diff --git a/analyzeWords.go b/analyzeWords.go
index 2e2fb59..c623c72 100644
--- a/analyzeWords.go
+++ b/analyzeWords.go
@@ -11,7 +11,15 @@ func mapWords(text string, words map[string]int) map[string]int {
 	s := strings.Split(text, " ")
 
 	for _, v := range s {
+		//first, remove punctuation symbols
+		v = strings.Replace(v, ":", "", -1)
+		v = strings.Replace(v, ",", "", -1)
+		v = strings.Replace(v, ".", "", -1)
+		v = strings.Replace(v, "!", "", -1)
+		v = strings.Replace(v, "?", "", -1)
+		v = strings.Replace(v, "\n", "", -1)
 		if _, ok := words[v]; ok {
+			fmt.Println(v)
 			words[v] = words[v] + 1
 		} else {
 			words[v] = 1
diff --git a/argos b/argos
index 3fb9a34..a6f3b93 100755
Binary files a/argos and b/argos differ
diff --git a/build/argos b/build/argos
index 3fb9a34..a6f3b93 100755
Binary files a/build/argos and b/build/argos differ
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 403e994..35bce16 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-const version = "0.2-beta"
+const version = "0.3-beta"
 const minNumWords = 10
 const minNumHashtag = 2
 const minNumUserInteractions = 1