diff --git a/counter.py b/counter.py
index 1e2fb56..42e554c 100644
--- a/counter.py
+++ b/counter.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 """ A program that stores and updates a counter using a Python pickle file"""
 
-from os.path import exists
 import sys
-from pickle import dump, load
+import os
+import pickle
 
 def update_counter(file_name, reset=False):
 	""" Updates a counter stored in the file 'file_name'
@@ -29,7 +29,31 @@ def update_counter(file_name, reset=False):
 	>>> update_counter('blah2.txt')
 	2
 	"""
-	pass
+	if os.path.exists(file_name) == False:
+		f = open(file_name, 'w')
+		counter = 1
+		pickle.dump(counter, f)
+		f.close
+		return counter
+
+	elif os.path.exists(file_name) == True:
+		if reset == True:
+			f = open(file_name, 'w')
+			counter = 1
+			pickle.dump(counter, f)
+			f.close
+			return counter
+
+		else:
+			f = open(file_name, 'r+')
+			counter = pickle.load(f)
+			counter += 1
+			f.seek(0,0)
+			pickle.dump(counter, f)
+			f.close
+			return counter
+
+	print counter
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 	if len(sys.argv) < 2: