diff --git a/sumofnumbers.py b/sumofnumbers.py
index 442b528..59f1f48 100644
--- a/sumofnumbers.py
+++ b/sumofnumbers.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 def sum_of_list(lst):
     total = 0
     for num in lst:
-        total = total + num 
-    return total 
+
+        total +=num  
+    return total
+
 # Test the function
 print(sum_of_list([1, 2, 3, 4])) 
 print(sum_of_list([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]))