diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 890a709..a47bdba 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3)
 project(word_scramble_2)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 
 set(SOURCE_FILES main.cpp scrambleheader.h)
-add_executable(word_scramble_2 ${SOURCE_FILES})
\ No newline at end of file
+add_executable(word_scramble_2 ${SOURCE_FILES})
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ad83eee..46e7307 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@ Game built off of last week's notes
 ## 20 Programming Words to Unscramble
 
 ### Can you get them all right?
+
+### Testing
+`#define TEST_READ_FILE`
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 78f05c0..d2b132b 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,23 +1,41 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <fstream>
 #include "scrambleheader.h"
 
+using std::string;
+using std::endl;
+using std::cout;
+using std::cin;
+using std::ifstream;
+using std::ofstream;
+
+//#define TEST_READ_FILE
+#ifdef TEST_READ_FILE
+void test_read_file(std::string word_file_path, string* words, int size);
+#endif
+
 //long file paths again, ugh.
-const string INPUT_PATH = "C:\\Users\\Samantha\\Documents\\Schoolwork\\Spring2016\\C++\\word_scramble_2\\words.txt";
-const string OUTPUT_PATH = "C:\\Users\\Samantha\\Documents\\Schoolwork\\Spring2016\\C++\\word_scramble_2\\"
-                              "scrambled_words.txt";
+const string INPUT_PATH = "words.txt";
+const string OUTPUT_PATH = "scrambled_words.txt";
 int main() {
+  #ifdef TEST_READ_FILE
+  std::string *test = new std::string[6];
+  test_read_file("words_fixture.txt", test, 6);
+  #endif
   // get number of words in file
   int size = word_count(INPUT_PATH);
 
   // create empty array of size equal to count
-  string original[size];
+  std::string *original = new std::string[size];
 
   // populate array by passing it into the read file function
-  read_file(original, size);
+  read_file(INPUT_PATH, original, size);
 
   // create empty array for scrambled words parallel to original
   // when scrambling, do not write over original array for comparisons
   // later on.
-  string scrambled[size];
+  std::string *scrambled = new std::string[size];
 
   // for each word in original array, scramble and store in new array
   for (int index = 0; index < size; index++) {
@@ -120,10 +138,10 @@ string scramble(string word){
 }
 
 // read unscrambled words from file
-void read_file(string* words, int size){
+void read_file(std::string word_file_path, string* words, int size){
   // open file and store each word in array
   // (Mental Note: do NOT use getline because it will read till line break)
-  ifstream file(INPUT_PATH);
+  ifstream file(word_file_path);
   int index = 0;
   for(int index = 0; index < size; index++) {
     file >> words[index];
@@ -131,6 +149,18 @@ void read_file(string* words, int size){
   file.close();
 }
 
+#ifdef TEST_READ_FILE
+void test_read_file(std::string word_file_path, string* words, int size){
+  read_file(word_file_path, words, size);
+  if(words->size() == 6){
+    std::cout<< "read file test passed for size" << std::endl;
+  }
+  if(words[0] == "binary"){
+    std::cout<< "read file test passed for read order" << std::endl;
+  }
+}
+#endif
+
 // write scrambled words to file for viewing
 void write_file(string* scrambled, int size) {
   ofstream file(OUTPUT_PATH);
@@ -174,4 +204,4 @@ void start(int size) {
   cout << "\tInstructions: " << size << " programming-related terms have had their characters mixed up."
             "\n\tCan you unscramble all of them? You have 3 guesses before moving on to the next "
             "word." << endl << endl;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/scrambled_words.txt b/scrambled_words.txt
index a20513f..7f19256 100644
--- a/scrambled_words.txt
+++ b/scrambled_words.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ybrnai rarya rgutamne tionrep aollgb eubgd aermtrpae rtarcahce saslc otjcbe naorgpmirmg iuofnntc ergiten eedoreplv olop oicinotnd llun rintgs lmdsuuo lbaaiver 
\ No newline at end of file
+ibnyra raray angutrme oiernpt lalbgo edbug teraarpme archrteac saslc cbjeto migaoprngmr fuiconnt erinetg ledeevpor olop noiidoctn llun nirsgt ousldmu lraeviba 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scrambleheader.h b/scrambleheader.h
index d59b424..7f1f543 100644
--- a/scrambleheader.h
+++ b/scrambleheader.h
@@ -1,19 +1,9 @@
-#include <iostream>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <fstream>
 
-using std::string;
-using std::endl;
-using std::cout;
-using std::cin;
-using std::ifstream;
-using std::ofstream;
-
-string get_user_string();
+std::string get_user_string();
 unsigned long random_position(unsigned long size);
-string scramble(string word);
-void read_file(string* words, int size);
-void write_file(string* scrambled, int size);
-int word_count(string path);
+std::string scramble(std::string word);
+void read_file(std::string word_file_path, std::string* words, int size);
+void write_file(std::string* scrambled, int size);
+int word_count(std::string path);
 void start(int size);
-string get_input();
+std::string get_input();
diff --git a/word_scramble_2 b/word_scramble_2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08af0cc
Binary files /dev/null and b/word_scramble_2 differ
diff --git a/words_fixture.txt b/words_fixture.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a96614f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/words_fixture.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+binary a object
+condition nustring
+butt