diff --git a/src/db.c b/src/db.c
index f5ef88f..a2c552e 100644
--- a/src/db.c
+++ b/src/db.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ llist *write_csv_to_llist(const char *filename) {
     int count = 0;                   // task counter
     fgets(line, sizeof(line), file); // read and ignore file head
 
-    while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), file));
+    while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), file)){
       count++;
       // remove newline sign
       line[strcspn(line, "\n")] = '\0';
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ llist *write_csv_to_llist(const char *filename) {
       }
     }
     fclose(file);
-  return list; // null on error
   }
+  return list; // null on error
+}