diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index cbe723627..7e624ef12 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 conversation = `${topic}`;
+var conversation = `Let's talk about ${topic}.`;
diff --git a/test/index-test.js b/test/index-test.js
index de7bc3226..37a3fdaa4 100644
--- a/test/index-test.js
+++ b/test/index-test.js
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ 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}.`)
 })
+