diff --git a/2015/day-1/part-1.py b/2015/day-1/part-1.py
index 1f4d0d2..2b7bca6 100644
--- a/2015/day-1/part-1.py
+++ b/2015/day-1/part-1.py
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
 import os
 
-script_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)  # <-- absolute dir the script is in
-rel_path = "./input.txt"
-abs_file_path = os.path.join(script_dir, rel_path)
+abs_file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "./input.txt")
 
-input = open(abs_file_path).read()
+input = open(abs_file_path).read().strip()
 
-count = 0
-for i, char in enumerate(list(input), start=1):
-    if char == "(":
-        count += 1
-    else:
-        count -= 1
-print(count)
+result = input.count("(") - input.count(")")
+
+print(result)