diff --git a/palindromes/palindromes.js b/palindromes/palindromes.js
index 49ee89b..1800510 100644
--- a/palindromes/palindromes.js
+++ b/palindromes/palindromes.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const palindromes = function(word) {
-	const wordArr = word.split('');
+	const wordArr = word.replace(/\W/g, '').toLowerCase().split('');
 	const reversedArray = wordArr.reverse();
 
 	newArray = [];
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ const palindromes = function(word) {
 		if (wordArr[i] === reversedArray[i]) {
 			newArray.push(wordArr[i])
 		} else {
-			newArray = ['Not a palindrome'];
+			break;
 		}
 	}
-	return true ? newArray.join('') === word : false;
+	return true ? newArray.join('') === word.replace(/\W/g, '').toLowerCase() : false;
 }
 
 module.exports = palindromes
diff --git a/palindromes/palindromes.spec.js b/palindromes/palindromes.spec.js
index 1b24286..4a4b820 100644
--- a/palindromes/palindromes.spec.js
+++ b/palindromes/palindromes.spec.js
@@ -4,17 +4,20 @@ describe('palindromes', function() {
   it('works with single words', function() {
     expect(palindromes('racecar')).toEqual(true);
   });
-  xit('works with punctuation', function() {
+  
+  it('works with punctuation', function() {
     expect(palindromes('Racecar!')).toEqual(true);
   });
-  xit('works with multiple words', function() {
+  
+  it('works with multiple words', function() {
     expect(palindromes('A car, a man, a maraca.')).toEqual(true);
   });
-  xit('works with multiple words', function() {
+  
+  it('works with lots of words', function() {
     expect(palindromes('Animal loots foliated detail of stool lamina.')).toEqual(true);
   });
-  xit('doesn\'t just always return true', function() {
+  
+  it('doesn\'t just always return true', function() {
     expect(palindromes('ZZZZ car, a man, a maraca.')).toEqual(false);
   });
-
 });