diff --git a/speller/main/build-dictionary.cc b/speller/main/build-dictionary.cc
index 96881f99..0ff04fd6 100644
--- a/speller/main/build-dictionary.cc
+++ b/speller/main/build-dictionary.cc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-const list<string> common_words{
+const list<string> common_words {
     "a",     "about", "after", "all",   "also",  "an",      "and",
     "any",   "as",    "at",    "back",  "be",    "because", "but",
     "by",    "can",   "come",  "could", "day",   "do",      "even",
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const list<string> common_words{
     "think", "this",  "time",  "to",    "two",   "up",      "us",
     "use",   "want",  "way",   "we",    "well",  "what",    "when",
     "which", "who",   "will",  "with",  "work",  "would",   "year",
-    "you",   "your",
+    "you",   "your",  "yours"
 };
 
 int main(int  /*argc*/, char ** /*argv*/) {