1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/count_nucleobases.c b/count_nucleobases.c
index c2aafe5..3fd6aec 100755
--- a/count_nucleobases.c
+++ b/count_nucleobases.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   while ((read = getline(&line, &len, fh)) != -1) {
     if(line[0] != '>')   {
       unsigned int i = 0;
-      for(i = 0; i < strlen(line); i++) {
+      for(i = 0; i < read; i++) {
         counts[line[i]]++;
       }
     }