c1a4();
+    c2a1();
 }
diff --git a/src/min_cut.rs b/src/min_cut.rs
index db45f02..dd6bd90 100644
--- a/src/min_cut.rs
+++ b/src/min_cut.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 use rand::Rng; 
+use crate::util::Graph;
 use std::convert::TryInto;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct Graph {
-    pub nodes: Vec<u32>,
-    pub edges: Vec<(u32, u32)>,
-}
-
 pub fn min_cut(mut g: Graph) -> u32 {
 	let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
 	// println!("min_cut({:?})\n", g);
diff --git a/src/ssc.rs b/src/ssc.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38b3c6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ssc.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use crate::util::Graph;
+
+pub fn ssc(_g: Graph) -> u32 {
+	0
+}
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index 543a9f1..b8ddf1b 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-use crate::min_cut::Graph;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Error, ErrorKind};
 use std::vec::Vec;
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct Graph {
+    pub nodes: Vec<u32>,
+    pub edges: Vec<(u32, u32)>,
+}
 
 pub fn read_to_vector(path: &str) -> Result<Vec<i64>, io::Error> {
     let file = File::open(path)?;
@@ -44,4 +48,21 @@ pub fn read_to_graph(path: &str) -> Result<Graph, io::Error> {
         }
     }
     Ok(g)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+pub fn read_to_directed_graph(path: &str) -> Result<Graph, io::Error> {
+    let mut g = Graph { nodes: vec![], edges: vec![] };
+    let file = File::open(path)?;
+    let br = BufReader::new(file);
+
+    for line in br.lines() {
+        let line = line?;
+        let mut nodes = line.split_whitespace();
+        let first_node = nodes.next().unwrap().parse().unwrap();
+        let second_node = nodes.next().unwrap().parse().unwrap();
+        let edge = (first_node, second_node);
+        g.edges.push(edge);
+    }
+    println!("{:?}", g);
+    Ok(g)
+}