diff --git a/u4/word_count.py b/u4/word_count.py
index d93c8b3..faa9e99 100644
--- a/u4/word_count.py
+++ b/u4/word_count.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ def count_words(sentence):
         if i.isalnum():
             cleand += i
         else:
-            cleand += " "
+            cleand += ""
     cleaned = cleand.split() # пакуєм в ліст
     result = {}
     for word in cleaned: