diff --git a/commands.c b/commands.c
index a7c8871..c2cf94d 100644
--- a/commands.c
+++ b/commands.c
@@ -206,21 +206,21 @@ int execute_pipe(char ***args) {
     int i = 0;
     int in = 0;
 
-    int num_pipes = 0;
-    while (args[num_pipes] != NULL) {
-        num_pipes++;
+    int num_cmds = 0;
+    while (args[num_cmds] != NULL) {
+        num_cmds++;
     }
-
-    for (i = 0; i < num_pipes; i++) {
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < num_cmds - 1; i++) {
         pipe(pipefd);
         if ((pid = fork()) == 0) {
             dup2(in, 0); // change input according to the old one
-            if (i < num_pipes - 1) {
-                dup2(pipefd[1], 1); // change output according to the new one
+            if (i < num_cmds - 1) {
+                dup2(pipefd[1], 1); // change output to the input of the next command
             }
             close(pipefd[0]);
-            execvp(args[i][0], args[i]);
-            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+            status = execute(args[i]);
+            exit(status);
         } else if (pid < 0) {
             perror("fork failed");
         }
@@ -230,18 +230,21 @@ int execute_pipe(char ***args) {
 
     if ((pid = fork()) == 0) {
         dup2(in, 0);
-        execvp(args[i][0], args[i]);
-        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        status = execute(args[num_cmds - 1]);
+        exit(status);
     } else if (pid < 0) {
         perror("fork failed");
     }
 
-    close(pipefd[0]);
-    close(pipefd[1]);
-
-    for (i = 0; i <= num_pipes; i++) {
+    close(in);
+    for (int i = 0; i < num_cmds; i++) {
         wait(&status);
     }
 
+
+
+
+
+
     return 1;
 }
diff --git a/rush.c b/rush.c
index 37670e3..55bf966 100644
--- a/rush.c
+++ b/rush.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ char **modifyargs(char **args) {
     while (args[num_arg] != NULL) {
         num_arg++;
     }
-    // makes ls and diff have color without user typing it
+    // makes ls and diff and grep have color without user typing it
     if (strncmp(args[0], "ls", 2) == 0 || strncmp(args[0], "diff", 4) == 0 || strncmp(args[0], "grep", 4) == 0) {
         args[num_arg] = "--color=auto";
         num_arg++;