diff --git a/cs677/pa2/sequential.cc b/cs677/pa2/sequential.cc
index 2e0d24b..364c405 100644
--- a/cs677/pa2/sequential.cc
+++ b/cs677/pa2/sequential.cc
@@ -62,36 +62,37 @@ void similarityMatrix(vector<char> & s, vector<char> & t)
 {
     int s_size = s.size();
     int t_size = t.size();
-    int F[s_size+1][t_size+1];
+    int (*F)[s_size+1][t_size+1] =
+        (int (*)[s_size+1][t_size+1]) new int[(s_size+1) * (t_size+1)];
     int max_x = 0, max_y = 0, max_val = 0;
     for (int i = 0; i <= t_size; i++)    /* set first row to 0's */
-        F[0][i] = 0;
+        (*F)[0][i] = 0;
     for (int i = 0; i <= s_size; i++)    /* set first column to 0's */
-        F[i][0] = 0;
+        (*F)[i][0] = 0;
     for (int i = 1; i <= s_size; i++)
     {
         for (int j = 1; j <= t_size; j++)
         {
             /* Compute the value for the matrix */
-            F[i][j] =
+            (*F)[i][j] =
                 max(
                     max(
-                        F[i][j-1] - 2,
-                        F[i-1][j-1] + (eq(s[i-1],  t[j-1]) ? 1 : -1)
+                        (*F)[i][j-1] - 2,
+                        (*F)[i-1][j-1] + (eq(s[i-1],  t[j-1]) ? 1 : -1)
                     ),
                     max(
-                        F[i-1][j] - 2,
+                        (*F)[i-1][j] - 2,
                         0
                     )
                 );
             /* See if we found a new maximum value */
-            if (F[i][j] > max_val)
+            if ((*F)[i][j] > max_val)
             {
-                max_val = F[i][j];
+                max_val = (*F)[i][j];
                 max_x = i;
                 max_y = j;
             }
-            else if (F[i][j] == max_val)
+            else if ((*F)[i][j] == max_val)
             {
                 /* If we found a value the same as our current maximum
                  * value, see if it has a greater i+j value */
@@ -116,4 +117,5 @@ void similarityMatrix(vector<char> & s, vector<char> & t)
 #endif
     cout << "Maximum value is " << max_val << " at position ("
         << max_x << ", " << max_y << ")" << endl;
+    delete[] F;
 }