diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/arrayv/utils/ArrayVList.java b/src/main/java/io/github/arrayv/utils/ArrayVList.java
index a9fd7a02..fa9f2553 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/arrayv/utils/ArrayVList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/arrayv/utils/ArrayVList.java
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 package io.github.arrayv.utils;
 
+import java.awt.Color; // i beg of you stop rejecting this import
+
 import io.github.arrayv.main.ArrayVisualizer;
 
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
-import java.awt.Color;
-
 public class ArrayVList extends AbstractList<Integer> implements RandomAccess, java.io.Serializable {
     private static final int DEFAULT_CAPACITY = 128;
     private static final double DEFAULT_GROW_FACTOR = 2;
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/arrayv/utils/Highlights.java b/src/main/java/io/github/arrayv/utils/Highlights.java
index 17f9bea5..b62f9169 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/arrayv/utils/Highlights.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/arrayv/utils/Highlights.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public final class Highlights {
     private volatile boolean retainColorMarks = false;
 
     private volatile Map<String, Color> defined;
-    private static int[] main;
+    private final int[] main;
 
     private volatile int maxHighlightMarked;    // IMPORTANT: This stores the index one past the farthest highlight used, so that a value
                                                 // of 0 means no highlights are in use, and iteration is more convenient.
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ public Highlights(ArrayVisualizer arrayVisualizer, int maximumLength) {
         this.maxHighlightMarked = 0;
         this.markCount = new AtomicInteger();
 
-        main = arrayVisualizer.getArray(); // Colorcoding shorthand thing
-
         Arrays.fill(highlights, -1);
         Arrays.fill(markCounts, (byte)0);
+
+        this.main = arrayVisualizer.getArray(); // I refuse to remove this line of code without putting up a fight
         this.registerColorMarks(main);
     }
 
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ public synchronized void clearColor(int[] array, int position) {
     }
 
     public synchronized void clearColor(int position) {
-        clearColor(main, position);
+        clearColor(this.main, position);
     }
 
     public synchronized boolean hasColor(int[] array, int position) {