diff --git a/java/wordStat/WordStatLengthSuffix.java b/java/wordStat/WordStatLengthSuffix.java
index 10805d7..293c775 100644
--- a/java/wordStat/WordStatLengthSuffix.java
+++ b/java/wordStat/WordStatLengthSuffix.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class WordStatLengthSuffix {
           if (sb.length() > 0) {
             String word = sb.toString().toLowerCase();
             if (word.length() != 1) {
-              word = word.substring(word.length() / 2);
+              word = word.substring(word.length() - word.length() / 2);
               if (wordMap.containsKey(word)) {
                 wordMap.get(word).count++;
               } else {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class WordStatLengthSuffix {
       if (sb.length() > 0) {
          String word = sb.toString().toLowerCase();
          if (word.length() != 1) {
-           word = word.substring(word.length() / 2);
+           word = word.substring(word.length() - word.length() / 2);
            if (wordMap.containsKey(word)) {
              wordMap.get(word).count++;
            } else {