diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 39c1eec..d4c8ed4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 /result
 /.direnv/
 **/.DS_Store
+/cabal.project.local
diff --git a/compress.cabal b/compress.cabal
index 84365e1..fdd926f 100644
--- a/compress.cabal
+++ b/compress.cabal
@@ -50,4 +50,8 @@ executable compress
   default-language:
     GHC2021
   other-modules:
-     Data.SortedList
+     Data.PQueue
+  ghc-options:
+    -fprof-auto
+    -fprof-late
+    "-with-rtsopts=-p -hc"
diff --git a/src/Data/PQueue.hs b/src/Data/PQueue.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3193376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Data/PQueue.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+module Data.PQueue where
+
+import Data.Bifunctor qualified as Bi
+import Data.IntMap.Strict qualified as IM
+import Data.List qualified as L
+import Data.List.NonEmpty qualified as NE
+
+newtype PQueue a = PQueue
+  { toMap :: IM.IntMap (NE.NonEmpty a)
+  }
+  deriving (Functor, Show)
+
+fromList :: [(Int, a)] -> PQueue a
+fromList = PQueue . IM.fromListWith NE.append . map (Bi.second NE.singleton)
+
+singleton :: Int -> a -> PQueue a
+singleton key a = PQueue $ IM.singleton key [a]
+
+minView :: PQueue a -> Maybe (Int, (a, PQueue a))
+minView (PQueue m) = case IM.lookupMin m of
+  Nothing -> Nothing
+  (Just (key, x NE.:| (x' : xs))) -> Just (key, (x, PQueue $ IM.insert key (x' NE.:| xs) m))
+  (Just (key, x NE.:| [])) -> Just (key, (x, PQueue $ IM.delete key m))
+
+insert :: Int -> p -> PQueue p -> PQueue p
+insert key a = PQueue . IM.insertWith NE.append key (NE.singleton a) . toMap
diff --git a/src/Data/SortedList.hs b/src/Data/SortedList.hs
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d2d601..0000000
--- a/src/Data/SortedList.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-module Data.SortedList where
-import qualified Data.List as L
-
-data SortedList a = Ord a => SortedList {
-  toList :: [a]
-}
-
-deriving instance Show a => Show (SortedList a)
-
-map :: Ord a1 => ([a2] -> [a1]) -> SortedList a2 -> SortedList a1
-map f (SortedList a) = SortedList . f $ a
-
-fromList :: Ord a => [a] -> SortedList a
-fromList = SortedList . L.sort
-
-singleton :: Ord a => a -> SortedList a
-singleton a = SortedList [a]
-
-minView :: SortedList a -> Maybe (a, SortedList a)
-minView (SortedList (x:xs)) = Just (x, SortedList xs)
-minView (SortedList _) = Nothing
-
-insert :: p -> SortedList p -> SortedList p
-insert x (SortedList []) = singleton x
-insert x (SortedList (x' : xs))
-  | x <= x' = SortedList (x : x' : xs)
-  | otherwise = Data.SortedList.map (x' :) . insert x . SortedList $ xs
diff --git a/src/Main.hs b/src/Main.hs
index 3ac3f27..291a35a 100644
--- a/src/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Main.hs
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ import Data.Bits (Bits ((.|.)))
 import Data.Bits qualified as B
 import Data.ByteString (fromFilePath)
 import Data.ByteString qualified as BS
+import Data.Data qualified as D
 import Data.Foldable qualified as F
 import Data.IntMap.Strict qualified as IM
 import Data.Map.Strict qualified as M
 import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
 import Data.Maybe qualified as My
+import Data.PQueue qualified as PQ
 import Data.Serialize qualified as C
-import Data.SortedList qualified as SL
 import Data.Text qualified as T
 import Data.Text.IO qualified as TIO
 import Data.Vector.Unboxed qualified as V
@@ -29,12 +30,6 @@ data HuffmanTree a
       }
   deriving (Eq, Ord, Show, Generic, C.Serialize)
 
-data SizedHuffmanTree a = SizedHuffmanTree
-  { size :: Int
-  , tree :: HuffmanTree a
-  }
-  deriving (Eq, Ord, Show)
-
 data TreeDir = L | R deriving (Eq, Ord, Show, Generic, C.Serialize)
 
 findTreeDirections :: forall a. (Ord a) => HuffmanTree a -> M.Map a [TreeDir]
@@ -44,48 +39,34 @@ findTreeDirections (Node{..}) = M.union (rec' L left) (rec' R right)
   rec' :: TreeDir -> HuffmanTree a -> M.Map a [TreeDir]
   rec' dir = M.map (dir :) . findTreeDirections
 
