diff --git a/java/.gitignore b/java/.gitignore
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+Problem.class
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/2015/1/Problem.java b/java/2015/1/Problem.java
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+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+public class Problem {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+	try {
+	    char[] input = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("../../../data/2015/1/input.txt"))).toCharArray();
+	    int floor = 0;
+	    for (int i = 0; i < input.length; i++) {
+		if (input[i] == '(') floor++;
+		else floor--;
+	    }
+	    System.out.println("Part 1: " + floor);
+
+	    floor = 0;
+	    int steps = 0;
+	    for (int i = 0; i < input.length; i++) {
+		if (input[i] == '(') floor++;
+		else floor--;
+		steps++;
+		if (floor < 0) break;
+	    }
+	    System.out.println("Part 2: " + steps);
+	} catch (IOException ex) {
+	    System.out.println(ex);
+	}
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/bin/run b/java/bin/run
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+year=$1
+day=$2
+
+javac $year/$day/Problem.java && cd $year/$day && time java Problem