diff --git a/a1/program.c b/a1/program.c
index 9d8c5e8..51c46a5 100644
--- a/a1/program.c
+++ b/a1/program.c
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 int main () {
 	char* BMW = (char*) calloc (100, sizeof(char));
 	int x;
-	int counter;
+	int counter = 0;
 	int numbers [100];
 	for (int i = 0; fgets(BMW, 100, stdin) != NULL; i++){
-		if (!strcmp("\n", BMW) || !strcmp(" ", BMW)) {
+		if (!strcmp("\n", BMW) || !strcmp(EOF, BMW)) {
 			counter = i;
 			break;
 		}