diff --git a/u4/word_count.py b/u4/word_count.py
index 9494096..bce7244 100644
--- a/u4/word_count.py
+++ b/u4/word_count.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ def count_words(sentence):
     result = {}
     for word in cleaned:
         word = word.lower().strip("'") 
+        if word == "":
+            continue
         if word in result: # дивимся чи є якщо є то пропускаєм
             continue
         count = 0