diff --git a/Startcode/input.c b/Startcode/input.c
index 81b2433..65541fd 100644
--- a/Startcode/input.c
+++ b/Startcode/input.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // Read words from file and store in 'words' array
 static int createSingleWords(char text[MAX_LINE_LEN], char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount);
 
-int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
+unsigned int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
 {
     int wordCount = 0;
     char lineRead[MAX_LINE_LEN];