-mergeSizedTrees tree0 tree1 =
-  SizedHuffmanTree
-    { size = (size tree0) + (size tree1)
-    , tree = Node (tree tree0) (tree tree1)
-    }
-
--- compress :: BS.ByteString -> Maybe (SizedHuffmanTree BS.ByteString)
 compress :: forall a. (Ord a, Integral a, B.FiniteBits a) => BS.ByteString -> Maybe ([TreeDir], HuffmanTree a)
 compress bs =
-  liftA2 (,) treeDirections unsizedTree
+  liftA2 (,) treeDirections mergedHuffmanTrees
  where
-  unsizedTree :: Maybe (HuffmanTree a)
-  unsizedTree = tree <$> mergedHuffmanTrees
-
   treeDirections = concat <$> mapM (treeDirMap M.!?) dividedByteString
 
   mergedHuffmanTrees =
     mergeHuffmanTrees
-      . SL.fromList
-      . map (uncurry (flip SizedHuffmanTree) . Bi.first Leaf)
+      . PQ.fromList
+      . map (uncurry (flip (,)) . Bi.first Leaf)
       . counts
       $ dividedByteString
 
   treeDirMap :: M.Map a [TreeDir]
-  treeDirMap = My.maybe M.empty (findTreeDirections . tree) mergedHuffmanTrees
+  treeDirMap = My.maybe M.empty findTreeDirections mergedHuffmanTrees
 
   dividedByteString = toBitsList bs
 
-encodeCompressed :: C.Serialize a => Maybe ([TreeDir], HuffmanTree a) -> BS.ByteString
+encodeCompressed :: (C.Serialize a) => Maybe ([TreeDir], HuffmanTree a) -> BS.ByteString
 encodeCompressed = C.encode . fmap (Bi.first encodeTreeDirs)
  where
   encodeTreeDirs = BV.cloneToByteString . V.fromList . map (BV.Bit . (== R))
 
-mergeHuffmanTrees :: SL.SortedList (SizedHuffmanTree a) -> Maybe (SizedHuffmanTree a)
-mergeHuffmanTrees (SL.SortedList (tree0 : tree1 : xs)) =
-  mergeHuffmanTrees
-    . SL.insert (mergeSizedTrees tree0 tree1)
-    . SL.SortedList
-    $ xs
-
-mergeHuffmanTrees (SL.SortedList [x]) = Just x
-mergeHuffmanTrees (SL.SortedList []) = Nothing
+mergeHuffmanTrees :: PQ.PQueue (HuffmanTree a) -> Maybe (HuffmanTree a)
+mergeHuffmanTrees queue = case (Bi.second . Bi.second $ PQ.minView) <$> PQ.minView queue of
+  Nothing -> Nothing
+  Just (size, (x, Nothing)) -> Just x
+  Just (size, (x, Just (size1, (x', rest)))) -> mergeHuffmanTrees $ PQ.insert (size + size1) (Node x x') rest
 
 counts :: (Ord a) => [a] -> [(a, Int)]
 counts = M.toList . F.foldl' combiningInsert M.empty
@@ -121,14 +102,26 @@ finiteBitUncons bs =
   rest :: BS.ByteString
   (takenBytes, rest) = BS.splitAt numBytes bs
 
+compressionRatioFor ::
+  forall a.
+  (Integral a, B.FiniteBits a, Ord a, C.Serialize a) =>
+  D.Proxy a ->
+  BS.ByteString ->
+  Double
+compressionRatioFor proxy bs =
+  (/ (fromIntegral . BS.length $ bs))
+    . fromIntegral
+    . BS.length
+    . encodeCompressed
+    . (compress :: BS.ByteString -> Maybe ([TreeDir], HuffmanTree a))
+    $ bs
+
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
   [filePath] <- SE.getArgs
   f <- BS.readFile filePath
-  TIO.putStrLn "original:"
-  print . BS.length $ f
-  TIO.putStrLn "rest:"
-  print . ("Word64",) . BS.length . encodeCompressed . (compress :: BS.ByteString -> Maybe ([TreeDir], HuffmanTree Word64)) $ f
-  print . ("Word32",) . BS.length . encodeCompressed . (compress :: BS.ByteString -> Maybe ([TreeDir], HuffmanTree Word32)) $ f
-  print . ("Word16",) . BS.length . encodeCompressed . (compress :: BS.ByteString -> Maybe ([TreeDir], HuffmanTree Word16)) $ f
-  print . ("Word8",) . BS.length . encodeCompressed . (compress :: BS.ByteString -> Maybe ([TreeDir], HuffmanTree Word8)) $ f
+  TIO.putStrLn "compression ratios:"
+  print . ("Word64",) . compressionRatioFor (D.Proxy :: D.Proxy Word64) $ f
+  print . ("Word32",) . compressionRatioFor (D.Proxy :: D.Proxy Word32) $ f
+  print . ("Word16",) . compressionRatioFor (D.Proxy :: D.Proxy Word16) $ f
+  print . ("Word8",) . compressionRatioFor (D.Proxy :: D.Proxy Word8) $ f