diff --git a/QVectorSearch/mainwindow.cpp b/QVectorSearch/mainwindow.cpp
index 8f7cdfa..1007502 100644
--- a/QVectorSearch/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/QVectorSearch/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ void MainWindow::setupAlgorithmSelector() {
 
 void MainWindow::generateWordList() {
   Timer timer;
-  word_list_ = WordListGenerator().generate();
+  word_list_ = WordListGenerator::generate();
   timer.stop();
 
   std::stringstream status_message;
diff --git a/lib_vector_search/include/word_list_generator.h b/lib_vector_search/include/word_list_generator.h
index 86c4b47..605b749 100644
--- a/lib_vector_search/include/word_list_generator.h
+++ b/lib_vector_search/include/word_list_generator.h
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ private:
   static const std::string charset_;
 
 public:
-  std::vector<std::string> generate();
+  WordListGenerator() = delete;
+  static std::vector<std::string> generate(const size_t multiplier = 1);
 };
diff --git a/lib_vector_search/src/word_list_generator.cpp b/lib_vector_search/src/word_list_generator.cpp
index e4bdf52..ba4cf06 100644
--- a/lib_vector_search/src/word_list_generator.cpp
+++ b/lib_vector_search/src/word_list_generator.cpp
@@ -6,18 +6,16 @@
 
 const std::string WordListGenerator::charset_ = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
 
-std::vector<std::string> WordListGenerator::generate() {
-  const size_t multiplier = 1;
-
-  std::vector<std::string> result;
-  result.reserve(multiplier * std::pow(charset_.length(), 4));
+std::vector<std::string> WordListGenerator::generate(const size_t multiplier) {
+  std::vector<std::string> word_list;
+  word_list.reserve(multiplier * std::pow(charset_.length(), 4));
 
   for (auto char_1 : charset_) {
     for (auto char_2 : charset_) {
       for (auto char_3 : charset_) {
         for (auto char_4 : charset_) {
           for (auto i = 0; i < multiplier; ++i) {
-            result.emplace_back(
+            word_list.emplace_back(
                 std::initializer_list<char>({char_1, char_2, char_3, char_4}));
           }
         }
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> WordListGenerator::generate() {
   std::random_device random_device;
   std::mt19937 random_number_generator(random_device());
 
-  std::shuffle(result.begin(), result.end(), random_number_generator);
+  std::shuffle(word_list.begin(), word_list.end(), random_number_generator);
 
-  return result;
+  return word_list;
 }
diff --git a/vector_search_cli/main.cpp b/vector_search_cli/main.cpp
index 37c2171..7417e9b 100644
--- a/vector_search_cli/main.cpp
+++ b/vector_search_cli/main.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ vector<string> generate_word_list() {
   cout << "\ngenerating word list" << endl;
 
   Timer generator_timer;
-  auto word_list = WordListGenerator().generate();
+  auto word_list = WordListGenerator::generate(5);
   generator_timer.stop();
 
   cout << "word list generator took " << generator_timer << endl;