diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index cbe723627..09ee81984 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-var greeting = "";
+var greeting = "Hello, everybody!";
 
 var specialGuest = "Neil deGrasse Tyson"
 
-var greetSpecialGuest = "" + specialGuest + "!";
+var greetSpecialGuest = `Hello, ${specialGuest}!`;
 
 var topic = "space";
 
-var conversation = `${topic}`;
+var conversation = `Let's talk about ${topic}.`;