diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index cbe723627..0729abdbc 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-var greeting = "";
+var greeting = "Hello, everybody";
+
 
 var specialGuest = "Neil deGrasse Tyson"
 
@@ -7,3 +8,6 @@ var greetSpecialGuest = "" + specialGuest + "!";
 var topic = "space";
 
 var conversation = `${topic}`;
+var greeting = "Hello, everybody!";
+
+