diff --git a/w2v-server.pl b/w2v-server.pl
index 88b7d11..c442a2f 100755
--- a/w2v-server.pl
+++ b/w2v-server.pl
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@
     hv_store(result, "syntagmatic", strlen("syntagmatic"), newRV_noinc((SV*)array), 0);
   }
 end:
-  words = old_words;
+  //  words = old_words; // why was this here?
 	free(best);
 	return newRV_noinc((SV*)result);
 }