diff --git a/51 Hurkle/ruby/hurkle.rb b/51 Hurkle/ruby/hurkle.rb
index e6a7c1c0..ee9634fb 100644
--- a/51 Hurkle/ruby/hurkle.rb	
+++ b/51 Hurkle/ruby/hurkle.rb	
@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
-puts " " * 33 + "HURKLE"
-puts " " * 15 + "CREATIVE COMPUTING  MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY"
-3.times { puts }
-$n = 5
-$g = 10
-puts
-puts "A HURKLE IS HIDING ON A " + $g.to_s + " BY " + $g.to_s + " GRID. HOMEBASE"
-puts "ON THE GRID IS POINT 0,0 IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER,"
-puts "AND ANY POINT ON THE GRID IS DESIGNATED BY A"
-puts "PAIR OF WHOLE NUMBERS SEPERATED BY A COMMA. THE FIRST"
-puts "NUMBER IS THE HORIZONTAL POSITION AND THE SECOND NUMBER"
-puts "IS THE VERTICAL POSITION. YOU MUST TRY TO"
-puts "GUESS THE HURKLE'S GRIDPOINT. YOU GET " + $n.to_s + " TRIES."
-puts "AFTER EACH TRY, I WILL TELL YOU THE APPROXIMATE"
-puts "DIRECTION TO GO TO LOOK FOR THE HURKLE."
-puts
+def print_introduction
+  puts " " * 33 + "HURKLE"
+  puts " " * 15 + "CREATIVE COMPUTING  MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY"
+  3.times { puts }
+  $n = 5
+  $g = 10
+  puts
+  puts "A HURKLE IS HIDING ON A " + $g.to_s + " BY " + $g.to_s + " GRID. HOMEBASE"
+  puts "ON THE GRID IS POINT 0,0 IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER,"
+  puts "AND ANY POINT ON THE GRID IS DESIGNATED BY A"
+  puts "PAIR OF WHOLE NUMBERS SEPERATED BY A COMMA. THE FIRST"
+  puts "NUMBER IS THE HORIZONTAL POSITION AND THE SECOND NUMBER"
+  puts "IS THE VERTICAL POSITION. YOU MUST TRY TO"
+  puts "GUESS THE HURKLE'S GRIDPOINT. YOU GET " + $n.to_s + " TRIES."
+  puts "AFTER EACH TRY, I WILL TELL YOU THE APPROXIMATE"
+  puts "DIRECTION TO GO TO LOOK FOR THE HURKLE."
+  puts
+end
 
 def main
+  print_introduction
+
   loop do
     $a = rand($g).floor
     $b = rand($g).floor