diff --git a/anagram_detector.rb b/anagram_detector.rb
index f67e128..82731ec 100644
--- a/anagram_detector.rb
+++ b/anagram_detector.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Implement this in such a way that when called below, detect_anagram will result in true or false.
 def canonical(word)
+  word.downcase.chars.sort
 end
 
 def detect_anagram(word1, word2)