diff --git a/config/game.ini b/config/game.ini
index 9078aef..627a43a 100644
--- a/config/game.ini
+++ b/config/game.ini
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ ni2_circle_a=716,599
 ni2_circle_b=1196,348
 ni2_circle_c=686,38, 542,20
 ni2_circle_d=186,272
+ni2_circle_back_to_a=136,507, 887,613, 838,490, 630,499
 # Nilathak any of the 4 "arms"
 ni2_a_safe_dist=267,499, 279,533, 372,536, 283,529, 360,524, 513,553, 289,449, 154,219
 ni2_b_safe_dist=864,373, 987,549, 842,521, 977,504, 886,453, 896,449, 861,461, 1206,279, 1068,569
diff --git a/src/run/nihlatak.py b/src/run/nihlatak.py
index cb564a0..4e44ccf 100644
--- a/src/run/nihlatak.py
+++ b/src/run/nihlatak.py
@@ -88,9 +88,12 @@ class Nihlatak:
                 end_nodes = data.end_nodes
                 break
 
-        # exit if path was not found
+        # circle back and just assume path a if we failed to find the "eye"
         if end_nodes is None:
-            return False
+            self._pather.traverse_nodes_fixed("ni2_circle_back_to_a", self._char)
+            self._pather.traverse_nodes_fixed(check_arr[0].destination_static_path_key, self._char)
+            self._pather.traverse_nodes(check_arr[0].save_dist_nodes, self._char, time_out=2, do_pre_move=False)
+            end_nodes = check_arr[0].end_nodes
 
         # Attack & Pick items
         self._char.kill_nihlatak(end_nodes)