diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/toop/app/game/ReversiGame.java b/app/src/main/java/org/toop/app/game/ReversiGame.java
index a5aadd5..ec9a5e6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/toop/app/game/ReversiGame.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/toop/app/game/ReversiGame.java
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ public final class ReversiGame {
             if (isLegalMove) {
                 moves = game.getFlipsForPotentialMove(
                         new Point(cellEntered%game.getColumnSize(),cellEntered/game.getRowSize()),
-                        game.makeBoardAGrid(),
                         game.getCurrentPlayer());
             }
             canvas.drawHighlightDots(moves);
diff --git a/game/src/main/java/org/toop/game/reversi/Reversi.java b/game/src/main/java/org/toop/game/reversi/Reversi.java
index 92db367..6654e85 100644
--- a/game/src/main/java/org/toop/game/reversi/Reversi.java
+++ b/game/src/main/java/org/toop/game/reversi/Reversi.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public final class Reversi extends TurnBasedGame {
         char currentPlayer = (this.getCurrentTurn()==0) ? 'B' : 'W';
         Set<Point> adjCell = getAdjacentCells(boardGrid);
         for (Point point : adjCell){
-            Move[] moves = getFlipsForPotentialMove(point,boardGrid,currentPlayer);
+            Move[] moves = getFlipsForPotentialMove(point,currentPlayer);
             int score = moves.length;
             if (score > 0){
                 legalMoves.add(new Move(point.x + point.y * this.getRowSize(), currentPlayer));
@@ -81,14 +81,14 @@ public final class Reversi extends TurnBasedGame {
         return possibleCells;
     }
 
-    public Move[] getFlipsForPotentialMove(Point point, char[][] boardGrid, char currentPlayer) {
+    public Move[] getFlipsForPotentialMove(Point point, char currentPlayer) {
         final ArrayList<Move> movesToFlip = new ArrayList<>();
         for (int deltaColumn = -1; deltaColumn <= 1; deltaColumn++) {
             for (int deltaRow = -1; deltaRow <= 1; deltaRow++) {
                 if (deltaColumn == 0 && deltaRow == 0){
                     continue;
                 }
-                Move[] moves = getFlipsInDirection(point,boardGrid,currentPlayer,deltaColumn,deltaRow);
+                Move[] moves = getFlipsInDirection(point,makeBoardAGrid(),currentPlayer,deltaColumn,deltaRow);
                 if (moves != null) {
                     movesToFlip.addAll(Arrays.asList(moves));
                 }
@@ -123,13 +123,14 @@ public final class Reversi extends TurnBasedGame {
         return x >= 0 && x < this.getColumnSize() && y >= 0 && y < this.getRowSize();
     }
 
-    public char[][] makeBoardAGrid() {
+    private char[][] makeBoardAGrid() {
         char[][] boardGrid = new char[this.getRowSize()][this.getColumnSize()];
         for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
             boardGrid[i / this.getRowSize()][i % this.getColumnSize()] = this.getBoard()[i];     //boardGrid[y / row] [x / column]
         }
         return  boardGrid;
     }
+
     @Override
     public GameState play(Move move) {
         Move[] legalMoves = getLegalMoves();
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ public final class Reversi extends TurnBasedGame {
             }
         }
         if (moveIsLegal) {
-            Move[] moves = sortMovesFromCenter(getFlipsForPotentialMove(new Point(move.position()%this.getColumnSize(),move.position()/this.getRowSize()), makeBoardAGrid(), move.value()),move);
+            Move[] moves = sortMovesFromCenter(getFlipsForPotentialMove(new Point(move.position()%this.getColumnSize(),move.position()/this.getRowSize()), move.value()),move);
             mostRecentlyFlippedPieces = moves;
             this.setBoard(move);
             for (Move m : moves) {
@@ -169,9 +170,9 @@ public final class Reversi extends TurnBasedGame {
         return null;
     }
 
-    public void skipMyTurn(){
+    private void skipMyTurn(){
         IO.println("TURN " + getCurrentPlayer() + "  SKIPPED");
-        //todo notify user that a turn has been skipped
+        //TODO: notify user that a turn has been skipped
         nextTurn();
     }
 
diff --git a/game/src/test/java/org/toop/game/tictactoe/ReversiTest.java b/game/src/test/java/org/toop/game/tictactoe/ReversiTest.java
index c1b2b10..f2586a5 100644
--- a/game/src/test/java/org/toop/game/tictactoe/ReversiTest.java
+++ b/game/src/test/java/org/toop/game/tictactoe/ReversiTest.java
@@ -113,11 +113,11 @@ class ReversiTest {
             Reversi.Score score = game.getScore();
             IO.println(score.player1Score());
             IO.println(score.player2Score());
-            char[][] grid = game.makeBoardAGrid();
-            for (char[] chars : grid) {
-                IO.println(Arrays.toString(chars));
-            }
 
+            for (int r = 0; r < game.getRowSize(); r++) {
+                char[] row = Arrays.copyOfRange(game.getBoard(), r * game.getColumnSize(), (r + 1) * game.getColumnSize());
+                IO.println(Arrays.toString(row));
+            }
         }
     }