def get_nth_prime(n, max_prime=4100, safe=True):
    """ hacky but still brute force algorithm for finding nth prime for small tests """
    if n <= 100:
        first_100_primes = (
            2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61,
            67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109, 113, 127, 131, 137,
            139, 149, 151, 157, 163, 167, 173, 179, 181, 191, 193, 197, 199,
            211, 223, 227, 229, 233, 239, 241, 251, 257, 263, 269, 271, 277,
            281, 283, 293, 307, 311, 313, 317, 331, 337, 347, 349, 353, 359,
            367, 373, 379, 383, 389, 397, 401, 409, 419, 421, 431, 433, 439,
            443, 449, 457, 461, 463, 467, 479, 487, 491, 499, 503, 509, 521,
            523, 541, )
        #print(len(first_100_primes))
        nth_prime = first_100_primes[n - 1]
    else:
        if safe:
            primes = [num for num in range(2, max_prime) if is_prime(num)]
            nth_prime = primes[n]
        else:
            # This can run for a while... get it? while?
            nth_prime = get_nth_prime_bruteforce(n)
    return nth_prime