diff --git a/rust/test/Cargo.lock b/rust/test/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7782c22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/test/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[root]
+name = "testing_crate"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
diff --git a/rust/test/Cargo.toml b/rust/test/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39b741c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/test/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "testing_crate"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["anthony.cicchetti <anthony.cicchetti@ert.com>"]
+
+[dependencies]
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "testing_crate"
+path = "main.rs"
diff --git a/rust/test/main.exe b/rust/test/main.exe
index c533b4d..42728e7 100644
Binary files a/rust/test/main.exe and b/rust/test/main.exe differ
diff --git a/rust/test/main.pdb b/rust/test/main.pdb
index 256e5b8..bb2ee5c 100644
Binary files a/rust/test/main.pdb and b/rust/test/main.pdb differ
diff --git a/rust/test/main.rs b/rust/test/main.rs
index 5afed85..05d893d 100644
--- a/rust/test/main.rs
+++ b/rust/test/main.rs
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ fn tupleize(inp_vec: Vec<&str>) -> Vec<(char, usize)>{
 // Converts tuple into a vector of strings
 fn tup_convert(inp_tuple: Vec<(char, usize)>) -> Vec<&'static str>{
     let mut converted: Vec<&'static str> = Vec::new();
-    for i in inp_tuple.len().iter() {
-        let converted_element: &'static str = inp_tuple[i].1.as_str() + inp_tuple[i].0.as_str();
+    for i in 0..inp_tuple.len() {
+        let string_converted_element: String = inp_tuple[i].1.to_string() + inp_tuple[i].0.to_string().as_str();
+        let converted_element: &'static str = string_converted_element.as_str();
         converted.push(converted_element);
     }
     return converted;
diff --git a/rust/test/target/debug/.cargo-lock b/rust/test/target/debug/.cargo-lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/rust/test/target/debug/deps/testing_crate-b92142a9c79df8a4.d b/rust/test/target/debug/deps/testing_crate-b92142a9c79df8a4.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a72bbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/test/target/debug/deps/testing_crate-b92142a9c79df8a4.d
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+C:\Users\ACicchetti\exercism\rust\test\target\debug\deps\testing_crate-b92142a9c79df8a4.exe: main.rs
+
+C:\Users\ACicchetti\exercism\rust\test\target\debug\deps\testing_crate-b92142a9c79df8a4.d: main.rs
+
+main.rs: