diff --git a/counter.S b/counter.S
index a9d6fe6..2fe7e36 100644
--- a/counter.S
+++ b/counter.S
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 
 .text
 .align 2
-.globl _start
+.globl _start    addi    t0, t0, 1               # Increment pointer to the next character in sentence
+
 
 _start:
     la      t0, sentence            # Load the address of sentence into t0
@@ -21,18 +22,18 @@ read_str:
     la      s2, out                 # Load address of out into s0
 
     iteruj_match:
-       lbu a1, 0(a0)             # Load unsigned byte from match into a1
-       beq     a1, zero, done_match # If end of match string (\0), exit inner loop
+       lbu a1, 0(a0)             
+       beq     a1, zero, done_match 
 
-            bne t1, a1, 1f         # If t1 != a1, skip increment
+            bne t1, a1, 1f         
 
-                lbu s10, 0(s2)    # Load current counter value from out into s10
-                addi s10, s10, 1   # Increment counter
-                sb s10, 0(s2)     # Store updated counter back to out
+                lbu s11, 0(s2)    
+                addi s10, s10, 1   
+                sb s10, 0(s2)     
 
             1:
         addi s0, s0, 1 
-    j iteruj_match                  # Jump back to start of inner loop
+    j iteruj_match                  
     done_match:
 
     addi    t0, t0, 1               # Increment pointer to the next character in sentence