diff --git a/main b/main
index 14495a2..8a0e77f 100755
Binary files a/main and b/main differ
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 4ca1b00..0019dff 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ int search_word(char word[], char target) {
 	evaluate the loss
 */
 void eval_lose() {
-	if (turns >= 6) {
+	if (turns >= 6 && win == 0) {
 		lose = 1;
 	}
 }
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ void eval_word(char word[]) {
 	printf("\n%d\n", search_wordlist(wordlist, word));
 	if (search_wordlist(wordlist, word) != -1) {
 		eval_win(search_wordlist(wordlist, word));
+		eval_lose();
 		eval_props(word); // eval correct/incorrect/oop letters
 		put_word_into_playfield(word);
 	} else {
@@ -241,8 +242,6 @@ void eval_word(char word[]) {
 		printf("Word %s not in wordlist\n", word);
 		sleep(2);
 	}
-
-	eval_lose();
 }
 
 /*