diff --git a/createWERandSRRFiles.py b/createWERandSRRFiles.py
index f61ed3c..2892cf4 100644
--- a/createWERandSRRFiles.py
+++ b/createWERandSRRFiles.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-txt = input()
-print(txt)
\ No newline at end of file
+file = open("helper.txt", "r")
+print(txt.read())
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/metrics.sh b/metrics.sh
index bccc99d..88a70ae 100644
--- a/metrics.sh
+++ b/metrics.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ awk 'BEGIN{FS=OFS="\t"}{print $0,"(sp1_"NR")"}' < hypothesis.txt > hypothesis.tr
 
 sclite -f 0 -r reference.trn trn -h hypothesis.trn trn -e utf-8 -i rm -o all stdout > helper.txt
 
-python ./createWERandSRRFiles.py < helper.txt
+python ./createWERandSRRFiles.py