diff --git a/mutants/mutant-4/swen90006/machine/Machine.java b/mutants/mutant-4/swen90006/machine/Machine.java
index 34d70b1959bad9753816723dd94b7046fe9b9de2..35cc2ab246b34ad63917f1da3b16eec43a4b4096 100644
--- a/mutants/mutant-4/swen90006/machine/Machine.java
+++ b/mutants/mutant-4/swen90006/machine/Machine.java
@@ -298,6 +298,6 @@ public class Machine
    * get the number of instructions successfully executed by the VM so far
    */
   public int getCount(){
-	  return count++; // Unary Operator
+	  return ++count; // Unary Operator
   }
 }