diff --git a/Startcode/input.c b/Startcode/input.c
index ce0bd00..1617eb8 100644
--- a/Startcode/input.c
+++ b/Startcode/input.c
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
 
 
     unsigned int wordCount = 0;
-    while(fgets(words[wordCount],MAX_WORD_LEN,file) != NULL){
+    while(fgets(words[wordCount],MAX_WORD_LEN,file) != NULL  && wordCount+1 < maxWordCount){
         wordCount++;
     }
+    return wordCount;
     
     
 }
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