diff --git a/projects/Assignments/homework2/LandasMulticastReceiver.java b/projects/Assignments/homework2/LandasMulticastReceiver.java
index ef5f7196439f137f5524ca263031574b464a3bba..5141609356517d57c4abd823189d23bf4315f4d5 100644
--- a/projects/Assignments/homework2/LandasMulticastReceiver.java
+++ b/projects/Assignments/homework2/LandasMulticastReceiver.java
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ public class LandasMulticastReceiver {
          
         // buffer of bytes
         // the incoming bytes containing the information from the server
-        byte[] buf = new byte[256];
+        // ** this stored the excess array slot and printed extra
+        //byte[] buf = new byte[256];
          
         // Multicast socket 
         try (MulticastSocket clientSocket = new MulticastSocket(PORT)){
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ public class LandasMulticastReceiver {
             clientSocket.joinGroup(address);
       
             while (true) {
+                byte[] buf = new byte[256];
                 // Receive information and print
                 DatagramPacket msgPacket = new DatagramPacket(buf, buf.length);
                 clientSocket.receive(msgPacket);
diff --git a/projects/Assignments/homework2/LandasMulticastReceiver2.java b/projects/Assignments/homework2/LandasMulticastReceiver2.java
index 4fb15ffa8ea740a4f9f625f6b41c1dfd76dda453..ec397d9b80d93fcbbf7af00b496dc9594c46e91e 100644
--- a/projects/Assignments/homework2/LandasMulticastReceiver2.java
+++ b/projects/Assignments/homework2/LandasMulticastReceiver2.java
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ public class LandasMulticastReceiver2 {
          
         // buffer of bytes, which will be used to store
         // the incoming bytes containing the information from the server
-        byte[] buf = new byte[256];
+        // ** this stored the excess array slot and printed extra
+        //byte[] buf = new byte[256];
          
         // Multicast socket 
         try (MulticastSocket clientSocket = new MulticastSocket(PORT)){
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ public class LandasMulticastReceiver2 {
             clientSocket.joinGroup(address);
       
             while (true) {
+                byte[] buf = new byte[256];
                 // Receive information and print
                 DatagramPacket msgPacket = new DatagramPacket(buf, buf.length);
                 clientSocket.receive(msgPacket);