diff --git a/blah.txt b/blah.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82dd31b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blah.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+€K.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/blah2.txt b/blah2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dde5455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blah2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+€K.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/counter.py b/counter.py
index 38ec816..397479e 100644
--- a/counter.py
+++ b/counter.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def update_counter(file_name, reset=False):
 
     file_name: the file that stores the counter to be incremented.  If the file
     doesn't exist, a counter is created and initialized to 1.
-    reset: True if the counter in the file should be rest.
+    reset: True if the counter in the file should be reset.
     returns: the new counter value
 
     >>> update_counter('blah.txt',True)
@@ -30,7 +30,15 @@ def update_counter(file_name, reset=False):
     >>> update_counter('blah2.txt')
     2
     """
-    pass
+    if reset == True or exists(file_name) == False:
+        count = 1
+    else:
+        f = open(file_name, 'rb+')
+        f.seek(0, 0)
+        count = load(f) + 1
+
+    dump(count, open(file_name, 'wb'))
+    return count
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     if len(sys.argv) < 2: