diff --git a/lib/board.rb b/lib/board.rb
index e5ad5d87..c1c26b25 100644
--- a/lib/board.rb
+++ b/lib/board.rb
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 # Define the variable board below.
+board = [" ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " "]