diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cbdc1ebd..e3d088a1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "hurdle",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "private": true,
-  "homepage": "http://iancanderson.github.io/hurdle",
+  "homepage": "http://hurdle.iancanderson.com",
   "dependencies": {
     "@headlessui/react": "^1.4.2",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.16.1",
diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index d798df2b..0604496e 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ import { ReactComponent as Settings } from './data/Settings.svg'
 type State = {
   answer: (d: Difficulty) => Answer
   gameState: PlayState
-  board: Row[]
-  cellStatuses: CellStatus[][]
+  board: (d: Difficulty) => Row[]
+  cellStatuses: (d: Difficulty) => CellStatus[][]
   currentRowNum: number
   currentCol: Column
   charStatuses: () => { [key: string]: CellStatus }
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ function App() {
   const initialStates: State = {
     answer: (d: Difficulty) => getRandomAnswer(d),
     gameState: PlayState.Playing,
-    board: Array.from({ length: rowCount }, () => ({})),
-    cellStatuses: Array(rowCount).fill(Array(columns.length).fill(CellStatus.Unguessed)),
+    board: (d: Difficulty) => Array.from({ length: rowCount(d) }, () => ({})),
+    cellStatuses: (d: Difficulty) =>
+      Array(rowCount(d)).fill(Array(columns.length).fill(CellStatus.Unguessed)),
     currentRowNum: 0,
     currentCol: 0,
     charStatuses: () => {
@@ -86,11 +87,6 @@ function App() {
   }
 
   const [gameState, setGameState] = useLocalStorage('stateGameState', initialStates.gameState)
-  const [board, setBoard] = useLocalStorage('stateBoard', initialStates.board)
-  const [cellStatuses, setCellStatuses] = useLocalStorage(
-    'stateCellStatuses',
-    initialStates.cellStatuses
-  )
   const [currentRowNum, setCurrentRow] = useLocalStorage(
     'stateCurrentRow',
     initialStates.currentRowNum
@@ -111,11 +107,16 @@ function App() {
   const [infoModalIsOpen, setInfoModalIsOpen] = useState(firstTime)
   const [settingsModalIsOpen, setSettingsModalIsOpen] = useState(false)
   const [difficultyLevel, persistDifficultyLevel] = useLocalStorage('difficulty', Difficulty.Normal)
+  const [cellStatuses, setCellStatuses] = useLocalStorage(
+    'stateCellStatuses',
+    initialStates.cellStatuses(difficultyLevel)
+  )
   const [answer, setAnswer] = useLocalStorage('stateAnswer', initialStates.answer(difficultyLevel))
   const setDifficultyLevel = (d: Difficulty) => {
     persistDifficultyLevel(d)
     newGame(d)
   }
+  const [board, setBoard] = useLocalStorage('stateBoard', initialStates.board(difficultyLevel))
   const getDifficultyLevelInstructions = () => {
     if (difficultyLevel === Difficulty.Easy) {
       return `
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ function App() {
     }
   }, [answer, gameState])
 
-  function getCellStatus(row: number, col: number) {
+  function getCellStatus(row: number, col: number): CellStatus {
     return cellStatuses[row][col] ?? CellStatus.Unguessed
   }
 
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ function App() {
       return
     }
 
-    if (currentRow === 6) return
+    if (currentRow === rowCount) return
 
     updateCellStatuses(row, currentRowNum)
     updateCharStatuses(row)
@@ -264,17 +265,18 @@ function App() {
       var streak = currentStreak + 1
       setCurrentStreak(streak)
       setLongestStreak((prev: number) => (streak > prev ? streak : prev))
-    } else if (gameState === PlayState.Playing && currentRowNum === 6) {
+    } else if (gameState === PlayState.Playing && currentRowNum === rowCount(difficultyLevel)) {
       setGameState(PlayState.Lost)
       setCurrentStreak(0)
     }
   }, [
     cellStatuses,
     currentRowNum,
-    gameState,
-    setGameState,
     currentStreak,
+    difficultyLevel,
+    gameState,
     setCurrentStreak,
+    setGameState,
     setLongestStreak,
   ])
 
@@ -288,7 +290,7 @@ function App() {
   const newGame = (difficulty: Difficulty) => {
     setAnswer(initialStates.answer(difficulty))
     setGameState(initialStates.gameState)
-    setBoard(initialStates.board)
+    setBoard(initialStates.board(difficulty))
     setCellStatuses(initialStates.cellStatuses)
     setCurrentRow(initialStates.currentRowNum)
     setCharStatuses(initialStates.charStatuses())
diff --git a/src/core.test.ts b/src/core.test.ts
index bd66ff72..dc7f41f5 100644
--- a/src/core.test.ts
+++ b/src/core.test.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ test('newCellStatuses adds gray statuses when number is already correctly guesse
     operandB: 4,
     result: 36,
   }
-  const prev = Array(rowCount).fill(Array(columns.length).fill(CellStatus.Unguessed))
+  const prev = Array(rowCount(Difficulty.Normal)).fill(
+    Array(columns.length).fill(CellStatus.Unguessed)
+  )
   const row: Row = {
     operandA: 6,
     operator: '*' as Operator,
@@ -120,7 +122,9 @@ test('newCellStatuses adds yellow statuses when number is not correctly guessed
     operandB: 4,
     result: 36,
   }
-  const prev = Array(rowCount).fill(Array(columns.length).fill(CellStatus.Unguessed))
+  const prev = Array(rowCount(Difficulty.Normal)).fill(
+    Array(columns.length).fill(CellStatus.Unguessed)
+  )
   const row: Row = {
     operandA: 6,
     operator: '*' as Operator,
@@ -147,7 +151,9 @@ test('newCellStatuses adds yellow statuses when number is correctly guessed in t
     operandB: 7,
     result: 35,
   }
-  const prev = Array(rowCount).fill(Array(columns.length).fill(CellStatus.Unguessed))
+  const prev = Array(rowCount(Difficulty.Normal)).fill(
+    Array(columns.length).fill(CellStatus.Unguessed)
+  )
   const row: Row = {
     operandA: 7,
     operator: '*' as Operator,
diff --git a/src/core.ts b/src/core.ts
index 7124b587..cbe91d91 100644
--- a/src/core.ts
+++ b/src/core.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,13 @@ export const allOperators = easyOperators.concat(normalOperators, hardOperators)
 
 export type Column = 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
 export const columns: Column[] = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-export const rowCount: number = 6
+export const rowCount = (d: Difficulty): number => {
+  if (d === Difficulty.Hard) {
+    return 5
+  } else {
+    return 6
+  }
+}
 
 export enum CellStatus {
   Green = 'green',