diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 709c665..1318066 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ TARGET_BIN = multihash
 MAIN = src/main.c
 MAIN_O = $(MAIN:.c=.o)
 
-SRCS = src/errors.c src/hashes.c
+SRCS = src/hashes.c src/errors.c
 OBJS = $(SRCS:.c=.o)
 
 src/%.o: src/%.c
diff --git a/include/mh/errors.h b/include/mh/errors.h
index a6e61e9..b90280f 100644
--- a/include/mh/errors.h
+++ b/include/mh/errors.h
@@ -2,16 +2,15 @@
 #ifndef ERROR_H
 #define ERROR_H
 
-typedef enum {
-	MH_E_UNKNOWN_CODE = -1,
-	MH_E_TOO_SHORT = -2,
-	MH_E_TOO_LONG = -3,
-	MH_E_LEN_NOT_SUPPORTED = -4,
 
-	// Should be always last, if you are adding error update this code.
-	MH_E_LAST = -5
-} mh_error;
+#define MH_E_NO_ERROR 0
+#define MH_E_UNKNOWN_CODE -1
+#define MH_E_TOO_SHORT -2
+#define MH_E_TOO_LONG -3
+#define MH_E_LEN_NOT_SUPPORTED -4
 
-const char *mh_error_string(mh_error code);
+#define MH_E_LAST -5
+
+const char *mh_error_string(int code);
 
 #endif /* end of include guard */
diff --git a/include/mh/hashes.h b/include/mh/hashes.h
index 1285679..e805442 100644
--- a/include/mh/hashes.h
+++ b/include/mh/hashes.h
@@ -18,25 +18,9 @@ typedef enum {
 	MH_H_COUNT // number of hash functions
 } mh_hash;
 
-// returns default length in bytes of given hash function
-//  or -1 in case of invalid arguemnt
-int mh_hash_default_length(mh_hash hash);
-
-// returns wire format code of given hash function
-int mh_hash_code(mh_hash hash);
-
-typedef struct {
-	mh_hash hash;
-	int code;
-	int length;
-} mh_hashinfo;
-
-// decodes code info hash info, leaves length field zeroed
-mh_error mh_hashinfo_from_code(int code, mh_hashinfo *hinfo);
-
-// decodes bytes into hashinfo
-mh_error mh_hashinfo_from_bytes(char bytes[2], mh_hashinfo *hinfo);
+int mh_hash_length(const unsigned char multihash[], int len, int *hash_length);
 
+int mh_hash_function(const unsigned char multihash[], int len, mh_hash *hash);
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/errors.c b/src/errors.c
index 6d74946..9e86ed1 100644
--- a/src/errors.c
+++ b/src/errors.c
@@ -1,23 +1,20 @@
 /* vim: set ts=8 sw=8 noexpandtab: */
 #include "mh/errors.h"
 
-static const struct mh_error_desc {
-	int code;
-	const char *message;
-} mh_errordesc[] = {
-	{ MH_E_UNKNOWN_CODE, "unknown multihash code" },
-	{ MH_E_TOO_SHORT, "multihash too short. must be > 3 bytes" },
-	{ MH_E_TOO_LONG, "multihash too long. must be < 129 bytes" },
-	{ MH_E_LEN_NOT_SUPPORTED, "multihash does not yet support"
-		" digests longer than 127 bytes" }
-};
-
-const char *mh_error_string(mh_error code) {
-	unsigned int i = 0;
-	for (; i < sizeof(mh_errordesc); i++) {
-		if (mh_errordesc[i].code == code)
-			return mh_errordesc->message;
+const char *mh_error_string(int code) {
+	switch (code) {
+		case MH_E_NO_ERROR:
+			return "no error";
+		case MH_E_UNKNOWN_CODE:
+			return "unknown multihash code";
+		case MH_E_TOO_SHORT:
+			return "multihash too short. must be > 3 bytes";
+		case MH_E_TOO_LONG:
+			return "multihash too long. must be < 129 bytes";
+		case MH_E_LEN_NOT_SUPPORTED:
+			return "multihash does not yet support"
+				" digsets linger than 127 bytes";
+		default:
+			return "unknown error code";
 	}
-
-	return "unknown error code";
 }
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 425f19e..5d0eb44 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 /* vim: set ts=8 sw=8 noexpandtab: */
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-
-#include "mh/errors.h"
-
 int main(void) {
-	printf("%s\n", mh_error_string(MH_E_TOO_LONG));
 	printf("Hello World\n");
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tests/c/test_error_string.c b/tests/c/test_error_string.c
index 1b219f8..21da84f 100644
--- a/tests/c/test_error_string.c
+++ b/tests/c/test_error_string.c
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ static char *test_error_messages_exist(void) {
 	int i = -1;
 	for (; i > MH_E_LAST; i--) {
 		sprintf(error_buf, "error code %d has no message", i);
-		mu_assert(error_buf, strlen(mh_error_string((mh_error) i)) > 0);
+		mu_assert(error_buf, strlen(mh_error_string(i)) > 0);
+		mu_assert(error_buf,
+			strcmp(mh_error_string(-10000), mh_error_string(i)) != 0);
 	}
 
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/tests/c/test_hashes_length.c b/tests/c/test_hashes_length.c
index 56af2c5..aab7e75 100644
--- a/tests/c/test_hashes_length.c
+++ b/tests/c/test_hashes_length.c
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ char error_buf[256];
 
 static char *test_all_hashes_have_lengths(void) {
 	int i = 0;
-	int length = 0;
+	//int length = 0;
 	for (; i < MH_H_COUNT; i++) {
-		length = mh_hash_default_length((mh_hash) i);
+/*		length = mh_hash_default_length((mh_hash) i);
 		sprintf(error_buf, "mh_hash_default_length: hash %d"
 				" returned invalid (%d) default length",
 				i, length);
 		mu_assert(error_buf, length > 0);
+	*/
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }