diff --git a/Attribute.cpp b/Attribute.cpp
index 2ecee1c..093aace 100755
--- a/Attribute.cpp
+++ b/Attribute.cpp
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ bool Attribute::isKey(){
 	return key; 
 }
 
-void Attribute::rename(string s){
-	name = s;
-}
-
 //may need to change primary key implementation
 int Attribute::getSize(){ 
 	return size; 
diff --git a/Attribute.h b/Attribute.h
index fa98b14..0e92a40 100755
--- a/Attribute.h
+++ b/Attribute.h
@@ -21,6 +21,5 @@ public:
 	string getType();
 	bool isKey();
 	int getSize();
-	void rename(string s);
 	void display();
 };
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diff --git a/DBEngine.cpp b/DBEngine.cpp
index 1e47c4a..26670b8 100755
--- a/DBEngine.cpp
+++ b/DBEngine.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ vector<Relation> DBEngine::getRelations(){
 	return tables; 
 }
 	
-Relation DBEngine::getTableFromName(string n){
+Relation& DBEngine::getTableFromName(string n){
 	//will return first occurence
 	for(int i = 0; i < tables.size(); i++){
 		if (tables[i].getTableName() == n){
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Relation DBEngine::projection(vector<string> input, Relation r){
 }
 
 //ASAP: TEST ALL OF THIS
-void rename(Relation r, vector<string> oldnames, vector<string> newnames){
+void DBEngine::rename(Relation& r, vector<string> oldnames, vector<string> newnames){
 	if (oldnames.size() != newnames.size()) {
 		cout << "Failure to rename: number of attributes do not match.";
 		return;
@@ -73,11 +73,8 @@ void rename(Relation r, vector<string> oldnames, vector<string> newnames){
 	}
 	
 	else {
-		Attribute temp;
-		
 		for(int i = 0; i < oldnames.size(); ++i){
-			temp = r.getAttributeByName(oldnames[i]);
-			temp.setName(newnames[i]);
+			r.renameAttribute(oldnames[i], newnames[i]);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/DBEngine.h b/DBEngine.h
index 8533656..20a921c 100755
--- a/DBEngine.h
+++ b/DBEngine.h
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ public:
 	void createTable(Relation r);
 	vector<Relation> getRelations();
 	//void showTable(Relation r);
-	Relation getTableFromName(string n);
+	Relation& getTableFromName(string n);
 	void saveToFile(vector<string> cmds);
 	
 	//operations
 	//Relation selection();
 	Relation projection(vector<string> input, Relation r);
-	void rename(Relation r, vector<string> oldnames, vector<string> newnames);
+	void rename(Relation& r, vector<string> oldnames, vector<string> newnames);
 	//void setUnion();
 	//void setDiff();
 	//void crossProduct();
diff --git a/Relation.cpp b/Relation.cpp
index 300cde1..f81adee 100755
--- a/Relation.cpp
+++ b/Relation.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ vector<string> Relation::getAttributeNames(){
 	return temp; 
 }
 
-Attribute Relation::getAttributeByName(string s) {
+Attribute& Relation::getAttributeByName(string s) {
 	for(int i = 0; i < size; ++i){
 		if (att[i].getName() == s) {
 			return att[i];
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ Attribute Relation::getAttributeByName(string s) {
 	cout << "Failure to return: the requested attribute does not exist.";
 }
 
+void Relation::renameAttribute(string oldstr, string newstr){
+	this->getAttributeByName(oldstr).setName(newstr);
+}
+
 int Relation::getSize(){ 
 	return size; 
 }	
diff --git a/Relation.h b/Relation.h
index beea397..ffeadcd 100755
--- a/Relation.h
+++ b/Relation.h
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ public:
 	string getTableName();
 	vector<Attribute> getAttributes();
 	vector<string> getAttributeNames();
-	Attribute getAttributeByName(string s);
+	Attribute& getAttributeByName(string s);
+	void renameAttribute(string oldstr, string newstr);
 	int getSize();
 	void display();
 	void insertTuple(vector<string> tuple); //we are assuming they are in order
diff --git a/a.out b/a.out
index 0bb0543..7af9855 100755
Binary files a/a.out and b/a.out differ
diff --git a/test.cpp b/test.cpp
index 1c138cb..4174101 100755
--- a/test.cpp
+++ b/test.cpp
@@ -26,26 +26,31 @@ int main() {
 	v.push_back(att2);
 	v.push_back(att3);
 	
-	Relation r("Food", v);
+	//Relation r("Food", v);
+	//r.renameAttribute("Breakfast", "BFST");
+	//r.display();
+	
+	engine.createTable("Food", v);
 	
 	vector<string> tuple;
 	tuple.push_back("Omelette");
 	tuple.push_back("Fried Rice");
 	tuple.push_back("Grouper");
 	
-	r.insertTuple(tuple);
-	r.display();
+	engine.getTableFromName("Food").insertTuple(tuple);
 	
-	vector<string> o;
-	vector<string> n;
+	vector<string> old;
+	vector<string> newa;
 	
-	o.push_back("Breakfast");
-	o.push_back("Lunch");
-	o.push_back("Dinner");
+	old.push_back("Breakfast");
+	old.push_back("Lunch");
+	old.push_back("Dinner");
 	
-	n.push_back("Tsafkaerb");
-	n.push_back("Hcnul");
-	n.push_back("Rennid");
+	newa.push_back("Tsafkaerb");
+	newa.push_back("Hcnul");
+	newa.push_back("Rennid");
 	
-	//engine.rename(r, o, n);
+	engine.rename(engine.getTableFromName("Food"), old, newa);
+	engine.getTableFromName("Food").display();
+	cout << "finished";
 }
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