diff --git a/Preparation/Phase6/Phase6_Prep.c b/Preparation/Phase6/Phase6_Prep.c
index 9da87f9..7e535b7 100644
--- a/Preparation/Phase6/Phase6_Prep.c
+++ b/Preparation/Phase6/Phase6_Prep.c
@@ -66,10 +66,12 @@ int main()
     printf("\nLowercase String: '%s'\n", testStringFour);
     // string get to delimiter
         // stringDelimiter
+    printf("\nAbout to get string to delimiter -> '.' from standard in:\n");
     getStringToDelimiter(stdin, '.', testStringFive);
     printf("\nCaptured to delimiter: '%s'\n", testStringFive);
     // string get to end of line
         // stringEOL
+    printf("\nAbout to get string to line end from standard in:\n");
     getStringToLineEnd(stdin, testStringFive);
     printf("\nCaptured to end of line: '%s'\n", testStringFive);
     
diff --git a/Preparation/Phase6/StringUtils.c b/Preparation/Phase6/StringUtils.c
index e1662d5..b4a55bf 100644
--- a/Preparation/Phase6/StringUtils.c
+++ b/Preparation/Phase6/StringUtils.c
@@ -220,14 +220,14 @@ bool getStringConstrained(FILE *inStream, bool clearLeadingNonPrintable,
                           char delimiter, char *capString)
 {
     // initialize variables
-    int intChar = -1, index = 0;
+    int intChar = EOF, index = 0;
 
     // initialize output string
     capString[index] = NULL_CHAR;
     // capture first value in stream using fgetc
     intChar = fgetc(inStream);
     // loop to clear non-printable or space if indicated
-    while((((intChar != -1) && 
+    while((((intChar != EOF) && 
                 (clearLeadingNonPrintable && (intChar < (int)SPACE))) 
                              || (clearLeadingSpace && (intChar == (int)SPACE))))
     {
@@ -236,13 +236,13 @@ bool getStringConstrained(FILE *inStream, bool clearLeadingNonPrintable,
     }
     // end loop to clear non-printable or space if indicated
     // check for end of file found
-    if(intChar == -1)
+    if(intChar == EOF)
     {
         // return false (failed)
         return false;
     }
     // loop to get input from file stream
-    while(((intChar != -1 && index < MAX_STR_LEN - 1) && 
+    while(((intChar != EOF && index < MAX_STR_LEN - 1) && 
               (stopAtNonPrintable && intChar >= (int)SPACE)) 
                      || ((!stopAtNonPrintable) && (intChar != (char)delimiter)))
     {
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ void strToLowerCase(char *outString, const char *inString)
     int index = 0;
     
     // copy source string in case of aliasing using malloc and copyString
-    tempStr = (char *)malloc((sizeof(sourceStrLen + 1)));
+    tempStr = (char *)malloc((sizeof(char) * (sourceStrLen + 1)));
     copyString(tempStr, inString);
     // loop across source string
     while(tempStr[index] != NULL_CHAR && index < MAX_STR_LEN)