diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..63b4b681cb65bcf92db3d26bc3664a1298cbeea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) [year] [fullname]
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/read_sequencer_package/read_in_FASTA.py b/read_sequencer_package/read_in_FASTA.py
index 21ec810870f43c1ca4144cce174f3566f7576d7c..85fae3817dfdc836a811ec771327a13215fe11b3 100644
--- a/read_sequencer_package/read_in_FASTA.py
+++ b/read_sequencer_package/read_in_FASTA.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def read_in_fasta(file_path):
     f = open(file_path)
     for line in f:
         if line[0] == '>':
-            defline = line.srtip()
+            defline = line.strip()
             defline = defline.replace('>', '')
         else:
             if defline not in sequences: