diff --git a/matrix.c b/matrix.c
index 5e49204..e756b98 100644
--- a/matrix.c
+++ b/matrix.c
@@ -69,10 +69,9 @@ Matrix add(const Matrix matrix1, const Matrix matrix2)
   // add elements element-wise with broadcasting 
   for (unsigned int row =0; row < resultRows; ++row){
     for (unsigned int col =0; col < resultCols; ++col){
-        MatrixType val1 = getMatrixAt(matrix1, row, col);
         //Handle broadcasting: if matrix2 has 1 column, use column 0
         unsigned int col1 = (matrix1.cols ==1)? 0 : col;
-        MatrixType val1 = getMatrixAt (matrix1,row,col1);
+        MatrixType val1 = getMatrixAt (matrix1, row, col1);
         unsigned int col2 = (matrix2.cols==1) ? 0 : col;
         MatrixType val2 = getMatrixAt(matrix2, row, col2);