diff --git a/HelperFunctions.java b/HelperFunctions.java
index de38b02..bfdfdaa 100644
--- a/HelperFunctions.java
+++ b/HelperFunctions.java
@@ -18,10 +18,23 @@ public class HelperFunctions {
         return returnArray;
     }
 
-    public double[][] routingAPI(double[] startCoords, double[] destinationCoords) {
+    public double[][] routingAPI(double[] startCoords, double[] destinationCoords, Boolean tollsFlag, Boolean hwyFlag) {
         //ideally this would return a series of coordinates, but for the sake of the demo it's just
         //going to concatenate the start and end into a 2x2 array with just those two steps
-        double[][] routeArray = {startCoords, destinationCoords};
+        double[][] routeArray = new double[2][2];
+        if (tollsFlag && hwyFlag) { //provides a result that both avoid tolls and major highways
+            routeArray[0] = startCoords;
+            routeArray[1] = destinationCoords;
+        } else if (tollsFlag && !hwyFlag) { //provides a result that avoids tolls but not major highways
+            routeArray[0] = startCoords;
+            routeArray[1] = destinationCoords;
+        } else if (!tollsFlag && hwyFlag) { //provides a result that does not avoid tolls and does avoid major highways
+            routeArray[0] = startCoords;
+            routeArray[1] = destinationCoords;
+        } else if (!tollsFlag && !hwyFlag) { //provides a result that does not avoid tolls or major highways
+            routeArray[0] = startCoords;
+            routeArray[1] = destinationCoords;
+        }
         return routeArray;
     }
 }