diff --git a/08-kick-your-teammate-forward/tf-08.py b/08-kick-your-teammate-forward/tf-08.py
index a96bf50..d692e8e 100755
--- a/08-kick-your-teammate-forward/tf-08.py
+++ b/08-kick-your-teammate-forward/tf-08.py
@@ -4,39 +4,39 @@ import sys, re, operator, string
 #
 # The functions
 #
-def read_file(path_to_file, func):
+def read_file(path_to_file, word_freqs, func):
     with  open(path_to_file) as f:
         data = f.read()
-    return func(data, normalize)
+    func(data, word_freqs, normalize)
 
-def filter_chars(str_data, func):
+def filter_chars(str_data, word_freqs, func):
     pattern = re.compile('[\W_]+')
-    return func(pattern.sub(' ', str_data), scan)
+    func(pattern.sub(' ', str_data), word_freqs, scan)
 
-def normalize(str_data, func):
-    return func(str_data.lower(), remove_stop_words)
+def normalize(str_data, word_freqs, func):
+    func(str_data.lower(), word_freqs, remove_stop_words)
 
-def scan(str_data, func):
-    return func(str_data.split(), frequencies)
+def scan(str_data, word_freqs, func):
+    func(str_data.split(), word_freqs, frequencies)
 
-def remove_stop_words(word_list, func):
+def remove_stop_words(word_list, word_freqs, func):
     with open('../stop_words.txt') as f:
         stop_words = f.read().split(',')
     # add single-letter words
     stop_words.extend(list(string.ascii_lowercase))
-    return func([w for w in word_list if not w in stop_words], sort)
+    func([w for w in word_list if not w in stop_words], word_freqs, sort)
 
-def frequencies(word_list, func):
-    word_freqs = {}
+def frequencies(word_list, word_freqs, func):
+    wf = {}
     for w in word_list:
-        if w in word_freqs:
-            word_freqs[w] += 1
+        if w in wf:
+            wf[w] += 1
         else:
-            word_freqs[w] = 1
-    return func(word_freqs, no_op)
+            wf[w] = 1
+    func(wf, word_freqs, no_op)
 
-def sort(word_freq, func):
-    return func(sorted(word_freq.iteritems(), key=operator.itemgetter(1), reverse=True), None)
+def sort(wf, word_freqs, func):
+    word_freqs.extend(func(sorted(wf.iteritems(), key=operator.itemgetter(1), reverse=True), None))
 
 def no_op(a, func):
     return a
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ def no_op(a, func):
 #
 # The main function
 #
-word_freqs = read_file(sys.argv[1], filter_chars)
+word_freqs = []
+read_file(sys.argv[1], word_freqs, filter_chars)
 
 for (w, c) in word_freqs[0:25]:
     print w, ' - ', c