diff --git a/python/oct2/level4/routeCipher2.py b/python/oct2/level4/routeCipher2.py
--- a/python/oct2/level4/routeCipher2.py
+++ b/python/oct2/level4/routeCipher2.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from math import ceil
-
+from string import ascii_lowercase
 
 def getIndex(row: int, col: int, rows: int) -> int:
     return col*rows + row
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 
 
 def encodeRouteCipher(message: str, rows: int) -> str:
-    cur_char = "z"
+    cur_char = 0
     row_len = ceil(len(message) / rows)
     while len(message) % rows != 0:
-        message += cur_char
-        cur_char = chr(ord(cur_char) - 1)
+        message += list(reversed(ascii_lowercase))[cur_char]
+        cur_char += 1
     encoded_string = ""
     for i in range(len(message)):
         row, col = getRowAndCol(i, row_len)