diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a72942c..12eb1e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This is an experimental project and is not yet used as part of the OwlBoard stac
 
 ## Language
 
-It is so-far undecided what language will be used.  Documents for parsing are likely to be a few hundred lines long so searching may become processor intensive meaning Go may be a good candidate, however Python offers an array of libraries which coule be helpful.
+It is so-far undecided what language will be used.  Documents for parsing are likely to be a few hundred lines long so searching may become processor intensive meaning Go may be a good candidate, however Python offers an array of libraries which could be helpful.
 
 ## File formats
 
diff --git a/src/parse_docx.py b/src/parse_docx.py
index f77c75b..8085b74 100644
--- a/src/parse_docx.py
+++ b/src/parse_docx.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def extract_tables(file_path):
         if pis_and_headcode:
             pis_and_headcode['source_file'] = file_path
             current_year = datetime.now().year
-            date_string_with_year = f"{current_year}{datetime.strptime(file_path.split[' '][0])}"
+            date_string_with_year = f"{current_year}{file_path.split()[0]}"
             pis_and_headcode['date'] = datetime.strptime(date_string_with_year, "%Y%m%d")
             pis_info.append(pis_and_headcode)
 
@@ -67,4 +67,4 @@ def solo_run():
     print(extract_tables("./file.docx"))
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    solo_run()
\ No newline at end of file
+    solo_run()