diff --git a/Destination.java b/Destination.java
index 26a6bbf..9c957e9 100644
--- a/Destination.java
+++ b/Destination.java
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ public class Destination {
 
     private void setCoordsForAddress() {
         //execute call using address out to covnersion API such as Google Geocoding code example
-        //tmpCoords = geocodingAPI(address); with the assumption an array of coordinates is returned
-        //these explicit declarations will serve as testing values
-        double[] tmpCoords = { 27.993718340483223, -80.63008635738797};
+        //a helper function has been written to return a set of coordinates for testing in lieu of api connection
+        HelperFunctions apiConnection = new HelperFunctions();
+        double[] tmpCoords = apiConnection.geocodingAPI(destinationAddress);
         coordinates[0] = tmpCoords[0];
         coordinates[1] = tmpCoords[1];
     }