diff --git a/palindromes/palindromes.js b/palindromes/palindromes.js
index 0023222..5c41da4 100644
--- a/palindromes/palindromes.js
+++ b/palindromes/palindromes.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const palindromes = function(string) {
-  processedString = string.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z]/g, "");
+  const processedString = string.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z]/g, "");
   return (
     processedString
       .split("")