diff --git a/src/backend/Rules.java b/src/backend/Rules.java
index 1896db0..561b4cf 100644
--- a/src/backend/Rules.java
+++ b/src/backend/Rules.java
@@ -10,20 +10,12 @@ public class Rules {
 	
 	public Rules() {
 		
-		survivalRulesArray = new int[0];
-		birthRulesArray = new int[0];
+		//survivalRulesArray = new int[0];
+		//birthRulesArray = new int[0];
 	}
 //initialize my arrays to empty
 	
-	public int[] getBirthRulesArray() {
-		return this.birthRulesArray;
-		
-	}
-	
-	public int[] getSurvivalRulesArray() {
-		return this.survivalRulesArray;
-		
-	}
+
 	
 	public void loadRule(ArrayList<String> row) {
 		String surviveRulesRow = row.get(0);
@@ -42,14 +34,14 @@ public class Rules {
 			
 		}else {
 			for (int x = 0; x < surviveCells.length; x++) {
-				String elem = surviveCells[x];
-				int value = Integer.parseInt(elem);
+				String eleme = surviveCells[x];
+				int value = Integer.parseInt(eleme);
 				survivalRulesArray[x] = value;
 			}
 //determines the number of alive neighboring cells needed to survive, and places them in the survivalRulesArray
 			for (int x = 0; x < birthCells.length; x++) {
-				String elem = birthCells[x];
-				int value = Integer.parseInt(elem);
+				String elemee = birthCells[x];
+				int value = Integer.parseInt(elemee);
 				birthRulesArray[x] = value;
 		}	
 //determines the number of alive neighboring cells needed to birth, and places them in the birthRules list
@@ -58,5 +50,15 @@ public class Rules {
 		
 
 	}
+	
+	public int[] getBirthRulesArray() {
+		return this.birthRulesArray;
+		
+	}
+	
+	public int[] getSurvivalRulesArray() {
+		return this.survivalRulesArray;
+		
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/Simulator.java b/src/backend/Simulator.java
index 9964506..77cef13 100644
--- a/src/backend/Simulator.java
+++ b/src/backend/Simulator.java
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ public class Simulator extends Thread {
                 for (int y = 0; y < getHeight(); y++) {
                     int aliveNeighbors = countAliveNeighbors(x, y);
                     if (world.getCell(x, y) == 1) {
-                        nextWorld[x][y] = 1;
-                        //survives(aliveNeighbors) ? 1 : 0;
+                       nextWorld[x][y] = survives(aliveNeighbors) ? 1 : 0;
                     } else {
                         nextWorld[x][y] = bornes(aliveNeighbors) ? 1 : 0;
                     }