diff --git a/cerberus.go b/cerberus.go
index 63f7a23..866e349 100644
--- a/cerberus.go
+++ b/cerberus.go
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ import (
 type Challenge struct {
 	Salt  string // Challenge salt from server.
 	Diff  uint32 // Difficulty level.
-	Steps int8   // Each step consists of a Challenge and a Solution. More than 1 may be required.
-	// Stored as a signed int to get past underflow issues later on.
+	Steps uint8  // Each step consists of a Challenge and a Solution. More than 1 may be required.
 
 	host *url.URL
 }
@@ -44,7 +43,12 @@ func checkZeros(diff uint32, hash []byte) bool {
 		rem    = diff % 8         // Remainder after dividing diff (given in bits) to bytes.
 		nbytes = (diff - rem) / 8 // Amount of 0x0 bytes we can divide difficulty bits into.
 
-		mask uint8 // Mask to check remaining bits.
+		// Bitmask by setting a 1 bit (on LHS) for each remaining bit to check.
+		mask uint8 = ^((1 << (8 - rem)) - 1)
+		// Example (rem = 3): mask = ^((1 << (8 - 3)) - 1)
+		//                         = ^(00100000 - 1)
+		//                         = ^(00011111)
+		//                         = 11100000
 	)
 
 	// Check bounds for the loops found below.
@@ -63,15 +67,6 @@ func checkZeros(diff uint32, hash []byte) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 
-	// Create bitmask by setting a bit to 1 for each remaining bit to check.
-	// The mask is built from right-to-left and then shifted to the LHS of the octet.
-	for range rem {
-		mask <<= 1
-		mask += 1
-	}
-	// Shift 1s we just added to the LHS of the octet.
-	mask <<= 8 - rem
-
 	return hash[nbytes]&mask == 0x0
 }
 
diff --git a/cerberus_test.go b/cerberus_test.go
index d56f69b..fc65297 100644
--- a/cerberus_test.go
+++ b/cerberus_test.go
@@ -33,33 +33,32 @@ func solveTest(ctx context.Context, hc http.Client, host string) error {
 		connType = "tor"
 	}
 
-	steps := int8(1)
-
-	for steps > 0 {
-		log.Printf("Fetching new %s challenge...", connType)
-		c, err := NewChallenge(ctx, hc, host)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		log.Printf("Challenge: %s, Difficulty: %d, Steps: %d\n", c.Salt, c.Diff, c.Steps)
-		steps = c.Steps
-
-		s, err := Solve(ctx, c)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		log.Printf("Solution hash: %x, nonce: %d\n", s.Hash, s.Nonce)
-
-		resp, err := Submit(ctx, hc, s, "")
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		b, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-		log.Printf("Response: %s\n\n", b[:60])
-
-		resp.Body.Close()
+	log.Printf("Fetching new %s challenge...", connType)
+	c, err := NewChallenge(ctx, hc, host)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
+	log.Printf("Challenge: %s, Difficulty: %d, Steps: %d\n", c.Salt, c.Diff, c.Steps)
+
+	s, err := Solve(ctx, c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	log.Printf("Solution hash: %x, nonce: %d\n", s.Hash, s.Nonce)
+
+	resp, err := Submit(ctx, hc, s, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	cookies := resp.Cookies()
+	for _, ck := range cookies {
+		log.Printf("Cookie: %s\n", ck.String())
+	}
+	log.Print("Response: ")
+	io.CopyN(log.Writer(), resp.Body, 128)
+	fmt.Print("\n...\n")
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ func newProxyTransport() *http.Transport {
 	return tr
 }
 
-func TestSubmit(t *testing.T) {
+func TestSolve(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := t.Context()
 
 	jar, err := cookiejar.New(nil)
@@ -87,16 +86,29 @@ func TestSubmit(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error(err)
 		return
 	}
+}
 
-	var dnsErr *net.DNSError
-	err = solveTest(ctx, http.Client{Transport: newProxyTransport()}, _TEST_ONION)
+func TestOnionSolve(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := t.Context()
+
+	jar, err := cookiejar.New(nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		if errors.As(err, &dnsErr) {
+		t.Error(err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = solveTest(ctx, http.Client{
+		Jar:       jar,
+		Transport: newProxyTransport(),
+	}, _TEST_ONION)
+	if err != nil {
+		if _, ok := errors.AsType[*net.DNSError](err); ok {
 			log.Println("Unable to resolve .onion domain. Make sure ALL_PROXY is set and tor is running.")
 			log.Println("Skipping...")
-		} else {
-			t.Error(err)
+			return
 		}
+
+		t.Error(err)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9b37f82..61390b9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module gitgud.io/yats/cerberus
 
-go 1.25.6
+go 1.26.1
 
 require (
 	github.com/minio/sha256-simd v1.0.1
diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index 2e996b6..26dbaf5 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func parseTags(r io.Reader) (Challenge, error) {
 					if err != nil {
 						return c, ErrParseFailed
 					}
-					c.Steps = int8(steps)
+					c.Steps = uint8(steps)
 				}
 			}
 		}