diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ab646e2..e0ac140 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 **/*.sw?
+jenny_pollack/node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/jenny_pollack/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from README.md
rename to jenny_pollack/README.md
diff --git a/jenny_pollack/lib/greet.js b/jenny_pollack/lib/greet.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9462e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenny_pollack/lib/greet.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var input = process.argv[2];
+
+var greet = module.exports = function(name) {
+  return 'hello ' + name;
+};
+
+if(input){
+	console.log(greet(input)); 
+}
diff --git a/jenny_pollack/test/greet_test.js b/jenny_pollack/test/greet_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b67608d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenny_pollack/test/greet_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+'use strict'; 
+
+var expect = require('chai').expect; 
+var greet = require(__dirname + '/../lib/greet');
+
+//test that verifies the output of the function
+describe('the greet function', function(){
+	it('should say hello name, where name is the argument', function(){
+		expect(greet('jenny')).to.eql('hello jenny');
+	});
+
+});