diff --git a/billboard.java b/billboard.java
index 0ba1744..21c8ad0 100644
--- a/billboard.java
+++ b/billboard.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ public class billboard {
 		int y5 = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());
 		int x6 = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());
 		int y6 = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());
+
+		br.close();
 		
 		// the visible area is the sum of the visible area of the first billboard and the second billboard
 		int combinedArea = visibleArea(x1, y1, x2, y2, x5, y5, x6, y6) + visibleArea(x3, y3, x4, y4, x5, y5, x6, y6);
diff --git a/measurement.java b/measurement.java
index 9557a5f..1883987 100644
--- a/measurement.java
+++ b/measurement.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ public class measurement {
 			cow[i] = st.nextToken();
 			change[i] = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());
 		}
+
+		br.close();
 		
 		// the milk variables track the amount of milk that each cows was last known to produce
 		int bessieMilk = 7, elsieMilk = 7, mildredMilk = 7;
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ public class measurement {
 			}
 			// compute the highest milk total and see which cows produced the most milk 
 			int highestMilk = Math.max(bessieMilk, Math.max(elsieMilk, mildredMilk));
-			boolean bessieOnNext = bessieMilk == highestMilk;
+			boolean bessieOnNext = (bessieMilk == highestMilk);
 			boolean elsieOnNext = elsieMilk == highestMilk;
 			boolean mildredOnNext = mildredMilk == highestMilk;
 			if(bessieOn != bessieOnNext || elsieOn != elsieOnNext || mildredOn != mildredOnNext) {
diff --git a/shuffle.java b/shuffle.java
index 70f66a3..bcabaf8 100644
--- a/shuffle.java
+++ b/shuffle.java
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ public class shuffle {
 		for(int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
 			finalLocs[i] = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());
 		}
+
+		br.close();
 		
 		// allocate an array to store the original locations of all cows
 		int[] originalLocations = new int[n+1];