diff --git a/latty.py b/latty.py
index 8626578..7727af3 100644
--- a/latty.py
+++ b/latty.py
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ class CLData():
             ("body", self.body),
         ]
 
-def define(file, name, data, whitespace=""):
-    file.write("\\def \\" + name + "{" + data + whitespace + "}\n")
-
 def get_unique():
     import uuid
     unique = str(uuid.uuid1().hex)
@@ -44,7 +41,7 @@ def generate(data: CLData):
     unique_file = output_dir + unique + ".tex"
     f = open(unique_file, "w")
     for pair in data.get_pairs():
-        file.write("\\def \\" + pair[0] + "{" + pair[0] + "}\n")
+        f.write("\\def \\" + pair[0] + "{" + pair[1] + "}\n")
     f.write(open(proj_dir + "/writing_templates/base.tex", "r").read())
     f.close()
 
diff --git a/writing_templates/base.tex b/writing_templates/base.tex
index 45f03e7..35537cf 100644
--- a/writing_templates/base.tex
+++ b/writing_templates/base.tex
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 \begin{document}
 \begin{letter}{}
 
-\opening{Dear \thecompany,}
+\opening{Dear \company,}
 
 \body