diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 116fc30a..5e4a64d9 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
-
 def count_occurrences(phrase: str, letter: str) -> int:
-    return phrase.lower().count()(letter.lower())
+    count = 0
+    for char in phrase:
+
+        if char.lower() == letter.lower():
+            count += 1
+    return count