diff --git a/joke.py b/joke.py
index ff7478c..5b49b3d 100644
--- a/joke.py
+++ b/joke.py
@@ -1,21 +1,13 @@
 import random
 import time
+import requests
 from espeak import espeak
 import requests
 import json
 
-#parses the response received from the api to json format
-response = requests.get("https://icanhazdadjoke.com/", headers={"Accept":"application/json"}).json()
+joke = requests.get('https://icanhazdadjoke.com/', headers={"Accept": "application/json"}).json()["joke"]
 
-#assigns the gets the joke from the parsed json and assigns to chosen
-chosen=response["joke"]
-if(chosen[1]=='0' or chosen[1]=='1' or chosen[1]=='2' or chosen[1]=='3' or chosen[1]=='4' or chosen[1]=='5' or chosen[1]=='6' or chosen[1]=='7' or chosen[1]=='8' or chosen[1]=='9'):
-    speak=chosen[4:]
-else:
-    speak=chosen[3:]
-print(speak)
-espeak.synth(speak)
+espeak.synth(joke)
 time.sleep(7)
 espeak.synth('Haha')
-time.sleep(3)
-
+time.sleep(3)
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