diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f169e2a..1a651b6 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub const BRIGHTNESS: u8 = 150;
 fn main() {
     let p: RawColor = [0, 0, 0, 0];
     let lock = Arc::new(RwLock::new([p; LED_SIZE]));
+    let read = Arc::clone(&lock);
     thread::spawn(move || {
         let mut controller: Controller = ControllerBuilder::new()
     .channel(0, ChannelBuilder::new()
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ fn main() {
     .build()
     .expect("Could not construct LED Controller.");
 	loop {
-        	let lights = lock.read().expect("Could not read array lock.");
+        	let lights = read.read().expect("Could not read array lock.");
         	run_lights(&mut controller, &lights).expect("Error running lights controller.");
 	}
     });