diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index cbe7236..bc55729 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-var greeting = "";
+var greeting = "Hello, everybody!";
 
 var specialGuest = "Neil deGrasse Tyson"
 
-var greetSpecialGuest = "" + specialGuest + "!";
+var greetSpecialGuest = "Hello, " + specialGuest + "!";
 
-var topic = "space";
+var topic = "Let's talk about space";
 
-var conversation = `${topic}`;
+var conversation = "Let's talk about " + `${topic}`;
diff --git a/test/index-test.js b/test/index-test.js
index de7bc32..69ccbba 100644
--- a/test/index-test.js
+++ b/test/index-test.js
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ it('concatenates strings to greet a special guest in `greetSpecialGuest`', funct
 })
 
 it('interpolates a string in `conversation`', function() {
-  expect(conversation).toEqual(`Let's talk about ${topic}.`)
+  expect(conversation).toEqual(`Let's talk about ${topic}`)
 })