diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index cbe723627..37204a27e 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-var greeting = "";
+var greeting = 'Hello, everybody!'
 
-var specialGuest = "Neil deGrasse Tyson"
+var specialGuest = "Neil deGrasse Tyson";
 
-var greetSpecialGuest = "" + specialGuest + "!";
+var greetSpecialGuest = `Hello, ${specialGuest}!`
 
-var topic = "space";
+var topic = "space"
 
-var conversation = `${topic}`;
+var conversation = `Let\'s talk about ${topic}.`