diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af20eaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+assembler
diff --git a/assembler b/assembler
deleted file mode 100755
index fe8bb01..0000000
Binary files a/assembler and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/assembler.c b/assembler.c
index 7e69771..d4ed50b 100644
--- a/assembler.c
+++ b/assembler.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ void populatevars(struct symbol** vars, int* varscount) {
 	*varscount = firstamnt+ramvamnt+2;
 }
 
-void countvars(FILE* input, int* lnscount, int* labelscount) {
+void countstuff(FILE* input, int* lnscount, int* labelscount) {
 	char c;
 	while(c = fgetc(input), c != -1) {
 		if(c == '\n') {
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	// line chopping
 	int lnscount = 0;
 	int labelscount = 0;
-	countvars(input, &lnscount, &labelscount);
+	countstuff(input, &lnscount, &labelscount);
 	struct line* lns[lnscount]; // some lines will be empty/comments/labels, so this array is bigger than needed
 
 	struct symbol* labels[labelscount];