diff --git a/p1/jdt.ls-java-project/.project b/p1/jdt.ls-java-project/.project
index a7670d5..d9675c2 100644
--- a/p1/jdt.ls-java-project/.project
+++ b/p1/jdt.ls-java-project/.project
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 		<link>
 			<name>src/cs448/App.java</name>
 			<type>1</type>
-			<location>//home/max/src/cs448/p1/src/main/java/cs448/App.java</location>
+			<location>/home/max/src/cs448/p1/src/main/java/cs448/App.java</location>
 		</link>
 		<link>
 			<name>src/cs448/project1.java</name>
diff --git a/p1/src/main/java/cs448/project1.java b/p1/src/main/java/cs448/project1.java
index fb5f2e2..65a43e8 100644
--- a/p1/src/main/java/cs448/project1.java
+++ b/p1/src/main/java/cs448/project1.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public class project1 {
                 parts[0] = null;
                 line = null;
                 value = null;
+                value = "";
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw e;