diff --git a/country.go b/country.go
index 155a5f1d283bbca69069cea9897060432027925f..19ce497556f21ceeb8943230604a017e0534d5a3 100644
--- a/country.go
+++ b/country.go
@@ -29,11 +29,8 @@ func speciesInCountryRequest(url string, c *http.Client, country *Country) {
 	// sends a request for species in a country and gets the response
 	resp := doRequest(url, c)
 
-	// array of results structs
-	type Result Results
-
 	// empty result struct
-	var nameAndKey = &Result{}
+	var nameAndKey = &Results{}
 
 	// decodes the response into the array of results
 	err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(nameAndKey)
@@ -69,13 +66,12 @@ func HandlerCountry(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	// gets the query we want and splits the string into parts
 	urlQuery := r.URL.RawQuery
 	parts := strings.Split(r.URL.Path, "/")
-	/*
-		if len(parts) != 5 || parts[1] != "conservation" || parts[2] != "v1" || parts[3] != "country" || parts[4] == "" {
-			status := http.StatusBadRequest
-			http.Error(w, "Expecting format /conservation/v1/country/'AlphaCode'", status)
-			return
-		}
-	*/
+
+	if len(parts) != 5 || parts[1] != "conservation" || parts[2] != "v1" || parts[3] != "country" || parts[4] == "" {
+		status := http.StatusBadRequest
+		http.Error(w, "Expecting format /conservation/v1/country/'AlphaCode'", status)
+		return
+	}
 
 	// appends the country-code to the country api and appends country-code and limit to the species api
 	APIURL += parts[4]