diff --git a/BlankProjectTemplate/src/Gameplay.py b/BlankProjectTemplate/src/Gameplay.py
index 26896d83b37acf5a81088f640b45cc9f626da5d4..a25950879083bf0a13e816242f896f201d508034 100644
--- a/BlankProjectTemplate/src/Gameplay.py
+++ b/BlankProjectTemplate/src/Gameplay.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from Food import *
 import ScoreDisplay
 
 def game(speed, colour,food_colour, backgroundColour):
+    pygame.event.clear()
     x = randint(0, grid_length) * size
     y = randint(0, grid_length) * size
     #defining a list to update snanke's length
@@ -97,8 +98,9 @@ def game(speed, colour,food_colour, backgroundColour):
                 y > screenSize - size or
                 x > screenSize - size):
 
+                run = False
                 ScoreDisplay.display(score,speed, colour,food_colour, backgroundColour)
-       
+                       
 
     #-------------------------------------------------