diff --git a/simpleParallel/COO.cpp b/simpleParallel/COO.cpp
index e3a6275..a344fd9 100644
--- a/simpleParallel/COO.cpp
+++ b/simpleParallel/COO.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ void COO::BuildCycleCOO(){
     for (auto & edge : orderedMap)
         addEdge(edge.first.first, edge.first.second, edge.second);
 
+    for (auto & edge : orderedMap)
+        std::cout << "(" << edge.first.first << ", " << edge.first.second << ")" << std::endl;
     size = new_values.size();
 }
 
diff --git a/simpleParallel/Graph.cpp b/simpleParallel/Graph.cpp
index 7fb3ad9..603ec44 100644
--- a/simpleParallel/Graph.cpp
+++ b/simpleParallel/Graph.cpp
@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ void Graph::CountingSortParallelRowwiseValues(
 void Graph::RemoveNewlyDegreeZeroVertices(std::vector<int> & verticesToRemove,
                                             std::vector<int> & oldRowOffsets,
                                             std::vector<int> & oldColumnIndices){
- 
     int i = 0, j;
     for (auto & v :verticesToRemove){
         removeVertex(v);
@@ -384,7 +383,8 @@ void Graph::RemoveNewlyDegreeZeroVertices(std::vector<int> & verticesToRemove,
             j = oldColumnIndices[i];
             if(new_degrees[j] == 0)
                 if (hasntBeenRemoved[j]){
-                    removeVertex(j);
+        		std::cout << "removing newly degree zero vertex" << j << std::endl;
+	    		removeVertex(j);
                 }
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/src/GraphTest.cpp b/test/src/GraphTest.cpp
index 0157b55..8b8c578 100644
--- a/test/src/GraphTest.cpp
+++ b/test/src/GraphTest.cpp
@@ -3,15 +3,16 @@
 TEST(GraphTest, GraphTest) {
 	COO cycle;
 	cycle.BuildCycleCOO();
+	cycle.SetVertexCountFromEdges();
 	CSR csr(cycle);
 	Graph g(csr);
-	std::vector<int> oddVertices;
+	std::vector<int> evenVertices;
 	for(int i = 0; i < g.GetVertexCount(); ++i)
-		if(i%2==1)
-			oddVertices.push_back(i);
+		if(i % 2 == 0){
+			evenVertices.push_back(i);
+		}
 
-	g.InitG(g, oddVertices);
+	g.InitG(g, evenVertices);
 	int remainingEdges = g.GetEdgesLeftToCover();	
-	std::cout << remainingEdges << std::endl;
-	EXPECT_EQ(remainingEdges, -1);	
+	EXPECT_EQ(remainingEdges, 0);	
 }