diff --git a/palindromes/palindromes.js b/palindromes/palindromes.js
index 607fe3e..4d1c98c 100644
--- a/palindromes/palindromes.js
+++ b/palindromes/palindromes.js
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ const palindromes = function(word) {
 	const wordArr = word.replace(/\W/g, '').toLowerCase().split('');
 	const reversedArr = wordArr.slice().reverse();
 
-	var status = false;
+	let status;
 
-	for (var i = 0; i < wordArr.length; i++) {
+	for (let i = 0; i < wordArr.length; i++) {
 		if (wordArr[i] === reversedArr[i]) {
 			status = true;
 		} else {
+			status = false;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/palindromes/palindromes.spec.js b/palindromes/palindromes.spec.js
index 4a4b820..a6d423f 100644
--- a/palindromes/palindromes.spec.js
+++ b/palindromes/palindromes.spec.js
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ const palindromes = require('./palindromes')
 
 describe('palindromes', function() {
   it('works with single words', function() {
-    expect(palindromes('racecar')).toEqual(true);
+    expect(
+      palindromes('racecar')
+      ).toEqual(true);
   });
   
   it('works with punctuation', function() {
@@ -20,4 +22,8 @@ describe('palindromes', function() {
   it('doesn\'t just always return true', function() {
     expect(palindromes('ZZZZ car, a man, a maraca.')).toEqual(false);
   });
+
+  it('Not matching letters can be in the middle and still fail', function() {
+    expect(palindromes('A car, Zzz a man, a maraca.')).toEqual(false);
+  });
 });