diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9cbe5a1e..a08dee50 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustlings"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.2.1"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_cmd 0.11.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "clap 2.33.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/exercises/option/README.md b/exercises/option/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d17b79cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/option/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+### Option
+
+#### Book Sections
+
+To learn about Option<T>, check out these links:
+
+- [Option Enum Format](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/ch10-01-syntax.html#in-enum-definitions)
+- [Option Module Documentation](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/option/)
+- [Option Enum Documentation](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/option/enum.Option.html)
diff --git a/exercises/option/option1.rs b/exercises/option/option1.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51c39f50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/option/option1.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// option1.rs
+// Make me compile! Execute `rustlings hint option1` for hints
+
+// I AM NOT DONE
+
+// you can modify anything EXCEPT for this function's sig
+fn print_number(maybe_number: Option<u16>) {
+    println!("printing: {}", maybe_number.unwrap());
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    print_number(13);
+    print_number(99);
+
+    let mut numbers: [Option<u16>; 5];
+    for iter in 0..5 {
+        let number_to_add: u16 = {
+            ((iter * 5) + 2) / (4 * 16)
+        };
+
+        numbers[iter] = number_to_add;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/info.toml b/info.toml
index f067ac4b..ec8da2c8 100644
--- a/info.toml
+++ b/info.toml
@@ -520,6 +520,20 @@ function `unwrap_or`.
 Or use an `if let` statement on the result of `pop()` to both destructure
 a `Some` value and only print out something if we have a value!"""
 
+[[exercises]]
+name = "option1"
+path = "exercises/option/option1.rs"
+mode = "compile"
+hint = """
+Check out some functions of Option:
+is_some
+is_none
+unwrap
+
+and:
+pattern matching
+"""
+
 [[exercises]]
 name = "result1"
 path = "exercises/error_handling/result1.rs"