diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8207214b..2b36352a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ can make pull requests to that repo during the Task 3 activity during the lab.
 During lab, you should not fork directly from https://github.com/CSC207-2024F-UofT/Lab2.
 If you miss the lab and work on this after, you should use this URL though.
 
-- [ ] Make a fork of this repo and clone a local copy (as you did in Lab 1).
+- [X] Make a fork of this repo and clone a local copy (as you did in Lab 1).
   - **Important**: make sure to uncheck the option to only fork the main branch, as the repo
   contains two branches you will use later in this lab.
 
diff --git a/src/DataTypes.java b/src/DataTypes.java
index 4f807c1f..7601f4dd 100644
--- a/src/DataTypes.java
+++ b/src/DataTypes.java
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class DataTypes {
-    // TODO TASK 1: fix this code so that it passes the test in DataTypesTest.java
     public static long sum(List<Integer> numbers) {
 
-        int s = 0;
+        long s = 0;
         // below is a "foreach" loop which iterates through numbers
         for (int x : numbers) {
             s += x;