diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 948eadd..8cf2c52 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,32 +44,32 @@ The following code snippet demonstrates how to use OFXGo to query and parse
 OFX code from a checking account, printing the balance and returned transactions:
 
 ```go
-client := ofxgo.Client{} # Accept the default Client settings
+client := ofxgo.Client{} // Accept the default Client settings
 
-# These values are specific to your bank
+// These values are specific to your bank
 var query ofxgo.Request
 query.URL = "https://secu.example.com/ofx"
 query.Signon.Org = ofxgo.String("SECU")
 query.Signon.Fid = ofxgo.String("1234")
 
-# Set your username/password
+// Set your username/password
 query.Signon.UserID = ofxgo.String("username")
 query.Signon.UserPass = ofxgo.String("hunter2")
 
-uid, _ := ofxgo.RandomUID() # Handle error in real code
-query.Bank = append(query.bank, &ofxgo.StatementRequest{
+uid, _ := ofxgo.RandomUID() // Handle error in real code
+query.Bank = append(query.Bank, &ofxgo.StatementRequest{
 	TrnUID: *uid,
 	BankAcctFrom: ofxgo.BankAcct{
-		BankID:   ofxgo.String("123456789"),   # Possibly your routing number
-		AcctID:   ofxgo.String("00011122233"), # Possibly your account number
+		BankID:   ofxgo.String("123456789"),   // Possibly your routing number
+		AcctID:   ofxgo.String("00011122233"), // Possibly your account number
 		AcctType: ofxgo.AcctTypeChecking,
 	},
-	Include: true, # Include transactions (instead of only balance information)
+	Include: true, // Include transactions (instead of only balance information)
 })
 
-response, _ := client.Request(query) # Handle error in real code
+response, _ := client.Request(&query) // Handle error in real code
 
-# Was there an OFX error while processing our request?
+// Was there an OFX error while processing our request?
 if response.Signon.Status.Code != 0 {
 	meaning, _ := response.Signon.Status.CodeMeaning()
 	fmt.Printf("Nonzero signon status (%d: %s) with message: %s\n", response.Signon.Status.Code, meaning, response.Signon.Status.Message)
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ if stmt, ok := response.Bank[0].(*ofxgo.StatementResponse); ok {
 	fmt.Printf("Balance: %s %s (as of %s)\n", stmt.BalAmt, stmt.CurDef, stmt.DtAsOf)
 	fmt.Println("Transactions:")
 	for _, tran := range stmt.BankTranList.Transactions {
-		currency := defCurrency
+		var currency ofxgo.CurrSymbol
 		if ok, _ := tran.Currency.Valid(); ok {
 			currency = tran.Currency.CurSym
 		}