diff --git a/2024/Day4/.clang-format b/2024/Day4/.clang-format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3773a50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2024/Day4/.clang-format
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+BasedOnStyle: LLVM
+IndentWidth: 4
+ColumnLimit: 100
+PointerAlignment: Right
+AlignAfterOpenBracket: BlockIndent
+AlignArrayOfStructures: Left
diff --git a/2024/Day4/Makefile b/2024/Day4/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..770f267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2024/Day4/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+CC = gcc
+CC_FLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wpedantic -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unused-function -ggdb
+CC_LINK_FLAGS =
+
+.PHONY: all run clean
+all: run
+
+run: build
+	./target/main.o
+
+build: src/main.c
+	mkdir -p target
+	$(CC) -o target/main.o src/main.c $(CC_FLAGS) $(CC_LINK_FLAGS)
+	chmod u+x target/main.o
+
+clean:
+	rm -r target/*
diff --git a/2024/Day4/src/main.c b/2024/Day4/src/main.c
index e69de29..debb449 100644
--- a/2024/Day4/src/main.c
+++ b/2024/Day4/src/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int get_line_length(const char *filename);
+int get_rows(const char *filename);
+char *get_char(char *word_search, int row, int col);
+void init_word_search(char *word_search, const char *filename);
+void print_field(char *word_search);
+
+int ROWS;
+int COLS;
+
+int main(void) {
+    const char filename[] = "input.txt";
+    COLS = get_line_length(filename);
+    ROWS = get_rows(filename);
+    char *word_search = malloc(ROWS * COLS * sizeof(char));
+
+    init_word_search(word_search, filename);
+    print_field(word_search);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int get_line_length(const char *filename) {
+    int length = 0;
+    FILE *file = fopen(filename, "r");
+    if (file == NULL) {
+        perror("Opening file failed");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+    char c;
+
+    while ((c = fgetc(file)) != '\n') {
+        length++;
+    }
+
+    fclose(file);
+    return length;
+}
+
+int get_rows(const char *filename) {
+    int rows = 0;
+    FILE *file = fopen(filename, "r");
+    if (file == NULL) {
+        perror("Opening file failed");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+    char c;
+
+    while ((c = fgetc(file)) != EOF) {
+        if (c == '\n') {
+            rows++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    fclose(file);
+    return rows;
+}
+
+char *get_char(char *word_search, int row, int col) { return &word_search[row * ROWS + col]; }
+
+void print_field(char *word_search) {
+    for (int row = 0; row < ROWS; row++) {
+        for (int col = 0; col < COLS; col++) {
+            printf("[%c]", *get_char(word_search, row, col));
+        }
+        printf("\n");
+    }
+}
+
+void init_word_search(char *word_search, const char *filename) {
+    char buffer[COLS];
+    int current_row = 0;
+    FILE *file = fopen(filename, "r");
+    if (file == NULL) {
+        perror("Opening file failed");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    while (fgets(buffer, COLS+2, file)) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < COLS; i++) {
+            if (buffer[i] != '\n' && buffer[i] != '\0' && buffer[i] != '\r') {
+                *get_char(word_search, current_row, i) = buffer[i];
+            }
+        }
+        current_row++;
+    }
+}