diff --git a/field.py b/field.py
index 7f4d20b..904f248 100644
--- a/field.py
+++ b/field.py
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ class Field():
 
     def predict_gaps_in_next_rotation(self):
         tmp_state = copy(self.state)
-        tmp_state = self.rotate_90_degree_anticlckwise(tmp_state)
         if tmp_state[10][0] is not ' ' and tmp_state[10][1] is not ' ':
             return 10
+        tmp_state = self.rotate_90_degree_anticlckwise(tmp_state)
         for row in range(int(self.HEIGHT/2)):
             tmp_state[row] = [' ' for cols in range(Field.WIDTH)]
         return sum(
diff --git a/litris_stone_id_thread.py b/litris_stone_id_thread.py
index 0a30287..87eb3dd 100644
--- a/litris_stone_id_thread.py
+++ b/litris_stone_id_thread.py
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ class NewStoneID(threading.Thread):
         # cv.imshow("screenshot", screenshot)
         # cv.waitKey(150)
         # continue
-        data_coords = np.zeros((20, 20), dtype=object)
+        #data_coords = np.zeros((20, 20), dtype=object)
+        data_coords = np.full((20, 20), ' ', dtype=object)
         #field = Pickaxe_Field()
         for needle_key in self.needles.keys():
             #gray_needle = cv.cvtColor(self.needles[needle_key], cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)