diff --git a/src/server/procedures/protected/challenges/runCodeProcedure.ts b/src/server/procedures/protected/challenges/runCodeProcedure.ts
index fbd3784..d2b1c81 100644
--- a/src/server/procedures/protected/challenges/runCodeProcedure.ts
+++ b/src/server/procedures/protected/challenges/runCodeProcedure.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export function fillFunctionCall(
   paramTypes: string[],
 ) {
   const regex =
-    /^\[\s*(?:(?:"[^"]*"|\d+\.\d*|\d+|'[^']*'|true|false|null)(\s*,\s*(?:"[^"]*"|\d+\.\d*|\d+|'[^']*'|true|false|null))*)?\s*\]$/;
+    /^\[\s*(?:(?:"[^"]*"|-?\d+\.\d*|-?\d+|'[^']*'|true|false|null)(\s*,\s*(?:"[^"]*"|-?\d+\.\d*|-?\d+|'[^']*'|true|false|null))*)?\s*\]$/;
   const inputs = exampleInputs.split("\n");
 
   for (let i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export function fillFunctionCall(
     if (language === "cpp" && regex.test(input)) {
       const temp = input.slice(1, -1).split(",");
       const newInput = `{${temp.join(",").replaceAll(`'`, `"`)}}`;
+      console.log(newInput);
       header = header.replace(".", newInput);
       // convert test case booleans to capitalized for Python
     } else if (language === "python" && paramTypes[i] === "boolean")
diff --git a/src/server/procedures/protected/challenges/submitCodeProcedure.ts b/src/server/procedures/protected/challenges/submitCodeProcedure.ts
index 23cf2e6..64e5394 100644
--- a/src/server/procedures/protected/challenges/submitCodeProcedure.ts
+++ b/src/server/procedures/protected/challenges/submitCodeProcedure.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export default protectedProcedure
         headerType === "stringArr" ||
         headerType === "doubleArr"
       ) {
-        boilerPlate = `template<typename T>ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const vector<T>& vec) {os << "{";for (size_t i = 0;i < vec.size(); ++i) {os << vec[i]; if (i != vec.size() - 1) os << ", ";}os << "}";return os;}int main() {${funcsToExecuteString};return 0;}`;
+        boilerPlate = `template<typename T>ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const vector<T>& vec) {os << "{";for (size_t i = 0;i < vec.size(); ++i) {os << vec[i]; if (i != vec.size() - 1) os << ", ";}os << "}";return os;}int main() {${funcsToExecuteString}return 0;}`;
       } else boilerPlate = `int main(){${funcsToExecuteString}}`;
     }
 
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ export default protectedProcedure
             });
           }
         }
-
         const maxOutputs = Math.max(expectedOutputs.length, stdOuts.length);
         let passCount = 0;
         for (let i = 0; i < maxOutputs; i++)