diff --git a/17/answer.sh b/17/answer.sh
index 9b4cd99..63db6c2 100755
--- a/17/answer.sh
+++ b/17/answer.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-python numbers.py | sed 's/[^a-zA-Z]//g' | wc -m
+python numbers.py | sed 's/[^a-z]//g' | tr -d '\n' | wc -m
diff --git a/17/numbers.py b/17/numbers.py
index f0e4899..c337d21 100644
--- a/17/numbers.py
+++ b/17/numbers.py
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ def one_to_99():
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     for i in one_to_99():
-        print "%s, " % i,
+        print "%s, " % i
     
     for hundred in ONES:
-        print "%s hundred, " % hundred,
+        print "%s hundred, " % hundred
         for other in one_to_99():
-            print "%s hundred and %s," % (hundred, other),
+            print "%s hundred and %s," % (hundred, other)
 
-    print "one thousand",
+    print "one thousand"