diff --git a/src/main/java/uta/cse3310/Game.java b/src/main/java/uta/cse3310/Game.java
index 9b28f25..0820452 100644
--- a/src/main/java/uta/cse3310/Game.java
+++ b/src/main/java/uta/cse3310/Game.java
@@ -92,25 +92,25 @@ public void addPlayers(Player newPlayer) {
 
     // Method to update game state
     public boolean updateGame(ArrayList<UserEvent> attempt) {
-        // if the first action is a click and the last action was a release
-        //if ((attempt.get(0)).action == 0 && (attempt.get(attempt.size() - 1)).action == 2) {
-            Player player = (attempt.get(0)).player;
-            String word = "";
-            char[][] grid = gridField.getGrid();
-            Iterator i = attempt.iterator();
-            // iterate through each event and get the character that was affected
-            // concatenate each letter until a word is formed
-            while (i.hasNext()) {
-                UserEvent U = (UserEvent) i.next();
-                int index = U.cell;
-                int row = index / 25;
-                int column = index % 25;
-
-                word = word + grid[row][column];
-                System.out.println(word);
-            }
-            return wordChosen(word, player);
-        //}
+
+        Player player = (attempt.get(0)).player;
+        String word = "";
+        char[][] grid = gridField.getGrid();
+        Iterator i = attempt.iterator();
+        // iterate through each event and get the character that was affected
+        // concatenate each letter until a word is formed
+        while (i.hasNext()) {
+            UserEvent U = (UserEvent) i.next();
+            int index = U.cell;
+            int row = index / 25;
+            int column = index % 25;
+
+            word = word + grid[row][column];
+            word=word.toLowerCase();
+            System.out.println(word);
+        }
+        return wordChosen(word, player);
+        
        
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/uta/cse3310/GridFieldTest.java b/src/test/java/uta/cse3310/GridFieldTest.java
index b7621c9..7dcc0c6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/uta/cse3310/GridFieldTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/uta/cse3310/GridFieldTest.java
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ public void testGenerateGrid() {
     @Test
     public void testCheckWord() {
         ArrayList<String> wordList = new ArrayList<>();
-        wordList.add("HELLO");
-        wordList.add("WORLD");
+        wordList.add("hello");
+        wordList.add("world");
         GridField gridField = new GridField(wordList);
         assertTrue(gridField.checkWord("HELLO"));
         assertFalse(gridField.checkWord("GOODBYE"));
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public void testAddWord() {
     @Test
     public void testPlaceRandomWords() {
         // Create a word list with some words
-        ArrayList<String> wordList = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("HELLO", "WORLD", "JAVA", "PROGRAMMING"));
+        ArrayList<String> wordList = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("hello", "world", "java", "programming"));
 
         // Create a grid field
         GridField gridField = new GridField(wordList);
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public void testPlaceRandomWords() {
 
         // Check if all words from the word list are placed on the grid
         for (String word : wordList) {
-            assertTrue(gridField.checkWord(word));
+            assertTrue(gridField.checkWord(word.toLowerCase()));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/uta/cse3310/gameTest.java b/src/test/java/uta/cse3310/gameTest.java
index f3847a4..a0d2aaa 100644
--- a/src/test/java/uta/cse3310/gameTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/uta/cse3310/gameTest.java
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ public void testUpdate()
         {
             word=word+ String.valueOf(grid[1][i]);
         }
-        gridField.getWordList().add(word);
+        gridField.getWordList().add(word.toLowerCase());
+        System.out.println("GameTest added this word to word list: "+word.toLowerCase());
         //user event array
         UserEvent U1= new UserEvent();
         UserEvent U2= new UserEvent();
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ public void testUpdate()
         {
             System.out.println(wordList.get(i));
         }
+        System.out.println(wordList.size());
         assertTrue(wordList.size()==5);
 
     }