Index: aoc2024.c
==================================================================
--- aoc2024.c
+++ aoc2024.c
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@
     unsigned xmascount = 0, Xmascount = 0;
     for (unsigned row = 0; row < size; row++) {
         for (unsigned col = 0; col < size; col++) {
             xmascount += xmasat(data, size, row, col);
             if ((1 <= row) && (row < size - 1) && (1 <= col) && (col < size - 1)) {
-                Xmascount += Xmasat(data, size, row, col);
+                if (Xmasat(data, size, row, col)) Xmascount++;
             }
         }
     }
     printf("XMAS appears %u times in the little Elf's word search.\n", xmascount);
     printf("X-MAS appears %u times in the little Elf's word search.\n", Xmascount);