diff --git a/maze/maze.go b/maze/maze.go
index 73f60f2..002a507 100644
--- a/maze/maze.go
+++ b/maze/maze.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ type Node struct {
 	Coords      Coordinates
 	Up, Down    *Node
 	Left, Right *Node
+	Visited     bool `default:"false"`
 }
 
 func NewNode(coords Coordinates) *Node {
diff --git a/solver/bfs.go b/solver/bfs.go
index 0bcf34c..c7a961f 100644
--- a/solver/bfs.go
+++ b/solver/bfs.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 type BFSSolver struct {
-	solver
 	queue *Queue
 }
 
@@ -76,8 +75,6 @@ func history_str(history []*maze.Node) string {
 func (s *BFSSolver) Solve(m *maze.Maze) *maze.SolvedMaze {
 	defer utils.Timer("BFS algorithm", 2)()
 
-	s.initVisited(m)
-
 	current, end := m.Nodes[0], m.Nodes[len(m.Nodes)-1]
 	s.queue = &Queue{
 		head: nil,
@@ -87,20 +84,15 @@ func (s *BFSSolver) Solve(m *maze.Maze) *maze.SolvedMaze {
 	current_history := make([]*maze.Node, 0, len(m.Nodes))
 	current_history = append(current_history, current)
 
-	// fmt.Printf("end.Coords: %v\n", end.Coords)
 	var err error
 	for current != end {
-		// fmt.Printf("current.Coords: %v\n", current.Coords)
-
-		s.visited[current] = true
+		current.Visited = true
 
 		s.addIfNotVisited(current.Down, current_history)
 		s.addIfNotVisited(current.Left, current_history)
 		s.addIfNotVisited(current.Right, current_history)
 		s.addIfNotVisited(current.Up, current_history)
 
-		// fmt.Println(s.queue)
-
 		current_history, err = s.queue.dequeue()
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
@@ -108,10 +100,6 @@ func (s *BFSSolver) Solve(m *maze.Maze) *maze.SolvedMaze {
 		current = current_history[len(current_history)-1]
 	}
 
-	// for i, node := range current_history {
-	// 	fmt.Printf("%v: %v\n", i, node.Coords)
-	// }
-
 	return &maze.SolvedMaze{
 		Maze:     m,
 		Solution: current_history,
@@ -119,7 +107,7 @@ func (s *BFSSolver) Solve(m *maze.Maze) *maze.SolvedMaze {
 }
 
 func (s *BFSSolver) addIfNotVisited(node *maze.Node, current_history []*maze.Node) {
-	if !s.wasVisited(node) {
+	if !wasVisited(node) {
 		new_history := make([]*maze.Node, len(current_history)+1)
 		copy(new_history, current_history)
 		new_history[len(current_history)] = node
diff --git a/solver/dfs.go b/solver/dfs.go
index cded04a..af27105 100644
--- a/solver/dfs.go
+++ b/solver/dfs.go
@@ -5,23 +5,20 @@ import (
 	"maze-solver/utils"
 )
 
-type DFSSolver struct {
-	solver
-}
+type DFSSolver struct{}
 
 func (s *DFSSolver) Solve(m *maze.Maze) *maze.SolvedMaze {
 	defer utils.Timer("DFS algorithm", 2)()
 
-	s.initVisited(m)
 	current, end := m.Nodes[0], m.Nodes[len(m.Nodes)-1]
 
 	stack := make([]*maze.Node, 0, len(m.Nodes))
 	stack = append(stack, current)
 
 	for current != end {
-		s.visited[current] = true
+		current.Visited = true
 
-		left_visited, right_visited, up_visited, down_visited := s.wasVisited(current.Left), s.wasVisited(current.Right), s.wasVisited(current.Up), s.wasVisited(current.Down)
+		left_visited, right_visited, up_visited, down_visited := wasVisited(current.Left), wasVisited(current.Right), wasVisited(current.Up), wasVisited(current.Down)
 
 		if left_visited && right_visited && up_visited && down_visited {
 			// dead end or no more visited nodes
diff --git a/solver/solver.go b/solver/solver.go
index 5901dd7..68f4f2f 100644
--- a/solver/solver.go
+++ b/solver/solver.go
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ type Solver interface {
 	Solve(*maze.Maze) *maze.SolvedMaze
 }
 
-type solver struct {
-	visited map[*maze.Node]bool
-}
-
 type SolverFactory struct {
 	Type *string
 }
@@ -37,18 +33,6 @@ func (f *SolverFactory) Get() Solver {
 	panic(fmt.Sprintf("Unrecognized solver type %q", *f.Type))
 }
 
-func (s *solver) wasVisited(node *maze.Node) bool {
-	if node == nil {
-		return true
-	}
-	visited, _ := s.visited[node]
-	return visited
-}
-
-func (s *solver) initVisited(m *maze.Maze) {
-	s.visited = make(map[*maze.Node]bool, len(m.Nodes))
-
-	for _, node := range m.Nodes {
-		s.visited[node] = false
-	}
+func wasVisited(node *maze.Node) bool {
+	return node == nil || node.Visited
 }