diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ba7ce42..236475c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 *.swp
+*.class
 .ipynb_checkpoints
 __pycache__
 euler.sublime-workspace
diff --git a/other/e096.java b/other/e096.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65ebcf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/other/e096.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+
+class Main {
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    int N_SUDOKUS = 50;
+
+    Sudoku[] sudokus = new Sudoku[N_SUDOKUS];
+
+    try {
+      File f = new File("../txt/e096.txt");
+      Scanner s = new Scanner(f);
+      for (int i = 0; i < N_SUDOKUS; i++) {
+        sudokus[i] = new Sudoku();
+        sudokus[i].loadFieldFromScanner(s);
+      }
+      s.close();
+    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+      System.out.println("An error occurred.");
+      e.printStackTrace();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      e.printStackTrace();
+    }
+
+    int s = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < N_SUDOKUS; i++) {
+      // sudokus[i].printField();
+      sudokus[i].solveSudoku();
+      s += sudokus[i].getThreeDigits();
+      // sudokus[i].printField();
+    }
+    System.out.println("e096: " + s);
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/other/sudoku.java b/other/sudoku.java
index 4a8f961..af4e8b7 100644
--- a/other/sudoku.java
+++ b/other/sudoku.java
@@ -34,6 +34,40 @@ class Sudoku {
     System.out.println(fieldOut);
   }
 
+  int getThreeDigits() {
+    int i = 0;
+    i += fieldValues[2];
+    i += fieldValues[1] * 10;
+    i += fieldValues[0] * 100;
+    return i;
+  }
+
+  void loadFieldFromScanner(Scanner s) throws Exception {
+    int currentField = 0;
+
+    if (!s.hasNextLine()) {
+      throw new Exception("No lines to read");
+    }
+
+    if (!s.nextLine().startsWith("Grid")) {
+      throw new Exception("Not at start of grid");
+    }
+
+    while (s.hasNextLine()) {
+      String line = s.nextLine();
+      for (int i = 0; i < line.length(); i++) {
+        int v = line.charAt(i) - (int) '0';
+        fieldValues[currentField] = v;
+        currentField += 1;
+      }
+      if (currentField == 81) {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return;
+  }
+
   /** Function asks for an file name which
    * should contain a sudoku and this sudoku
    * into fieldValues, Empty fields should
@@ -131,20 +165,5 @@ class Sudoku {
 
     return false;
   }
-
 }
 
-/** This class is to test the
- * Sudoku class and it's functions
- */
-class SudokuDemo {
-  public static void main(String[] args) {
-    System.out.println("Sudoku demo loading...");
-    Sudoku s = new Sudoku();
-    s.loadFieldFromFile();
-    s.printField();
-    //s.testAllowed();
-    s.solveSudoku();
-    s.printField();
-  }
-}